javaspringspring-socialspring-social-linkedin

Can't get linkedin profiles summaries using Spring social

I'm trying to access some basic profiles datas with the SpringSocialLinkedin 1.0.0.RC3. Here is how I proceed :

String industry = connection.getIndustry();
String headLine = connection.getHeadline();
String summary = connection.getSummary();

Let's know picture a random connection having all these fields fill. What I'll get is his industry and his headline . However, in place of his summary, I'll get a null value. As a consequence, I was wondering : is this a known bug due to the version of the module or is there something wrong elsewhere ?

EDIT : Thanks to a nice fellow, I managed to make the 1.0.0.3 run nicely. However, I still can't manage to get connections summaries.

EDIT BIS : I can only get my own summary. My contact's summaries are hidden from my app.

Solution

  • In fact, the trouble comes from LinkedIn. However, there is a way to dodge the problem using the linkedin.restOperations()supplied by Spring social. Here is how I proceeded : 

    String url = String.format("https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/id=%s:(summary)", connection.getId());
LinkedInProfile summaryProfile = source.restOperations().getForObject(url, LinkedInProfile.class);
String summary = summaryProfile.getSummary();

    This way, the summary is well recovered, at the cost of an extra REST query. Another downside of this method is the fact that search operations are limited to 100 queries a day per user.