LinkedIn OAuth 1.0a Example using Scribe Java

In this example we are going to see about how to use LinkedIn OAuth 1.0a using Scribe Java

LinkedIn OAuth 1.0a Example

LinkedInExample.java

import java.util.Scanner;
import com.github.scribejava.core.builder.ServiceBuilder;
import com.github.scribejava.apis.LinkedInApi;
import com.github.scribejava.core.model.OAuth1AccessToken;
import com.github.scribejava.core.model.OAuth1RequestToken;
import com.github.scribejava.core.model.OAuthRequest;
import com.github.scribejava.core.model.Response;
import com.github.scribejava.core.model.Verb;
import com.github.scribejava.core.oauth.OAuth10aService;
import java.io.IOException;
 
public abstract class LinkedInExample {
 
private static final String PROTECTED_RESOURCE_URL
= "http://ift.tt/29EJnoH";
 
public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
final OAuth10aService service = new ServiceBuilder()
.apiKey("your client id")
.apiSecret("your client secret")
.build(LinkedInApi.instance());
final Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
 
System.out.println("=== LinkedIn's OAuth Workflow ===");
System.out.println();
 
// Obtain the Request Token
System.out.println("Fetching the Request Token...");
final OAuth1RequestToken requestToken = service.getRequestToken();
System.out.println("Got the Request Token!");
System.out.println();
 
System.out.println("Now go and authorize ScribeJava here:");
System.out.println(service.getAuthorizationUrl(requestToken));
System.out.println("And paste the verifier here");
System.out.print(">>");
final String oauthVerifier = in.nextLine();
System.out.println();
 
// Trade the Request Token and Verfier for the Access Token
System.out.println("Trading the Request Token for an Access Token...");
final OAuth1AccessToken accessToken = service.getAccessToken(requestToken, oauthVerifier);
System.out.println("Got the Access Token!");
System.out.println("(if your curious it looks like this: " + accessToken
+ ", 'rawResponse'='" + accessToken.getRawResponse() + "')");
System.out.println();
 
// Now let's go and ask for a protected resource!
System.out.println("Now we're going to access a protected resource...");
final OAuthRequest request = new OAuthRequest(Verb.GET, PROTECTED_RESOURCE_URL, service);
service.signRequest(accessToken, request);
final Response response = request.send();
System.out.println("Got it! Lets see what we found...");
System.out.println();
System.out.println(response.getBody());
 
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Thats it man! Go and build something awesome with ScribeJava! :)");
}
 
}