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title: Creating your LinkedIn application
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> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

To use LinkedIn authentication on your website, you first need to create a LinkedIn application:

1. Sign in to your LinkedIn account at <https://www.linkedin.com> or create a new account.
2. Visit <https://www.linkedin.com/secure/developer>.
3. Click **Create app** on the _My apps_ page.
4. Fill in at least the required fields and accept the LinkedIn legal terms.
5. Click **Create app**. LinkedIn redirects you to a page showing the details of your application.
6. Switch to the **Auth** tab and add the URLs of all pages where you wish to allow LinkedIn authentication (i.e. pages that display the [LinkedIn logon web part](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/managing-users/user-registration-and-authentication/configuring-third-party-authentication-services/linkedin-authentication/web-parts-available-for-linkedin-authentication.md)).
7. Edit the **Redirect URLs** (under _OAuth 2.0 settings_).
8. For each URL, click **Add redirect URL**, enter the full absolute URL including the protocol, domain, virtual directory and trailing slash (if necessary). For example: _https://mydomain.com/Special-pages/SignIn_
9. Click **Update** after you add all required redirect URLs.

The **Auth** tab also displays your application's the **Client ID** and **Client Secret** values. You need to enter these values in Kentico: **Settings -> Security & Membership -> Authentication -> LinkedIn**. See [Settings - LinkedIn](https://docs.kentico.com/k12sp/configuring-kentico/managing-sites/configuring-settings-for-sites/settings-security-membership/settings-authentication/settings-linkedin.md) for more details.

> **Note:** **Apply with LinkedIn program**
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> If you wish to load birth date values for users who register on your site using their LinkedIn credentials, your LinkedIn application requires the **r\_fullprofile** permission. Loading of the birth dates can be configured through the **Require birth date** property of the **LinkedIn logon** web part. If you enable the property without the required permissions for your LinkedIn application, registration and authentication will not work.
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> To obtain the permission, you need to apply and be approved as a LinkedIn Partner ([LinkedIn Marketing Developer Program](https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/marketing-partners/become-a-partner/marketing-developer-program)). You can apply on your app's **Products** tab by clicking **Add more products** and selecting **Marketing Developer Platform**.
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> If you obtain the permission, you also need to configure Kentico to request this permission on behalf of users:
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> 1. Open the **Settings** application in Kentico.
> 2. Select the **Security & Membership -> Authentication -> LinkedIn** settings category.
> 3. Set the **Requested permissions (scope)** setting to: _r\_fullprofile_
> 4. Click **Save**.