p4p1/linkedin-marketing-workflow

A github workflow to do a linkedin post everytime you update your blog RSS Feed

linkedin-marketing-workflow

A simple github action to post on LinkedIn every time your update your RSS Feed !

How This Was Built

How to use:

1. Star this repo and give me a follow :)
2. Create a .github/workflows directory in a repo relevant to your blog (it's repo independent but it needs one)
3. Create a file named linkedin-marketing-workflow.yml inside of that folder
4. Place the following code inside of the previously created file:

name: Linkedin Marketing Workflow

on:
  schedule:
    # Make it run every day at 12:00
    - cron: '0 12 * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  linkedin-marketing-workflow:
    name: Does a linked in post using your rss feed
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: p4p1/linkedin-marketing-workflow@main
        with:
          # Replace with your rss feed link
          rss_feed: "https://leosmith.xyz/rss/blog.xml"
          LINKEDIN_SECRET: ${{secrets.LINKEDIN_SECRET}}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}

5. Create a assets / folder inside of the repo
6. Get a linkedin API token and store it in the repo's secrets as LINKEDIN_SECRET
7. Run the action

Generating the LinedIn API token

To generate the API token you need a LinkedIn developer account and you can then follow these simple steps to get it: follow the scribehow here

Variables:

name	description	default	required
FILE_PATH	Path of the text file to store last post	./assets/lastposted.txt	false
LINKEDIN_SECRET	Your linkedin secret token		true
GITHUB_TOKEN	Your github secret token		true
rss_feed	RSS feed link		true
commiter_username	Username of committing bot	lkn-p4p1-bot	false
commiter_email	Email of committing bot	p4p1@lkn.bot	false
commit_message	Commit message	LinkedIn Marketing commit bot	false