mikeal/request with LinkedIn

gistfile1.js

var request = require('request')
    , qs = require('querystring')

    // LinkedIn Specifics
    , apiHost = 'https://api.linkedin.com/v1'

    , oauth = {
        consumer_key: process.env.LINKEDIN_API_KEY
        , consumer_secret: process.env.LINKEDIN_SECRET_KEY
        , token: process.env.LINKEDIN_DEFAULT_TOKEN
        , token_secret: process.env.LINKEDIN_DEFAULT_SECRET
    }
    ;

module.exports.fetchUserInfo = function(userId, callback){
    var url = apiHost + '/people/~:(id,first-name,last-name,headline,location:(name,country:(code)),industry,num-connections,num-connections-capped,summary,specialties,proposal-comments,associations,honors,interests,positions,publications,patents,languages,skills,certifications,educations,three-current-positions,three-past-positions,num-recommenders,recommendations-received,phone-numbers,im-accounts,twitter-accounts,date-of-birth,main-address,member-url-resources,picture-url,site-standard-profile-request:(url),api-standard-profile-request:(url,headers),public-profile-url)?format=json'

    request.get({url:url, oauth:oauth, json:true}, function (e, r, body) {
        if (e) return callback(e);
        return callback(null, body);
    });
}

HI

Thanks for the info will try it out. But I guess storing stuff like API Keys in environment variables may not be such a great idea especially when the deployment environment is not under your control

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