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I'm trying to use the LinkedIn API to search for companies, not users. I specifically don't want users - only companies.
I had a look at the LinkedIn API Documentation (RTFM and all that), but as far as I can tell it's not supported. There are 2 posts on the forum which pretty much says this outright - here and here
I'm basically just looking for a simply search interface, similar to what is going on on the LinkedIn homepage. I also want to display the info coming back in some way.
Am I better off simply doing a manual GET to the website itself? Would I need to cache the results? Would I need to manually parse the HTML coming back?
I'm planning on implementing this in Ruby, but that's not really what I'm concerned about.
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Option #2: Alternatively, I can enter just my coworker's employer, LinkedIn, into the search bar. A drop down menu will appear that includes “Jobs at LinkedIn,” “People who work at LinkedIn,” and “People who used to work at LinkedIn.” Since I'm searching for my coworker, I click on “People who work at LinkedIn.”
Go to https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/company-profile. Type the name of the company in the Company Name box and it will suggest the name. Once you select the Company page, click on Get Code button. You will get the company page id with data-id .
Retrieve Organization Brands. Use the Organization Lookup API to find organization brands using an organization brand ID, parent organization ID, or a vanity name. Organization brand URNs are in the format urn:li:organizationBrand:{id} and represent LinkedIn Showcase Pages.
Update: There is now an official API: https://developer-programs.linkedin.com/documents/company-search
The official API does not seem to have this feature. However they do have a URL where you can pass in a search for companies and it will return a JSON response with the company name, logo URL, number of employees, and a link to the company profile.
For instance a search of "citr" would be
http://www.linkedin.com/ta/federator?query=citr&types=company,group,sitefeature
Which returns
{
"sitefeature":{
"resultList":[
]
},
"company":{
"resultList":[
{
"id":"1195260",
"headLine":"<strong>CiTR<\/strong> SHINDIG",
"displayName":"CiTR SHINDIG",
"subLine":"Entertainment; 1-10 employees",
"url":"http://www.linkedin.com/companies/1195260"
},
{
"id":"2641",
"headLine":"<strong>Citr<\/strong>ix Systems",
"imageUrl":"http://media03.linkedin.com/mpr/mpr/shrink_40_40/p/3/000/043/32b/0076ade.png",
"displayName":"Citrix Systems",
"subLine":"Computer Software; 1001-5000 employees",
"url":"http://www.linkedin.com/companies/2641"
},
{
"id":"7659",
"headLine":"<strong>Citr<\/strong>oen",
"imageUrl":"http://media01.linkedin.com/mpr/mpr/shrink_40_40/p/3/000/01d/3d0/277c145.png",
"displayName":"Citroen",
"subLine":"Automotive; 10,001+ employees",
"url":"http://www.linkedin.com/companies/7659"
},
{
"id":"260214",
"headLine":"PSA Peugeot <strong>Citr<\/strong>oën",
"imageUrl":"http://media02.linkedin.com/mpr/mpr/shrink_40_40/p/2/000/021/0b7/07c4193.png",
"displayName":"PSA Peugeot Citroën",
"subLine":"Automotive; 10,001+ employees",
"url":"http://www.linkedin.com/companies/260214"
},
...
Actually, the LinkedIn API does now have a company search feature, available since last May: https://developer.linkedin.com/documents/company-search
LinkedIn has several Company APIs, this is just one of them. Please feel free to read through the documentation and see what's available.
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