README

A simple Laravel package to authenticate users with LinkedIn and allow them to share event posts with a custom merged image (e.g., event banner + profile photo).

🚀 Features

• LinkedIn OAuth login with access token/session management
• Image merge support using event image + user's LinkedIn profile picture
• Optional preview before posting
• Text + Image post support to LinkedIn feed
• Configurable via config/linkedin-share.php

🔧 Installation

1. Require the package:

composer require kistlak/linkedin-poster

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=linkedin-config

1. Add the following to your .env

LINKEDIN_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id LINKEDIN_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret LINKEDIN_REDIRECT_URI=https://yourapp.com/linkedin/callback

Usage

In your blade file, add:

@if (!Session::has('linkedin_token'))
    <a href="{{ route('linkedin.redirect', [$event->getTable(), $event->id]) }}">Connect LinkedIn</a>
@else
    <a href="{{ route('linkedin.share.index.view', [$event->getTable(), $event->id]) }}">Share on LinkedIn</a>
@endif