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# Get the LinkedIn authorization URL

> Returns the LinkedIn consent page for the profile. Calling it again reconnects a profile whose token has expired
or is about to expire. LinkedIn sends the user back to `/linkedin/callback`, which stores the new token.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://linkedin.narrativeconnectors.com/openapi.json get /profiles/{id}/authorize
openapi: 3.0.2
info:
  title: LinkedIn Connector API
  version: '2026-10-14'
  description: >-
    The LinkedIn connector API.


    Every operation except `/interfaces` needs a Narrative API token in the
    `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header.

    A request without the header gets a 403 with an empty body.
servers:
  - url: https://linkedin.narrativeconnectors.com
    description: Production
  - url: https://linkedin-dev.narrativeconnectors.com
    description: Development
security:
  - smithy.api.httpBearerAuth: []
paths:
  /profiles/{id}/authorize:
    get:
      tags:
        - profiles
      summary: Get the LinkedIn authorization URL
      description: >-
        Returns the LinkedIn consent page for the profile. Calling it again
        reconnects a profile whose token has expired

        or is about to expire. LinkedIn sends the user back to
        `/linkedin/callback`, which stores the new token.
      operationId: AuthorizeProfile
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          description: Profile Id must be in UUID format.
          schema:
            type: string
            description: Profile Id must be in UUID format.
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizationUrl'
        '400':
          description: >-
            The request is invalid. `error` is `bad_payload` when the body or a
            parameter cannot be read, or `invalid_request` when the request is
            well-formed but cannot be applied.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestError'
        '403':
          description: >-
            The token is missing, invalid or expired. A request without an
            `Authorization: Bearer` header gets an empty body.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
        '404':
          description: >-
            The resource does not exist, or an id in the path is not a valid
            UUID.
        '500':
          description: Unexpected failure.
        '502':
          description: The Narrative API failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpstreamError'
components:
  schemas:
    AuthorizationUrl:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Send the user to `url` before `expires_at`, when the single-use state in
        it expires.
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
        expires_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
        - expires_at
        - url
    BadRequestError:
      type: object
      description: >-
        The request is invalid. `error` is `bad_payload` when the body or a
        parameter cannot be read, or

        `invalid_request` when the request is well-formed but cannot be applied.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: '`bad_payload` or `invalid_request`.'
        error_description:
          type: string
      required:
        - error
        - error_description
    ForbiddenError:
      type: object
      description: >-
        The token is missing, invalid or expired. A request without an
        `Authorization: Bearer` header gets an empty body.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: '`forbidden`.'
        error_description:
          type: string
    UpstreamError:
      type: object
      description: The Narrative API failed.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: '`upstream_error`.'
        error_description:
          type: string
      required:
        - error
        - error_description
  securitySchemes:
    smithy.api.httpBearerAuth:
      type: http
      description: HTTP Bearer authentication
      scheme: Bearer

````

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