Linkedin Share button onsuccess event stopped working

Question

I use Linkeding share button code

    <script type="text/javascript">
function shareSuccess(success) {
  alert(success);
}
</script>

<script src="http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="IN/Share" data-url="MyURL" data-onSuccess="shareSuccess"></script>

The Linked shared with succes and i can see the post on linkedin profile shared but onsuccess event does not return anything

this problem happened suddenly with me , so Is there any change in linkedin events ???? or Is there any way to check if the link shared or not ??

Answer 1

I would recommend against using the LinkedIn Share plugin.

For instance, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge are incompatible with it. It was reported in 2018, in 2018 again, and in 2019. And, officially from LinkedIn, if you want this plugin to work, you need to ask your users to do this:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click Tools and select Compatibility View Settings.
3. Uncheck the box next to "Display all websites in compatibility view".
4. Click Close.

It is totally unreasonable to ask a user to reconfigure their browser just to be able to click the buttons on your website.

All you really ought to need is...

https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url={url}

Then just make your own button and widget and styles and JS (and events and callbacks).

Source: Microsoft LinkedIn Share URL Documentation.

If you are interested in a regularly maintained GitHub project that keeps track of this so you don't have to, check it out! Social Share URLs