LinkedIn is a professional networking platform with APIs for reading member profile data and publishing posts. The LinkedIn connector lets your Lovable app read the connected user their basic profile and email, and publish posts to LinkedIn on their behalf. It’s designed for apps that need professional identity, content distribution, or LinkedIn-driven workflows. With LinkedIn, your app can:Documentation Index
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- Read basic profile details, including name and profile photo
- Read the connected member’s primary email address
- Publish posts on behalf of the connected member
Common use cases and example apps
| Example app | Example prompt | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Auto-publish blog posts to LinkedIn | Use LinkedIn and build a tool that takes a draft article, formats it as a LinkedIn post, and publishes it to my LinkedIn feed. | Cross-post written content from one place to a member’s LinkedIn feed. The app composes a post from an article draft and publishes it on behalf of the connected member. |
| Scheduled post composer | Use LinkedIn and build a scheduler where I draft posts, pick a publish time, and have them go out to LinkedIn automatically. | Plan and queue LinkedIn posts ahead of time. The app stores drafts with publish times and pushes each post to LinkedIn when its scheduled time arrives. |
| Sales outreach companion | Use LinkedIn and build an app that signs reps in with LinkedIn, pulls their profile into the CRM, and lets them publish prospecting posts. | Tie LinkedIn identity and publishing to a sales workflow. The app reads the rep’s profile into CRM records and publishes posts to their LinkedIn feed when they trigger a campaign. |
| Personal brand dashboard | Use LinkedIn and build a dashboard where I draft, preview, and publish LinkedIn posts, with a record of everything I’ve shared. | Centralize LinkedIn publishing in a single workspace. The app provides drafting and preview tools, publishes posts on behalf of the member, and keeps a log of what’s been posted. |
| Event registration with LinkedIn login | Use LinkedIn and build an event registration page where attendees sign in with LinkedIn and confirm their profile details. | Reduce signup friction by reading profile data from LinkedIn. The app authenticates the attendee with LinkedIn, pre-fills name and email, and confirms registration in one step. |
How to connect LinkedIn
Workspace admins and owners can connect LinkedIn. You can create multiple LinkedIn connections using different accounts, which is useful for separating environments or managing publishing across multiple members. When the connection is created, LinkedIn becomes available across all projects in the workspace. Anyone building in a project can ask Lovable in chat to link their project to it.Prerequisites
Before connecting LinkedIn, make sure you have:- A LinkedIn account you want to connect
- Lovable workspace owner or admin role
All API requests made through this connector count against the connected LinkedIn account’s API quotas. Quotas and access are managed directly by LinkedIn, not Lovable.
Set up your LinkedIn connection
Name the connection
In Display name, name the connection (for example,
LinkedIn Prod). This name is only used inside Lovable to identify the connection.Review scopes (optional)
Expand Advanced settings to review the permissions your app will request. Default scopes are pre-selected for common use cases.
For full scope documentation, see LinkedIn’s authorization code flow reference.
| Scope | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
OpenID (openid) | Authenticate the member identity with LinkedIn. | Required |
Profile (profile) | Read the member’s basic profile information. | Required |
Email (email) | Read the member’s primary email address. | On |
Publish posts (w_member_social) | Create posts on behalf of the connected member. | On |
Choose who can access this connection
Under Who can access this connection, decide who in your workspace can use the connection:
- Only you (default): only the person creating the connection can use it and its associated data.
- Invite specific people: only you and explicitly added workspace members can use the connection and its associated data.
- Invite entire workspace: click Invite entire workspace to make the connection available to everyone in your Lovable workspace.
Connect to LinkedIn and authorize
Click Connect. The LinkedIn authorization window opens, so make sure your browser doesn’t block pop-ups. If it does, Lovable redirects you instead.Sign in to LinkedIn if prompted, review the requested permissions, and click Allow.You’ll be redirected back to Lovable with a confirmation.
Limitations
The LinkedIn connector cannot:- Read other LinkedIn members’ profiles, connections, or messages
- Read or write comments, likes, or reactions
- Manage company pages, ads, or organization posts
- Receive LinkedIn webhooks or real-time events
- Support per-end-user LinkedIn login. Each connection represents a single LinkedIn account shared across all projects linked to it.
How to unlink projects from a connection
Editors and above can remove specific projects from a connection without deleting the connection entirely. The connection will remain available for other projects. To unlink projects:
When unlinked, those projects will no longer have access to through this connection. If a project needs again, you can link it to any available connection.