🔗 React-Native LinkedIn

Simple LinkedIn login library for React-Native with WebView into a Modal

Demo on Expo

Benefits

• Light: No need to link a native library like others alternatives
• Simple: Get the token and the expires, you handle your own login with the access_token
• Sure: open-source
• Almost readable & understandable code: JavaScript & React

Installation

$ yarn add react-native-linkedin

Documentation

Props

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
clientID	string	required		Your client id
clientSecret	string			Will be removed from here and give server example Your client secret
redirectUri	string	required		Your redirectUri
onSuccess	function	required		Function will be call back on success
authState	string	optional	require('uuid').v4()	The state of auth, to be more secure
onError	function	optional	console.error(err)	Function will be call back on error
onClose	function	optional		Function will be call back on close modal
onOpen	function	optional		Function will be call back on open modal
onSignIn	function	optional		Function will be call back when the user sign in
permissions	array	optional	['r_basicprofile', 'r_emailaddress']	The LinkedIn access token permissions
renderButton	function	optional		Render function for customize LinkedIn button
renderClose	function	optional		Render function for customize close button
linkText	string	optional	'Login with LinkedIn'	Link label
containerStyle	ViewPropTypes.style	optional		Customize container style
wrapperStyle	ViewPropTypes.style	optional		Customize wrapper style
closeStyle	ViewPropTypes.style	optional		Customize close style
animationType	Modal.propTypes.animationType	optional	fade	Customize animationType style: 'none', 'slide' or 'fade'
shouldGetAccessToken	bool	optional	true	Set to false to receive the 'authorization code' rather then the 'access token'

Example

// See ./example folder for details
import React from 'react'
import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native'

import LinkedInModal from 'react-native-linkedin'

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    backgroundColor: '#fff',
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
  },
})

export default class AppContainer extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <LinkedInModal
          clientID="[ Your client id from https://www.linkedin.com/developer/apps ]"
          clientSecret="[ Your client secret from https://www.linkedin.com/developer/apps ]"
          redirectUri="[ Your redirect uri set into https://www.linkedin.com/developer/apps ]"
          onSuccess={token => console.log(token)}
        />
      </View>
    )
  }
}

Security

Please note that you should give your linkedin client id and you secret key to the component. You should be aware that key can be found if you store it directly to your code. I strongly recommand to not declare both on your code but found a way to keep it secret (ie. get it from server, encrypt it, ...)

> Related issue

Roadmap & TODOs

• Better style for modal: border, padding, transparency
• Button to close the modal
• Better catch of error into login url
• Add gif example in README
• Publish example to expo
• Remove secret from client and give server example of retrieving access_token
• Test every line of code
• Add props or other function to fetch more informations like basic profile information
• Use Expo WebBrowser when app is in Expo (ie. if global.__exponent exist)

> Propose

Contribution

• @xcapentier The main author.

PRs are welcome!

FAQ

Is it supported and tested both on android and iOS?

YES

How to get the basic profile of a user after getting the token?

const access_token // from this lib
const baseApi = 'https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/'
const params = [
  'first-name',
  'last-name',
  // add more fields here
]

const response = await fetch(
  `${baseApi}~:(${params.join(',')})?format=json`,
  {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
      Authorization: 'Bearer ' + access_token
    }
  }
)
const payload = await response.json()

Other questions

Feel free to contact me or create an issue

Alternatives

• react-native-linkedin-login
• react-native-linkedin-sdk
• react-native-linkedin-oauth

Licence

MIT

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