How to Retrieve all possible information about a LinkedIn Account ? (API using C#)

Question

I am writting an C# app to make use of Linkedin's API.

I want to be able to query "Person" (First Name + Last Name) and retrieve all the possible information about this group of people with the same name

I am currently using my own implementation of the REST API alongside People-Search API calls.

Here's an example of a request that I know works:

https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search:(people:(id,first-name,last-name,headline,picture-url),num-results)? 

I'm running it with: first-name=parameter&last-name=parameter after the ? mark

The problem is, I want to retrieve more information such as Title, Industry, Current-company, current-school etc. Refer here for the list of possible parameters.

This notation is what they call Field Selectors

How do i structure my API Call so i can get all the possible information about someone ?

Answer 1

Here is the url to get everything for a user Profile:

https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(id,first-name,last-name,headline,picture-url,industry,summary,specialties,positions:(id,title,summary,start-date,end-date,is-current,company:(id,name,type,size,industry,ticker)),educations:(id,school-name,field-of-study,start-date,end-date,degree,activities,notes),associations,interests,num-recommenders,date-of-birth,publications:(id,title,publisher:(name),authors:(id,name),date,url,summary),patents:(id,title,summary,number,status:(id,name),office:(name),inventors:(id,name),date,url),languages:(id,language:(name),proficiency:(level,name)),skills:(id,skill:(name)),certifications:(id,name,authority:(name),number,start-date,end-date),courses:(id,name,number),recommendations-received:(id,recommendation-type,recommendation-text,recommender),honors-awards,three-current-positions,three-past-positions,volunteer)?oauth2_access_token=PUT_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE

Requires an Oauth2 access token.

Here it is in a nice String list (Java):

apiUrl     + "/v1/people/~:("         + "id,"         + "first-name,"         + "last-name,"         + "headline,"         + "picture-url,"         + "industry,"         + "summary,"         + "specialties,"         + "positions:("             + "id,"             + "title,"             + "summary,"             + "start-date,"             + "end-date,"             + "is-current,"             + "company:("                 + "id,"                 + "name,"                 + "type,"                 + "size,"                 + "industry,"                 + "ticker)"         +"),"         + "educations:("             + "id,"             + "school-name,"             + "field-of-study,"             + "start-date,"             + "end-date,"             + "degree,"             + "activities,"             + "notes),"         + "associations," /* Full Profile */         + "interests,"         + "num-recommenders,"         + "date-of-birth,"         + "publications:("             + "id,"             + "title,"             + "publisher:(name),"             + "authors:(id,name),"             + "date,"             + "url,"             + "summary),"         + "patents:("             + "id,"             + "title,"             + "summary,"             + "number,"             + "status:(id,name),"             + "office:(name),"             + "inventors:(id,name),"             + "date,"             + "url),"         + "languages:("             + "id,"             + "language:(name),"             + "proficiency:(level,name)),"         + "skills:("             + "id,"             + "skill:(name)),"         + "certifications:("             + "id,"             + "name,"             + "authority:(name),"             + "number,"             + "start-date,"             + "end-date),"         + "courses:("             + "id,"             + "name,"             + "number),"         + "recommendations-received:("             + "id,"             + "recommendation-type,"             + "recommendation-text,"             + "recommender),"         + "honors-awards,"         + "three-current-positions,"         + "three-past-positions,"         + "volunteer"     + ")"      + "?oauth2_access_token="+ token;