title: Linkedin Api Queries for Android Apps
body: <p>I want to send data through my android application on <code>LinkedIn</code> update section. Can anyone tell me suggestion which API i should ask from <code>linkedIn</code> and how it possible to post on UPDATES Section.  I have made connection with <code>LinkedIn API</code> and got Access Token.  Thanks in Advance.</p>
  
  <p>Code is following for Access Token for <code>LinkedIn</code>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.sunilrana.translation;
  import java.io.BufferedReader;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  import java.net.URLEncoder;
  
  import java.util.List;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.graphics.Bitmap;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.util.Log;
  import android.webkit.WebView;
  import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
  
  import com.google.code.linkedinapi.client.LinkedInApiClient;
  import com.google.code.linkedinapi.client.LinkedInApiClientFactory;
  import com.google.code.linkedinapi.client.oauth.LinkedInAccessToken;
  import com.google.code.linkedinapi.client.oauth.LinkedInOAuthService;
  import com.google.code.linkedinapi.client.oauth.LinkedInOAuthServiceFactory;
  import com.google.code.linkedinapi.client.oauth.LinkedInRequestToken;
  import com.google.code.linkedinapi.schema.Person;
  
  public class Linkedin extends Activity{
  
      private WebView mWebView;
      public static final String TAG= "Linkedin Client";
      public  String authUrl= null;
      private LinkedInOAuthService oauthService;
      private LinkedInRequestToken requestToken;
      private String consumerSecretValue;
      private String consumerKeyValue;
  
      @SuppressWarnings("unused")
      private String myurl;
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  
      setContentView(R.layout.linkedin);
  
  
      mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webkitWebView1);
  
      mWebView.setVerticalScrollBarEnabled(false);
  
      mWebView.setHorizontalScrollBarEnabled(false);
  
  
      mWebView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
  
      try{
         consumerKeyValue = "MTLv7uAcYIM_tPhdoillSVoGQcrs59IiuZyO9neS08EGR7wNBINhp6nYHVLEm";
  
         consumerSecretValue = "qkwUWNWbznhjSTi1ubuOKLfYpBRiW52rBqN7OBD5u_mbVaEfTI1HEPpThfv";
  
          oauthService = LinkedInOAuthServiceFactory.getInstance().createLinkedInOAuthService(consumerKeyValue, consumerSecretValue);
  
          System.out.println("Fetching request token from LinkedIn..."); 
  
          requestToken = oauthService.getOAuthRequestToken();
  
          authUrl = requestToken.getAuthorizationUrl();       
  
          mWebView.loadUrl(authUrl);
  
          mWebView.loadData(URLEncoder.encode("&lt;html&gt;&lt;body&gt;    &lt;/body&gt;&lt;html&gt;").replaceAll("\\+"," "), "text/html",  authUrl);
          BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new  InputStreamReader(System.in));
         String pin = br.readLine();
  
         System.out.println("Fetching access token from LinkedIn...");                                                                              
         LinkedInAccessToken accessToken =  oauthService.getOAuthAccessToken(requestToken, pin);
  
        System.out.println("Access token: " +  accessToken.getToken());
         System.out.println("Token secret: " +  accessToken.getTokenSecret());
  
        final LinkedInApiClientFactory factory =  LinkedInApiClientFactory.newInstance(consumerKeyValue,  consumerSecretValue);
         final LinkedInApiClient client =  factory.createLinkedInApiClient(accessToken);
  
         System.out.println("Fetching profile for current user.");
         Person profile = client.getProfileForCurrentUser();
      }
      catch (Exception e){
          e.printStackTrace();
      }
  }
  </code></pre>