PostOnLinkedIn.py

def ShareContentOnLinkedin(myposttitle, myposturl, myposttags):

    ######## LINKEDIN PART

    # First generated a client_id and a client_secret within the app page on your linkedin account
    # Then follow this procedure to generate a code https://medium.com/@ellesmuse/how-to-get-a-linkedin-access-token-a53f9b62f0ce
    # Following code will allow you to get an access token ! use only once (token as to be generated every 60 days)

    # code = 'xxx'

    # url = 'https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/accessToken'
    # data = {"client_id": "xxx", "client_secret": "xxx", "grant_type": "authorization_code", "redirect_uri": "https://movingmarseille.wordpress.com/", "code": code}
    # headers = {"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}

    # r = requests.post(url, data=data, headers=headers)
    # print(r.content)

    # Then you will be able to post on linkedin

    access_token = "xxx"

    linkedinBaseUrl = 'https://api.linkedin.com/v2/'
    headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token}
    r = requests.get(linkedinBaseUrl+'me?projection=(id)', headers=headers)
    linkedInProfile = r.json()

    #create the author variable in linkedin urn format
    author = "urn:li:person:"+linkedInProfile['id']

    api_url = linkedinBaseUrl+'ugcPosts'

    #concat all tags extracted from medium with an hashtag
    myTagsstr = ' #'.join(map(str, myposttags))

    post_data = {
        "author": author,
        "lifecycleState": "PUBLISHED",
        "specificContent": {
            "com.linkedin.ugc.ShareContent": {
                "shareCommentary": {
                    "text": "Check out my new Medium post : " + myposttitle + "\n" + myposturl + "\n #" + myTagsstr + "\n \n This was automaticaly posted from AWS Lambda"
                },
                "shareMediaCategory": "NONE"
            },
        },
        "visibility": {
            "com.linkedin.ugc.MemberNetworkVisibility": "CONNECTIONS"
        },
    }

    response = requests.post(api_url, headers=headers, json=post_data)

    if response.status_code == 201:
        print("Success")
        print(response.content)
    else:
        print(response.content)