# LinkedIn Use Cases > Sponsored API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-use-cases-sponsored-api/  
**Provider:** LinkedIn — https://apis.io/providers/linkedin/  
**Base URL:** https://api.linkedin.com  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/consumer/

LinkedIn Use Cases > Sponsored API is one of 65 APIs that [LinkedIn](https://apis.io/providers/linkedin/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Use Cases > Sponsored. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a changelog, release notes, and an API reference.

In order to support collecting leads for sponsored use cases, a partner app needs to build a UX where a user is able to select the sponsored accounts and forms to collect leads for. ###### Step 1: Obtain user authorization to access their leads ###### Step 2: Get the user's sponsored accounts ###### Step 3: Ask the user to select the sponsored account(s) whose leads they are interested in syncing ###### Step 4: Validate the user's organization role tied to the chosen sponsored account ###### Step 5: Retrieve forms for the user's selected sponsored account ###### Step 6: Ask the user to select and map fields to the target destination (e.g. a CRM) ###### Step 7: Allow the user to do a one time pull of all form responses looking back up to 365 days to grab any missed leads ###### Step 8: \[PULL\] Schedule periodic form response pulls to collect leads ###### Step 8: \[PUSH\] Allow the user to subscribe for lead notification webhooks ###### Step 9: \[PUSH\] Fetch full lead data after a webhook notification is received

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/organizationAcls` | LinkedIn 4. Validate the User's Organization Role |
| GET | `/leadForms` | LinkedIn 5. Get Forms for the Chosen Sponsored Account |
| GET | `/leadFormResponses` | LinkedIn 8. Schedule Periodic Form Response (lead) Pulls |
| POST | `/leadNotifications` | LinkedIn 8. Subscribe for Lead Notification Webhooks |
| GET | `/leadFormResponses/{lead_id}` | LinkedIn 9. Fetch Full Lead Data After a Lead Notification is Received |
| DELETE | `/leadnotifications/<webhook id>` | LinkedIn [PUSH] Delete a Registered Webhook by Id |
| GET | `/adAccounts` | LinkedIn 2. Get the User's Sponsored Accounts (ad Accounts) |

## Machine-readable artifacts (35)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/linkedin/refs/heads/main/openapi/linkedin-use-cases-sponsored-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/marketing/
- **GettingStarted** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/marketing/getting-started
- **UseCases** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/marketing/usecases/
- **ChangeLog** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/marketing/integrations/recent-changes
- **FAQ** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/marketing/lms-faq
- **PostmanWorkspace** — https://www.postman.com/linkedin-developer-apis/workspace/linkedin-marketing-solutions-versioned-apis/overview
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/learning/
- **GettingStarted** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/learning/getting-started
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/learning/getting-started/terminology
- **ReleaseNotes** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/learning/integrations/release-notes
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/learning/integrations/xapi
- **APIReference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/learning/reporting/reporting-docs/reporting-api
- **PostmanWorkspace** — https://www.postman.com/linkedin-developer-apis/workspace/linkedin-learning-solutions/overview
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/talent/
- **GettingStarted** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/talent/getting-started
- **ReleaseNotes** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/talent/release-notes
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/talent/versioning
- **PostmanWorkspace** — https://www.postman.com/linkedin-developer-apis/workspace/linkedin-talent-solutions/overview
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/compliance/
- **GettingStarted** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/compliance/getting-started
- **ReleaseNotes** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/compliance/release-notes
- **FAQ** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/compliance/compliance-api/compliance-faq
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/compliance/compliance-api/overview
- **PostmanWorkspace** — https://www.postman.com/linkedin-developer-apis/workspace/linkedin-compliance-solutions/overview
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/sales/
- **APIReference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/sales/display-services/
- **APIReference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/sales/analytics-services/
- **APIReference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/sales/sync-services/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/dma/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/dma/member-data-portability/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/dma/pages-data-portability-overview
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/dma/transparency/advertiser-transparency
- **FAQ** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/dma/transparency/advertiser-transparency-faq
- **ChangeLog** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/dma/recent-changes

## Other LinkedIn APIs (12)

- [LinkedIn Consumer API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-consumer-api/)
- [LinkedIn Access Control API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-access-control-api/)
- [LinkedIn Account Management API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-account-management-api/)
- [LinkedIn Ad Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-ad-accounts-api/)
- [LinkedIn Ad Targeting Entities API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-ad-targeting-entities-api/)
- [LinkedIn Advertiser Transparency API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-advertiser-transparency-api/)
- [LinkedIn Application Retrieval API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-application-retrieval-api/)
- [LinkedIn Application Synchronization API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-application-synchronization-api/)
- [LinkedIn Application Updates API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-application-updates-api/)
- [LinkedIn Apply Connect Jobs API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-apply-connect-jobs-api/)
- [LinkedIn Audience Counts API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-audience-counts-api/)
- [LinkedIn Audience Insights API](https://apis.io/apis/linkedin/linkedin-audience-insights-api/)

## Tags

Use Cases > Sponsored

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