API Reference/Endpoints

Accept or decline an invitation

POST/api/linkedin/gateway/users/invite/received/{invitation_id}

Resolves one of the connected account's pending inbound connection requests, either accepting it into the network or declining it outright.

Authentication

Send your personal API key as a bearer token. A missing, malformed or revoked key returns 401. The account behind account_id must belong to your key.

Path parameters

FieldTypeDescription

invitation_id *stringThe invitation's id, from List invitations received.

Body parameters

FieldTypeDescription

account_id *stringWhich connected account the invitation was sent to.

provider *"LINKEDIN"Always the literal string LINKEDIN.

shared_secret *stringThe token that came back on this invitation from List invitations received — LinkedIn requires it to act on the invite.

action *"accept" | "decline"Whether to accept the connection request or turn it down.

Response fields

FieldTypeDescription

status"ACCEPTED" | "DECLINED"Confirms which action was taken.

Errors

·401 Unauthorized. The key is missing, malformed or has been rotated.·403 Forbidden. The account_id doesn't belong to this key.·404 Not Found. No pending invitation with that id — it may already be resolved, or the shared_secret is stale.