Get LinkedIn share count JSONP

Question

Using the LinkedIn API, I want to get the share count for an URL.

https://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?url=http://www.linkedin.com&format=json

But this gives me an error because of Same-Origin Policy. I want to use JSONP to then get the data, but I am stuck there.

$.getJSON("https://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?url=https://www.linkedin.com&format=jsonp&callback=myCallback", function(data) {
    elem.find(".count").html(data.count);
});

I still get the Same-Origin Policy error and no data from data.count. Can anyone help me out? Thanks!

HI you should try using $.ajax cal and you do not need to specify the callback function in url. '$.ajax({ url: url, dataType: 'jsonp' })' — vidit bhatia, Jan 03 '15 at 19:30

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 03 '15 at 19:27

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Try

myCallback = function(data) {
  // do stuff with `data`
};
var url = "https://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?"
          + "url=https://www.linkedin.com&format=jsonp&callback=myCallback";
$.getScript(url);

See jQuery.getScript()

myCallback = function(data) {
  $("body").append("<pre>" + JSON.stringify(data, null, 2) + "</pre>")
};

$.getScript("https://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?url=https://www.linkedin.com&format=jsonp&callback=myCallback");

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

answered Jan 03 '15 at 19:27

guest271314

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this would not work for linkedin. linkedin API are wierd and not formed properly – vidit bhatia Jan 03 '15 at 19:31
its from experience I have been working with linkedin API like forever. jsonP does not work by defining the function to be called unless you do it using ajax call. you can try it yourself – vidit bhatia Jan 03 '15 at 19:38
@viditbhatia Not able to view stacksnippets results , above ? – guest271314 Jan 03 '15 at 19:39
sorry my bad. did not check it but it does not work in the api's i use .i would vote your answer up – vidit bhatia Jan 03 '15 at 19:42
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Not sure if things have changed this past year, but this works great for LinkedIn as of today. – Daniel Falabella May 16 '16 at 21:57

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '15 at 20:10

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Thanks everyone for your answers, but I solved it already myself.

This worked for me:

$.getJSON("http://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?url=https://www.linkedin.com&format=jsonp&callback=?", function(data) {
        elem.find(".count").html(data.count);
});

answered Jan 03 '15 at 20:10

B_s

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Does not work anymore since LinkedIn updated their API to block callback names with numbers – frank May 16 '16 at 21:53

bashaus · Answer 3 · 2015-05-09T16:25:51.600

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As of jQuery 1.5.1, this is the recommended way of structuring AJAX requests:

$.ajax({
    dataType: "jsonp",
    url: "http://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share",
    data: {
        callback: "?",
        format: "jsonp",
        url: "http://www.example.com/"
    }
}).done(function(data) {
    console.log(data.count);
});

edited May 09 '15 at 16:25

answered Mar 16 '15 at 17:21

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jQuery 1.5.1 is [4+ years old](http://blog.jquery.com/2011/01/31/jquery-15-released/). Do you have a link to this recommended structure? Also, you need braces around the parameters to `$.ajax()`. – Dan Dascalescu Mar 21 '15 at 00:57
This does not work anymore since LinkedIn modified their API to block callbacks with numbers in their name – frank May 16 '16 at 21:52

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 16 '16 at 21:50

A few days ago, LinkedIn changed their API and the solutions above are broken :


    $.getJSON("http://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?url=https://www.linkedin.com&format=jsonp&callback=?", function(data) {
            elem.find(".count").html(data.count);
    });

fails because jQuery will replace the ? into a callback with a random name with numbers in it. And Linkedin now prevents using numbers in callback names.

The solution is to use to call "manually" $.ajax to prevent jQuery automation


    $.ajax({
        dataType: "jsonp",
        url: 'https://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share',
        data: {'url':encodeURIComponent(location.href)},
        jsonpCallback: 'this_is_a_random_name',
        success: function(data){
                elem.find(".count").html(data.count);;
        }
    });

The Answer provided by guest271314 still works for me. I appreciate your answer, but are you sure current solutions aren't working anymore? — B_s, May 19 '16 at 15:46

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