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LinkupAPI for LinkedIn ACTION

Connect To Profile

Send a connection invitation to a LinkedIn profile. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's LinkupAPI for LinkedIn account once, then configure and run Connect To Profile from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "linkupapi-connect-to-profile",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    linkupapi: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    accountId: "Account ID",
    linkedinUrl: "LinkedIn URL",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Connect To Profile inputs
Property Type Description
accountId Account ID string
The persistent account identifier (e.g. acc_abc123). Run Connect Account to create one, or List Accounts to look up existing account IDs.
Required
linkedinUrl LinkedIn URL string
LinkedIn profile URL. Eg. https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe/. Required unless Identifier is provided.
Optional
identifier Identifier string
Unique identifier of the person to invite. Required unless LinkedIn URL is provided.
Optional
message Message string
Message to include with the connection request (max 300 chars).
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
linkupapi-connect-to-profile
Version
1.0.1
App
LinkupAPI for LinkedIn
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes