Spring LinkedIn API company name search is case sensitive

[technokraft123]

Hi Everyone,
CompanyOperations.getCompanyByUniversalName is case sensitive in search.
e.g., amazon and Amazon is different...

Whereas i saw a note in LinkedIn API saying all searches are case insensitive unless specified...

So how can we make insensitive search by using CompanyOperations?

[robd]

Hi Everyone,
CompanyOperations.getCompanyByUniversalName is case sensitive in search.
e.g., amazon and Amazon is different...

Whereas i saw a note in LinkedIn API saying all searches are case insensitive unless specified...

So how can we make insensitive search by using CompanyOperations?

Hi,

CompanyOperations.getCompanyByUniversalName() simply passes the name provided onto the linked in JSON API URL:

http://api.linkedin.com/v1/companies...al-name=amazon

So there is not way to change this. The behavior is on the linkedIn side.
My understanding of the linkedIn API is that the universal-name is like a string unique id rather than a free text name as such.

CompanyOperations.search() my be better suited to your needs.
It calls out to JSON API
https://api.linkedin.com/v1/company-...eywords=amazon