LinkedIn | Operate As Docs

Connect your client's LinkedIn with a sign-in, and call its API through Operate As.

Website: linkedin.com
Connects by: Signing in with LinkedIn
Category: Marketing, Social and video
Services: 2
Tools: 10

Service	Key	Base URL
LinkedIn Ads	`linkedin-ads`	`https://api.linkedin.com/rest`
LinkedIn	`linkedin`	`https://api.linkedin.com`

Connecting

Your client presses Connect on their link and approves on LinkedIn's own screen. Operate As never sees their password.

Check they're connected

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

[
  {
    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "name": "Miller Dental",
    "services": [
      "linkedin-ads",
      "linkedin"
    ]
  }
]

[  {    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "name": "Miller Dental",    "services": [      "linkedin-ads",      "linkedin"    ]  }]

Permissions

LinkedIn Ads

What the client reads	Permission it asks for
See your ad accounts and campaigns	`r_ads`
Create and change your campaigns and ads	`rw_ads`
See how your ads perform	`r_ads_reporting`

What the client reads	Permission it asks for
Confirm who you are	`openid`
See your name and photo	`profile`
Post, comment and react as you	`w_member_social`
See the company pages you manage, and their followers and statistics	`rw_organization_admin`
See your company pages' posts and comments	`r_organization_social`
Post and comment as your company pages	`w_organization_social`

Tools

LinkedIn Ads

Install LinkedIn Ads's typed package for your language:

pip install operate-as-linkedin-ads

pip install operate-as-linkedin-ads

Run linkedin-ads.get_ad_account

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/linkedin-ads.get_ad_account \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "input": {
      "ad_account_id": "<ad_account_id>"
    }
  }'

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/linkedin-ads.get_ad_account \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "input": {      "ad_account_id": "<ad_account_id>"    }  }'

Shows the required inputs. Every input, with its JSON Schema: GET /v1/actions/linkedin-ads.get_ad_account

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

Install LinkedIn's typed package for your language:

pip install operate-as-linkedin

pip install operate-as-linkedin

Run linkedin.create_post

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/linkedin.create_post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "input": {}
  }'

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/linkedin.create_post \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "input": {}  }'

Every input, with its JSON Schema: GET /v1/actions/linkedin.create_post

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

Pass-through

Paths continue from https://api.linkedin.com/rest. Your Operate As key goes in Authorization; the client's access is added for you.

See Pass-through requests for the full request and response format.

Call any endpoint

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../linkedin-ads/adAccounts?q=search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../linkedin-ads/adAccounts?q=search" \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

When access ends

Operate As renews the sign-in before it runs out and checks it daily. If LinkedIn refuses to renew it, the service shows Expired, you're alerted, and your client reconnects from the same link.

See Keeping access alive and Removing access.

Calls answer

HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "detail": "Miller Dental's LinkedIn access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."
}

HTTP/1.1 409 ConflictContent-Type: application/json{  "detail": "Miller Dental's LinkedIn access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."}

Your webhook receives

{
  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",
  "type": "connection.expired",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",
  "data": {
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "clientName": "Miller Dental",
    "provider": "linkedin",
    "services": [
      "linkedin-ads",
      "linkedin"
    ],
    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"
  }
}

{  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",  "type": "connection.expired",  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",  "data": {    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "clientName": "Miller Dental",    "provider": "linkedin",    "services": [      "linkedin-ads",      "linkedin"    ],    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"  }}