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# LinkedIn provider

Appwrite allows you to authenticate users using their LinkedIn account through the LinkedIn OAuth2 provider. OAuth authentication is a great way to reduce friction for your users and increase user conversion by simplifying the signup process. You can learn more about Appwrite's other OAuth2 providers [here](placeholder link).

## Enabling the LinkedIn provider

Before you can use LinkedIn to authenticate users, you need to enable the provider in your Appwrite console.

1. Navigate to your Appwrite project
2. Navigate to **Auth** > **Settings**
3. Find and open the OAuth provider
4. In the **Linkedin OAuth2 Settings** modal, use the toggle to enable the provider

Don't close this modal, we'll need to create a LinkedIn OAuth app to complete this form.

## Creating a LinkedIn Developer app

To use LinkedIn OAuth with Appwrite, you need to create a LinkedIn Developer app. You can do this by following the [How to Implement OAuth](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/shared/authentication/authorization-code-flow?tabs=HTTPS1#how-to-implement-3-legged-oauth) guide from LinkedIn.
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@Dksie09 As per DM, find a better post?

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Steven confirmed it's 3 legged, so should we just keep it this way?


After you've created your LinkedIn OAuth app, you can head back to your Appwrite console to complete the form in the **Linkedin OAuth2 Settings** modal.

- Find the **Client ID** in the Auth tab of your LinkedIn developer app and provide this in the **App ID** field in the **Linkedin OAuth2 Settings** modal from the Appwrite console.
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- Find the **Client ID** in the Auth tab of your LinkedIn developer app and provide this in the **App ID** field in the **Linkedin OAuth2 Settings** modal from the Appwrite console.
- Find the **Client ID** in the Auth tab of your LinkedIn developer app. Provide this in the Appwrite console's **Linkedin OAuth2 Settings** modal, in the **App ID** field.

I would even split this up to be 2 lines for readability.

- Similarly, find the **Client secret** in the Auth tab of your LinkedIn developer app and provide this in the **App Secret** field in the **Linkedin OAuth2 Settings** modal from the Appwrite console.
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Ditto with comment above. Split this up into more lines/sentences for readability.

Try to write in a clear top down hierarchy: [site][modal][field] so it's easier to read.


When adding a **Redirect URL** in OAuth 2.0 settings, provide the **URI** found in the **Linkedin OAuth2 Settings** modal from your Appwrite console and click on **Update**.
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same as above comments.


## Authenticating

You can use any of the Appwrite Client SDKs to authenticate users with their LinkedIn account.

### Web

When a user calls the [Create OAuth2 Session](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/account#accountCreateOAuth2Session) endpoint in your web app, they will be taken to LinkedIn's OAuth page to complete their login.

After authenticating, they'll be redirected back to your app using either the `success` or `failure` URLs provided. To provide the best experience to your users, make sure to **implement and provide both routes** to prompt the user about successful and failed authentication attempts.

```js
import { Client, Account } from "appwrite";

const client = new Client();

const account = new Account(client);

client
.setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
.setProject("[PROJECT_ID]"); // Your project ID
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For these examples, try to line up the comments.

client
  .setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1")  // Your API Endpoint
  .setProject("[PROJECT_ID]");                  // Your project ID

Like this ☝️


// Go to OAuth provider login page
account.createOAuth2Session(
"linkedin",
"[LINK_ON_SUCCESS]",
"[LINK_ON_FAILURE]"
);
```

### Flutter

You can use OAuth in your Flutter application, but some platforms like Android and Apple requires additional configuration to enable the OAuth callback, so the your users can be redirected back to your app.

#### Android OAuth callback

In order to capture the Appwrite OAuth callback url, the following activity needs to be added inside the `<application>` tag, along side the existing `<activity>` tags in your `AndroidManifest.xml`. Be sure to replace the `[PROJECT_ID]` string with your actual Appwrite project ID. You can find your Appwrite project ID in the project settings screen in your Appwrite console.

```xml
<manifest ...>
...
<application ...>
...
<!-- Add this inside the `<application>` tag, along side the existing `<activity>` tags -->
<activity android:name="io.appwrite.views.CallbackActivity" android:exported="true">
<intent-filter android:label="android_web_auth">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="appwrite-callback-[PROJECT_ID]" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
```

#### Apple

In order to capture the Appwrite OAuth callback url, the following URL scheme needs to added to your `Info.plist` .Be sure to replace the `[PROJECT_ID]` string with your actual Appwrite project ID. You can find your Appwrite project ID in your project settings screen in your Appwrite console.

```xml
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Editor</string>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>io.appwrite</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>appwrite-callback-[PROJECT_ID]</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
```

To authenticate a user in your Flutter application, use the [Create OAuth2 Session](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/account?sdk=flutter-default#accountCreateOAuth2Session) endpoint.

```dart
import 'package:appwrite/appwrite.dart';
void main() async {
final client = new Client();
final account = new Account(client);
client
.setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1') // YOUR API Endpoint
.setProject('[PROJECT_ID]') // YOUR PROJECT ID
;
// OAuth Login, for simplest implementation you can leave both success and
// failure link empty so that Appwrite handles everything.
await account.createOAuth2Session(provider: 'linkedin');
}
```

### Android (Kotlin)

Before you can add OAuth to your Android app, you need to setup a callback for your OAuth flow.

In order to capture the Appwrite OAuth callback url, the following activity needs to be added inside the `<application>` tag, along side the existing `<activity>` tags in your `AndroidManifest.xml`. Be sure to replace the `[PROJECT_ID]` string with your actual Appwrite project ID. You can find your Appwrite project ID in your project settings screen in your Appwrite console.

```xml
<manifest ...>
...
<application ...>
...
<!-- Add this inside the `<application>` tag, along side the existing `<activity>` tags -->
<activity android:name="io.appwrite.views.CallbackActivity" android:exported="true">
<intent-filter android:label="android_web_auth">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="appwrite-callback-[PROJECT_ID]" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
```

To authenticate a user in your Android application, use the [Create OAuth2 Session](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/account?sdk=android-kotlin#accountCreateOAuth2Session) endpoint.

```kotlin
import io.appwrite.Client
import io.appwrite.services.Account

val client = Client(context)
.setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
.setProject("[PROJECT_ID]") // Your project ID

val account = Account(client)

account.createOAuth2Session(provider = "linkedin")
```

### Android (Java)

Before you can add OAuth to your Android app, you need to setup a callback for your OAuth flow.

In order to capture the Appwrite OAuth callback url, the following activity needs to be added inside the `<application>` tag, along side the existing `<activity>` tags in your `AndroidManifest.xml`. Be sure to replace the `[PROJECT_ID]` string with your actual Appwrite project ID. You can find your Appwrite project ID in your project settings screen in your Appwrite console.

```xml
<manifest ...>
...
<application ...>
...
<!-- Add this inside the `<application>` tag, along side the existing `<activity>` tags -->
<activity android:name="io.appwrite.views.CallbackActivity" android:exported="true">
<intent-filter android:label="android_web_auth">
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="appwrite-callback-[PROJECT_ID]" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
```

To authenticate a user in your Android application, use the [Create OAuth2 Session](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/account?sdk=android-java#accountCreateOAuth2Session) endpoint.

```java
import io.appwrite.Client;
import io.appwrite.coroutines.CoroutineCallback;
import io.appwrite.services.Account;

Client client = new Client(context)
.setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
.setProject("[PROJECT_ID]"); // Your project ID

Account account = new Account(client);

account.createOAuth2Session(
"linkedin",
new CoroutineCallback<>((result, error) -> {
if (error != null) {
error.printStackTrace();
return;
}

Log.d("Appwrite", result.toString());
})
);
```

### iOS (Swift)

In order to capture the Appwrite OAuth callback url, the following URL scheme needs to added to your `Info.plist`. Be sure to replace the [PROJECT_ID] string with your actual Appwrite project ID. You can find your Appwrite project ID in your project settings screen in your Appwrite console.

```xml
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
<string>Editor</string>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>io.appwrite</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>appwrite-callback-[PROJECT_ID]</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
```

If you're using UIKit, you'll also need to add a hook to your `SceneDelegate.swift` file to ensure cookies work correctly.

```swift
func scene(_ scene: UIScene, openURLContexts URLContexts: Set<UIOpenURLContext>) {
guard let url = URLContexts.first?.url,
url.absoluteString.contains("appwrite-callback") else {
return
}
WebAuthComponent.handleIncomingCookie(from: url)
}
```

To authenticate a user in your Android application, use the [Create OAuth2 Session](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/account?sdk=apple-default#accountCreateOAuth2Session) endpoint.

```swift
import Appwrite

let client = Client()
.setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
.setProject("[PROJECT_ID]") // Your project ID
let account = Account(client)

let success = try await account.createOAuth2Session(provider: "linkedin")

```

## Refreshing the OAuth2 session

OAuth2 sessions expire to protect from security risks. This means, OAuth2 sessions should be refreshed to keep the user authenticated. You can do this by calling the [Update OAuth Session](https://appwrite.io/docs/client/account#accountUpdateSession) endpoint when ever your user visits your app.

### Web

```js
import { Client, Account } from "appwrite";

const client = new Client();

const account = new Account(client);

client
.setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
.setProject("[PROJECT_ID]"); // Your project ID

// Updates current session
const promise = account.updateSession("current");

promise.then(
function (response) {
console.log(response); // Success
},
function (error) {
console.log(error); // Failure
}
);
```

### Flutter

```dart
import 'package:appwrite/appwrite.dart';
void main() async {
final client = new Client();
final account = new Account(client);
client
.setEndpoint('https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1') // YOUR API Endpoint
.setProject('[PROJECT_ID]') // YOUR PROJECT ID
;
// OAuth Login, for simplest implementation you can leave both success and
// failure link empty so that Appwrite handles everything.
try {
final future = await account.updateSession(sessionId: 'current');
print(future.toMap()); // Success
} on AppwriteException catch(e){
print(e.message); // Failure
}
}
```

### Android (Kotlin)

```kotlin
import io.appwrite.Client
import io.appwrite.services.Account

val client = Client(context)
.setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
.setProject("[PROJECT_ID]") // Your project ID

val account = Account(client)

val response = account.updateSession(sessionId = "current")
```

### Android (Java)

```java
import io.appwrite.Client;
import io.appwrite.coroutines.CoroutineCallback;
import io.appwrite.services.Account;

Client client = new Client(context)
.setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
.setProject("[PROJECT_ID]"); // Your project ID

Account account = new Account(client);

account.updateSession(
"current"
new CoroutineCallback<>((result, error) -> {
if (error != null) {
error.printStackTrace();
return;
}

Log.d("Appwrite", result.toString());
})
);
```

### iOS (Swift)

```swift
import Appwrite

let client = Client()
.setEndpoint("https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1") // Your API Endpoint
.setProject("[PROJECT_ID]") // Your project ID
let account = Account(client)

let session = try await account.updateSession(sessionId: "current")
```