Automate integrating LinkedIn interactions into your Orbit workspace with this GitHub Actions template
There is one check included in the LinkedIn automation template, it occurs once a day:
- Check for new organization post comments
If there are new comments they will be added to your Orbit workspace as new activities.
To use this workflow:
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Copy the linkedin.yml file into your own GitHub repository inside your
.github/workflowsdirectory -
The automation requires your LinkedIn and Orbit credentials be added to your GitHub repository secrets.
- Follow the steps in the GitHub Actions Templates First Time Setup Guide and add the following two additional secrets:
LINKEDIN_ORGANIZATION: Your LinkedIn organization ID, i.e. if your LinkedIn URL is https://linkedin.com/company/28866695 then your ID isurn:li:organization:28866695LINKEDIN_TOKEN: Your LinkedIn token. Follow the First Time Setup Guide to obtain it if you have not done so previously.
- Follow the steps in the GitHub Actions Templates First Time Setup Guide and add the following two additional secrets:
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This workflow will automatically filter out any LinkedIn comments that are older than the most recent LinkedIn comment in your Orbit workspace currently.
- To perform a historical import, that will send to Orbit all of your LinkedIn comments add the
--historical-importflag to the workflow file on line 24:linkedin_orbit --check-comments --historical-import - You should only need to run a historical import once, and it is recommended to remove the
--historical-importflag after.
- To perform a historical import, that will send to Orbit all of your LinkedIn comments add the
Once the workflow and credentials have been added to your GitHub repository, the workflow will be activated. You do not need to do anything else to activate it.