Setup LinkedIn Single Sign-on with Drupal OAuth Client
Overview
Drupal LinkedIn SSO integration will allow you to configure Single Sign-On ( SSO ) login between your Drupal site and LinkedIn using OAuth/OpenID protocol. Drupal OAuth 2.0/OpenID connect module gives the ability to enable login using OAuth 2.0/OIDC Single Sign-On to Drupal Site. We provide the Drupal OAuth/OpenID Client module for Drupal 7, Drupal 8, Drupal 9 and Drupal 10, Drupal 11.
Installation Steps
- Using Composer
- Using Drush
- Manual Installation
Configuration Steps
Setup Drupal as OAuth Client
- After installing the module, navigate to the Configuration -> miniOrange OAuth Client Configuration -> Configure OAuth tab and select LinkedIn from the Select Application dropdown list.
- Copy the Callback/Redirect URL and keep it handy.
- Enter the application name in the Display Name text field. For example, LinkedIn.
Note: If your provider only supports HTTPS Callback/Redirect URLs and you have an HTTP site, please make sure to enable the 'Enforce HTTPS Callback URL' checkbox at the bottom of the tab.
Create Application in LinkedIn
- Go to LinkedIn Admin console and sign up/log into your account.
- Click on Create app button.
- In the Create an app panel, enter the required information:
- Enter the prefered application name in App name text field.
- LinkedIn Page: Enter your company's name or the URL of your linkedIn company page.
- App logo: Add your company logo.
- Check the legal terms and conditions checkbox, then click the Create app button.
- Navigate to the Auth tab and, under the OAuth 2.0 settings section, click the Pencil icon.
- Click on + Add redirect URL link and paste the copied Callback URL into the Authorized redirect URLs for your app text field. Then, click on Update button.
Integrating Drupal with LinkedIn
- LinkedIn assigns a unique Application ID to your application. Copy the Client ID from the Application credentials section.
- In Drupal’s Configure OAuth tab and paste the copied Client ID into the Client ID text field.
- In the Application credentials section, click the Eye icon. Then copy Client Secret.
- In Drupal’s Configure OAuth tab and paste the copied Client Secret into the Client Secret text field.
- Navigate to the LinkedIn page. Go to the Products tab.
- Under the Sign In with LinkedIn card, click on the Request access button.
- Click on checkbox to accept the legal terms and conditions, then click the Request access button.
- You have successfully completed your LinkedIn App OAuth Server side configurations.
| Scope | r_emailaddress r_liteprofile |
| Authorize Endpoint | https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/authorization |
| Access Token Endpoint | https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/accessToken |
| Get User Info Endpoint | https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me |
Test Configuration of Drupal with LinkedIn
- After successfully saving the configurations, click on the Perform Test Configuration button to test the connection between Drupal and LinkedIn.
- This Test Configuration window will provide you with a list of the attributes that are coming from the LinkedIn.
- Select the Email Attribute from the dropdown menu in which the user's email ID is obtained and click on the Done button.
- Now, in the Attribute & Role Mapping tab, you can also choose the Username Attribute from the dropdown and click on the Save Configuration button.
Note: Mapping the Email Attribute is mandatory for your login to work.
How to perform the SSO
- Open a new browser/private window and navigate to the Drupal site login page.
- Click on the Login using LinkdIn link to initiate the SSO from Drupal.
- If you want to add the SSO link on other pages, please follow the steps given in the image below:
Need Assistance?
If you face any issues during the configuration or if you want some additional features, please contact us at drupalsupport@xecurify.com.
Additional Features:
Troubleshooting:
More FAQs ➔Getting error: 'Username not received. Check your
Attribute Mapping configuration.' OR Getting Error: 'Email not received. Check your Attribute Mapping
configuration.' 
Follow the steps mentioned HERE
I am getting "Client Credentials were not found in
the headers or body"
when I try to perform test configuration
Follow the steps mentioned HERE
After I click on the logout in Drupal, it sends me back to
the Drupal homepage. However, when I try to login with other user, it doesn't ask me to login but
automatically logs me in with same user
The logout functionality you've mentioned here is the default behavior of a module. It's logging you out of Drupal but not from your Application/Provider. To allow the module to logout from your provider/application account (what you are looking for), you need to make the below configurations: [know more]
I purchased the paid Drupal module and replaced it with
the free module, but still I am not able to use paid features.
As you have upgraded to one of our paid versions of the Drupal module and replaced the free module with the paid one, you must first activate the paid module. Please refer to the below steps. [Know more]
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