How can I get my linkedIn sharing url to work

Question

I am sharing my page "www.mysite.com/detail/?v=2442411" to linkedIn but I just get a "Oops" on linkedIn.

In code I have it like this:

string LinkedIn = $"https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url={mysiteurlvariable}?v={myidvariable}&title=ThisTitle"

It spits out this link: https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle/?mini=true&url=www.mysite.com/detail/?v=2442411&title=ThisTitle

When following the link as I say I just get a oops from LinkedIn. Although when replacing the url with any other url also without a parameter its fine.

It seems like it does not like the ?v={myidvatiable} part

Anyone know of this issue or why this is an issue

what values do you have in mysiteurlvariable and myidvatible? (note it says vatible not variable perhaps) — BugFinder, Jun 25 '19 at 13:53
Why do you have title=ThisTitle? Did you mean title={ThisTitle}? — Jake Steffen, Jun 25 '19 at 13:54
Your URI could be malformed: the `?` is used twice. Try replacing `?v=` with `&v=` — n0idea, Jun 25 '19 at 13:55
@BugFinder mysiteurlvariable = www.mysite.com/detail/ and myidvatiable =2442411 — user1702369, Jun 25 '19 at 13:55
@JakeSteffen, its just a random text used for the example. You can make it what you want like: SharingNotWorking or ISuckAtThis. lol — user1702369, Jun 25 '19 at 13:58
Perhaps read https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29305683/is-it-possible-to-prevent-stripping-of-query-params-from-shared-urls — Camilo Terevinto, Jun 25 '19 at 14:02
Also, do not forget to [HTML encode](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5095351/encoding-parameters-for-a-url) your query string parameter values. — n0idea, Jun 25 '19 at 14:02
What are you trying to implement? Looks like you need use LinkedIn api — Basil Kosovan, Jun 25 '19 at 14:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '20 at 17:02

You need to do URL-encoding with parameters you are feeding to another URL. And also, since you have posted your question, the LinkedIn Share URL parameters have changed. Source: Official Microsoft LinkedIn Share URL Documentation.

So, this is what you should want...

https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url={mysiteurlvariable}%3Fv%3D%7Bmyidvariable%7D%26title%3DThisTitle%22

Hope this helps!

How can I get my linkedIn sharing url to work

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