Can LinkedIn REST API access user activity feeds?

Question

Does LinkedIn provide a REST API functionality similar to company updates...

https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/company-pages#company_updates

...but for the user activity feed? Such as these feeds:

LinkedIn writes In an effort to boost support for our developer community, we moved our online support forum from the Developers site to StackOverflow. [...] Tag question with the #linkedin hashtag so LinkedIn engineers will see them. So, it will be interesting to see if these LinkedIn engineers will comment on this in any way... — user10675834
Two months have passed, and no response form the "LinkedIn engineers" who "will see" questions tagged with #linkedin. LinkedIn only provides support for paying customers; other developers can only ask questions on Stack Overflow and then hope that the SO community will help. Typical big company behavior. — user10675834

raisking raisking · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-11T18:13:18

ATTENTION: This is no longer valid since Linkedin deprecated this service and is no longer granting access to the activity feed through its API.

Before REST API Call, OAuth (Application must be authorized and authenticated before they can be fetch data from LinkedIn or get access to member data.) - Get Permission - Client ID(API Key) and Client Secret. - Your application directs the browser to LinkedIn's OAuth 2.0 authorization page where the member authenticates. After authentication, LinkedIn's authorization server passes an auth code to your application. - Sends this code to LinkedIn and LinkedIn returns in access token. - Application uses this token to call APIs on behalf of the member.

                        - Step 1: Get Client ID (API Key) and Client Secret
                            -   OAuth setting - Add redirect URL
                        - Step 2: Generate an Access Token 
                            -   https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/accessToken?grant_type=client_credentials&client_id={your_client_id}&client_secret={your_client_secret}
                            -   {
                                    "access_token": "AQV8...",
                                    "expires_in": "1800"
                                }
                        - Step 3: Make API Requests
                            - Make API requests by including an Authorization header with your token in the HTTP call to LinkedIn's API.
                            https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/guide/v2/shares/activity-feed

                            -   GET /v2/jobs HTTP/1.1
                                Host: api.linkedin.com
                                Connection: Keep-Alive
                                Authorization: Bearer {access_token}

                                https://api.linkedin.com/v2/activityFeeds?q=networkShares&count=2

                                Available v2 APIs include:
                                    r_liteprofile (replaces r_basicprofile)
                                    r_emailaddress
                                    w_member_social (replaces w_share)
                    */

Can LinkedIn REST API access user activity feeds?

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