GitHub Action
Linkedin-RSS
1.3.0
Latest version
Post the latest post from your RSS Feed to your LinkedIn Profile
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Create a folder named .github and create a workflows folder inside it, if it doesn't exist.
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Create a new .yml file with the following contents inside the workflows folder:
name: Linkedin blog post workflow
on:
schedule: # Run workflow automatically
- cron: "0 * * * *" # Runs every hour, on the hour
workflow_dispatch: # Run workflow manually (without waiting for the cron to be called), through the GitHub Actions Workflow page directly
jobs:
linkedin_rss_job:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
name: Post Latest RSS Post to Linkedin
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Get Latest Post / Post On Linkedin
uses: Arisamiga/Linkedin-RSS@master
with:
feed_list: # Url of RSS
ln_access_token: # Url of LinkedIn Access Token
embed_image: # Url of embed image
Parameter | Required | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
feed_list |
✓ | Your own RSS feed URL | (No Default URL) |
ln_access_token |
✓ | Your LinkedIn Access Token | (No Default Access Token) |
embed_image |
X | The URL of the image you want to use in the embed. | (No Default URL) |
last_post_path |
X | The path to the file you want to use to store the last post. | .github/.lastPost.txt |
commit_user |
X | The username of the commiter. | Linkedin-Post-Action |
commit_email |
X | The email of the commiter. | [email protected] |
commit_message |
X | The commit message. | Update Last Post File |
Register the app in LinkedIn Developer Network
- Go to LinkedIn Developer Network and create an app;
- Select
Test University
orPersonalDev
can be used as the company associated with the app without verification;
- Once you made your Application go to your App and go to "Products"
- From there Select "Share on LinkedIn" and "Sign In with LinkedIn using OpenID Connect" and "Request Access" For both of them
- Once you have added your Products go to https://www.linkedin.com/developers/tools/oauth/
- Select "Create a new access token" and click "Create Token" Select your app and make sure you have the
openid
,profile
andw_member_social
scopes selected. - Press "Request Access Token" and you will be asked to login. After Successfully logging in you will be given your Access Token.
I suggest for your ln_access_token you use a Github Secret. (Whats a Github Secret check here https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets)
Thanks to https://github.com/gfiocco/linkedin-node-api as the LinkedIn Docs are wierd..
You can open a issue at https://github.com/Arisamiga/Linkedin-RSS