LinkedinAuth

Authentication ::: auth_linkedin
Maintained by Bas Brands
Part of set Linkedin.
This is the authentication part of the LinkedIn auth plugin. A Linkedin Block provides the user interface for this plugin
Latest release:
35 sites
10 downloads
13 fans
Current versions available: 3

Linkedin Oauth 2.0 Authentication Plugin


* Credits:

This authentication plugin has been created based on the code written by:
https://github.com/mahmudahsan using code published here:
https://github.com/mahmudahsan/Linkedin---Simple-integration-for-your-website

Using Moodle OAuth examples by Jerome Mouneyrac:
http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=auth_googleoauth2


* Requirements:
A Linked in Account
A Linked in integration Key / Secret
Some custom code in your theme or the linkedin block

* What it does (using the linkedin block):
When installed correctly a user can log in using their linked in account.

1. The user clicks the login with linkedin button
2. A popup opens that redirects to the linkedin page asking for your linkedin username/pass and your
approval to give moodle access to your profile. If the user was already logged into linkedin in some
other browsers window the popup only asks permission to login using linkedin
3. When the users finishes the linked in auth the Moodle page reloads and redirects the user the a form
asking for the users email.
4. When finished the users is logged into Moodle and profile information is shown in the linkedin block.

Profile info retreived from LinkedIn:
- firstname, lastname
- current job
- country
- city
- profile picture

* LinkedIn auth plugin installation

1. Add the auth plugin to /auth/linkedin
2. In Moodle go to the plugins page for authentication and enable linkedin
3. visit https://www.linkedin.com/secure/developer and click Add New Application.
4. Enter your Moodle website details, most important field: Integration URL, use the wwwroot of your Moodle installation
5. Once received from LinkedIn Enter you key / secret to the LinkedIn authentication plugin settings page in Moodle

* Linkedin block
1. Install the linkedin block
2. Go to the Siteadmin -> notifications to install the block
3. Add the block to the moodle frontpage

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  • Me at the Moodle Moot NZ11
    Fri, 4 May 2012, 1:56 PM
    Thanks a lot Bas - this could be an interesting option for business users smile
  • Geoff Waring
    Tue, 11 Sep 2012, 9:30 AM
    I tried to install the module using Moodle 2.3.2 on LAMP using PHP version 5.3.14
    I got the following error message when I tried to install:
    Plugin "mod_linkedin" is defective or outdated, can not continue, sorry.
    Debug info: Missing version value in version.php
    Error code: detectedbrokenplugin
    Stack trace:

    line 546 of /lib/upgradelib.php: plugin_defective_exception thrown
    line 358 of /lib/upgradelib.php: call to upgrade_plugins_modules()
    line 1524 of /lib/upgradelib.php: call to upgrade_plugins()
    line 329 of /admin/index.php: call to upgrade_noncore()
    Any suggestions?
    Geoff
  • Bas Brands
    Tue, 18 Sep 2012, 4:46 PM
    Have you used the latest version of the plugin?
  • Geoff Waring
    Sun, 7 Oct 2012, 8:48 AM
    Sorry Bas for being slow to respond. I assumed the system would automatically email me when you responded. I will click the RSS link.
    I used the latest plugin at Sep 11 auth_linkedin_moodle23_2012071600 which looks the same file name as you currently have in your download area.
  • Geoff Waring
    Sun, 7 Oct 2012, 9:51 AM
    It works fine. The error was on my side. I had uploaded the zip file to mod subdirectory as I had done with other modules but when I re-read the installation instructions I realised the authentication plugin should be unpacked into the moodle/auth subdirectory. I also updated to your latest (Sep 18) version. I installed the blocks zip file in the moodle/blocks subdirectory and tested them and they appear to work well.
  • Bas Brands
    Mon, 8 Oct 2012, 2:01 AM
    Thanks for reporting that! Hope the plugins will continue to work well for you and if you have any issues or suggestions do let me know!
  • sunil kumar
    Tue, 14 May 2013, 4:48 PM
    I have installed all the things but unable to show the linkedin block on the login page. Could anybody let me know, how to show the block on the login page???
  • Bert van der Hooft
    Sun, 16 Jun 2013, 1:43 PM
    Hi Bas,

    Wht's the impact of the Linkedin Member Permission Change?

    https://developer.linkedin.com/blog/migrating-all-applications-member-permissions-0

    Bert
  • Bert van der Hooft
    Sun, 16 Jun 2013, 7:32 PM
    Bas,

    Any plans for updating it to moodle 2.4?

    Bert
  • A Karthik
    Fri, 26 Jul 2013, 7:11 PM
    Hi i have installed both LinkedinAuth and Linkedin Block plugins. I have entered the OAuth User Token and OAuth User Secret in the settings for the plugin and enabled the plugin. while logging in using linkedin, am getting "We were unable to find the authorization token'"error.Also, "oauth_token=" in the url is empty. How to solve this issue..
  • Alberto Nieto
    Wed, 29 Apr 2015, 7:01 PM
    Hi Bas,

    If I enable the debug I am getting this notice: Notice: Array to string conversion here: curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array($auth_header));

    I tried with adding this with no success: curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array((string) $auth_header));
  • Bas Brands
    Wed, 29 Apr 2015, 10:22 PM
    Hi Alberto,

    Thanks for reporting this. I upgraded the plugin for Moodle version 2.8 and newer and got rid of the array to string error (and a few other issues related to upgrading to 2.8). Hope this helps!
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