Certification

One certification or licence the member added.

Returned byProfile.certifications

Fields #

Field	Type	Notes
`name`	string	LinkedIn stores these per locale, so the name is whichever localization resolved - the plain field, then en_US, then any locale present. An entry with no resolvable name is dropped rather than returned blank.
`authority`	string
`license_number`	string
`url`	string
`started_on`	PartialDate
`ended_on`	PartialDate

Absent is not null: a field we did not get is omitted rather than sent as an empty string, so you can tell "LinkedIn does not have this" from "this person left it blank".

Sample #

JSON

{
  "name": "Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)",
  "authority": "Scrum Alliance",
  "license_number": "1234567",
  "started_on": { "year": 2015, "month": 3 }
}