LinkedIn Certification

Lets you add your own certification to LinkedIn with a single click from your websites.

Default Button:

Install

npm install linkedin-certification

Add the --save option to add this as a dependency in your application's package.json

Basic Usage

Using Organization Name

import React from "react";
import { LinkedinCertification } from "linkedin-certification";

const App = () => {
  return (
    <LinkedinCertification
      certificationName="My Sample Certification"
      organizationName="My Sample Organization"
      issuedMonth={12}
      issuedYear={2021}
      expirationMonth={3}
      expirationYear={2023}
      certificateId="29c2e87e-5c1c-11ec-bf63-0242ac130002"
      certificateURL="https://www.google.com"
      newTab={true}
    />
  );
};

export default App;

Using Organization ID

import React from "react";
import { LinkedinCertification } from "linkedin-certification";

const App = () => {
  return (
    <LinkedinCertification
      certificationName="My Sample Certification"
      organizationId={1337}
      issuedMonth={12}
      issuedYear={2021}
      expirationMonth={3}
      expirationYear={2023}
      certificateId="29c2e87e-5c1c-11ec-bf63-0242ac130002"
      certificateURL="https://www.google.com"
      newTab={true}
    />
  );
};

export default App;

Advanced Usage

You can pass your own button component and use it to add the certification to LinkedIn.

import React from "react";
import { LinkedinCertification } from "linkedin-certification";

const App = () => {
  return (
    <LinkedinCertification
      certificationName="My Sample Certification"
      organizationName="My Sample Organization"
      issuedMonth={12}
      issuedYear={2021}
      expirationMonth={3}
      expirationYear={2023}
      certificateId="29c2e87e-5c1c-11ec-bf63-0242ac130002"
      certificateURL="https://www.google.com"
      newTab={true}
      customButton={
        <button className="button is-link">
          <span className="icon">
            <i className="fab fa-linkedin"></i>
          </span>
          <span>Add to LinkedIn</span>
        </button>
      }
    />
  );
};

export default App;

Options

Property	Type	Description
`certificationName`	`string`	The name of the certification. `[Required]`
`organizationId*`	`string`	The id of the organization.
`organizationName*`	`string`	The name of the organization.
`issuedMonth`	`number`	Certification issued month
`issuedYear`	`number`	Certification issued year
`expirationMonth`	`number`	Certification expiry month
`expirationYear`	`number`	Certification expiry year
`certificateId`	`number`	Unique ID of the certification
`certificateURL`	`string`	URL for the certification
`newTab`	`boolean`	Set `true` to open the LinkedIn Certification window in a new tab
`customButton`	`React Node`	Lets you pass your own custom button.

*When using the component, please pick between ‘organizationId’ and ‘organizationName’.The two cannot be included at the same time. If your organization has an existing page on LinkedIn, it is recommended to use the ‘organizationId’ property. If your organization does not have an existing page on LinkedIn, use the ‘organizationName’ property instead.

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.