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LinkedIn

TryPost supports posting to LinkedIn personal profiles and company pages.

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Connect your account

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Personal profile

  1. Go to Accounts in the TryPost dashboard
  2. Click Connect LinkedIn
  3. Authorize TryPost on LinkedIn — your profile is connected directly, no extra picker needed

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Company page

  1. Go to Accounts and click Connect LinkedIn Page
  2. Authorize TryPost on LinkedIn with organization admin scope
  3. TryPost loads every Page you administer and redirects you to a dedicated Select a LinkedIn Page screen
  4. Pick the Page you want to schedule for. Each Page connects as its own social account — repeat the flow to add more.

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Supported content types

TypeDescription
PostText with optional 1 image or 1 video
CarouselSwipeable image carousel — up to 20 images
Both content types are available for personal profiles (linkedin_post / linkedin_carousel) and company pages (linkedin_page_post / linkedin_page_carousel).

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OAuth scopes

ConnectionScopes requested
Personal profile (linkedin)openid, profile, email, r_basicprofile, w_member_social
Company page (linkedin-page)openid, profile, email, w_organization_social, r_organization_social, rw_organization_admin, w_member_social

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Self-hosting setup

  1. Go to LinkedIn Developers and click Create App
  2. Fill in app details (name, company page, logo) and create the app
  3. Go to the Auth tab and add redirect URLs:
    • {APP_URL}/accounts/linkedin/callback (profiles)
    • {APP_URL}/accounts/linkedin-page/callback (pages)
  4. Go to the Products tab and request access to:
    • Share on LinkedIn
    • Sign In with LinkedIn using OpenID Connect
    • Marketing Developer Platform (required for company-page scopes like w_organization_social and rw_organization_admin)
  5. Add to your .env:
LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
LINKEDIN_CLIENT_REDIRECT="${APP_URL}/accounts/linkedin/callback"
LINKEDIN_PAGE_CLIENT_REDIRECT="${APP_URL}/accounts/linkedin-page/callback"