Linkedin API v2: Receive vanityname on signup linkedin - linkedin

Question

I'm doing the sign up integration with LinkedIn for a personal application and i have a big trouble.
We need the vanityName in order to make people visible via linkedin.
How we can redirect them to profiles without using vanityName? I tried with ID unsuccessfully.
I use this endpoint with r_liteprofile scope:
https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me?projection=(id,firstName,lastName,vanityName,profilePicture(displayImage~:playableStreams))
and it returns me:
{
"firstName": {
"localized": {
"es_ES": "XXX"
},
"preferredLocale": {
"country": "ES",
"language": "es"
}
},
"lastName": {
"localized": {
"es_ES": "XXX"
},
"preferredLocale": {
"country": "ES",
"language": "es"
}
},
"profilePicture": {
"displayImage": "XXX",
"displayImage~": {
"elements": [...]
}
},
"id": "AX-Wv6r0Ku"
}

Answer 1

You can use the me endpoint of the Profile API in order to Retrieve Current Member's Profile. As example:
https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me?oauth2_access_token=<user_access_token>
With the result:
{
"firstName":{
"localized":{
"en_US":"Bob"
},
"preferredLocale":{
"country":"US",
"language":"en"
}
},
"localizedFirstName": "Bob",
"headline":{
"localized":{
"en_US":"API Enthusiast at LinkedIn"
},
"preferredLocale":{
"country":"US",
"language":"en"
}
},
"localizedHeadline": "API Enthusiast at LinkedIn",
"vanityName": "bsmith",
"id":"yrZCpj2Z12",
"lastName":{
"localized":{
"en_US":"Smith"
},
"preferredLocale":{
"country":"US",
"language":"en"
}
},
"localizedLastName": "Smith",
"profilePicture": {
"displayImage": "urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4D00AAAAbBCDEFGhiJ"
}
}
If you want to retrieve only the vanityName field you can use the Field Projections as follow:
https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me?projection=(vanityName)&oauth2_access_token
With the result:
{
"vanityName": "bsmith"
}
Hope this help