PAWL: Python API Wrapper for LinkedIn

PAWL (an acronym for Python API Wrapper - LinkedIn) allows for simple access to LinkedIn's API with only a single dependency.

Installation

PAWL is supported on Python 3.9+. The recommended way to install PAWL is with pip.

pip install pawl

Examples

Examples are provided in docs/examples.

Quickstart

# Demo in python/ipython shell
# Don't forget to install pawl first

>>> import pawl

>>> linkedin = pawl.Linkedin(
    client_id="CLIENT_ID_VALUE",
    client_secret="CLIENT_SECRET_VALUE",
    redirect_uri="http://localhost:8000",
)

>>> linkedin
<pawl.linkedin.Linkedin at 0x10ea46af0>

GET PROFILE:

# Demo in python/ipython shell

>>> linkedin
<pawl.linkedin.Linkedin at 0x10ea46af0>

>>> response = linkedin.current_user.basic_profile()

>>> response
{
    'localizedLastName': 'LAST_NAME',
    'profilePicture': {
        'displayImage': 'PHOTO_ID'
    },
    'firstName': {
        'localized': {
            'LANG_CODE_COUNTRY_CODE': 'FIRST_NAME'
        },
        'preferredLocale': {
            'country': 'COUNTRY_CODE_VALUE',
            'language': 'LANGUAGE_CODE'
        }
    },
    'lastName': {
        'localized': {
            'LANG_CODE_COUNTRY_CODE':
            'LAST_NAME'
        },
        'preferredLocale': {
            'country': 'COUNTRY_CODE',
            'language': 'LANGUAGE_CODE'
        }
    },
    'id': 'USER_ID',
    'localizedFirstName': 'LOCALIZED_FIRST_NAME'
}

Sources

The work that went into PAWL is not entirely my own. I learned a lot from open-sourced code written by many incredible developers.

License

PAWL's source is provided under the MIT License.

• Copyright © 2021 Kyle J. Burda