Linkedin

[danieljanderson]

I am not sure where to put this or how difficult it would be to add Linkedin to the member page on the website. If I wanted to add someone on LinkedIn I couldn't necessarily look them up using their GitHub username because they wouldn't match with their Linkedin name. Another benefit would be if an employer was on our site and was interested in knowing more about a member they would have access to that member's LinkedIn to learn more.

Now I know we use Github search api. Couldn't we use another request for Linkedin's api?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/shared/integrations/people/profile-api
I think we could use the public profile api
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/shared/references/v2/profile/basic-profile

this is a great article. Skip to the public profile section
https://nubela.co/blog/ultimate-guide-to-linkedin-api_people-profile-api_with-python-examples/

Now I know that it says that we would need to be approved

I don't know how our site is built but I am more than willing to figure this out with someone.