Encountered ChallengeException: CHALLENGE while trying to login with app client credentials

[graghukalyan]

Hello folks,

I created a app and was trying to leverage this python library to make an API call & fetch profile information. I've validated the __api = Linkedin(username, password)_ using my personal credentials & it works as expected and as provided by the documentation.

However, I've encountered _linkedinapi.client.ChallengeException: CHALLENGE while trying to use the app client credentials __api = Linkedin(_clientid, _clientsecret)_ .Looking for some alternatives/ workarounds for tackling this issue from the community.

linkedin_api/linkedin.py, line 82, in __init__ self.client.authenticate(username, password) linkedin_api/client.py, line 101, in authenticate self._do_authentication_request(username, password) linkedin_api/client.py, line 163, in _do_authentication_request raise ChallengeException(data["login_result"]) linkedin_api.client.ChallengeException: CHALLENGE

TIA

[elchead]

same, the README mentions that there is not much you can do about it

[vivi7]

SO, actually, this apis are useless, is thwere a way to search job and get description with no login?

[graghukalyan]

@elchead On top of my head, could think of these two scrappy alternatives:

• Either create a temporary user profile account and use the email address & credentials to make the API calls

• Ask the requesting user to provide their LinkedIn credentials during login. We will not be storing the credentials but it will only be used for that particular session usage and cleared up (during logout or an arbitrary timeout)

@tomquirk Any feedback/thoughts ?