I am Unable to Post Xml to Linkedin Share API

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Published on 2012-06-23T12:34:41Z Indexed on 2012/06/23 15:16 UTC
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I am using Delphi 2010, with Indy 10.5.8(svn version) and oAuth.pas from chuckbeasley. I am able to collect token with app key and App secret, authorize token with a web page and Access the final token. Now I have to post a status with Linkedin’s Share API. I am getting a unauthorized response. My request and responses are giving bellow. Request,

    POST /v1/people/~/shares HTTP/1.0
Content-Encoding: utf-8
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=us-ascii
Content-Length: 999
Authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key="xxx",oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1",oauth_timestamp="1340438599",oauth_nonce="BB4C78E0A6EB452BEE0FAA2C3F921FC4",oauth_version="1.0",oauth_token="xxx",oauth_signature="Pz8%2FPz8%2FPz9ePzkxPyc%2FDD82Pz8%3D"
Host: api.linkedin.com
Accept: text/html, */*
Accept-Encoding: identity
User-Agent: Mozilla/3.0 (compatible; Indy Library)

%3C%3Fxml+version=%25221.0%2522%2520encoding%253D%2522UTF-8%2522%253F%253E%253Cshare%253E%253Ccomment%253E83%2525%2520of%2520employers%2520will%2520use%2520social%2520media%2520to%2520hire%253A%252078%2525%2520LinkedIn%252C%252055%2525%2520Facebook%252C%252045%2525%2520Twitter%2520%255BSF%2520Biz%2520Times%255D%2520http%253A%252F%252Fbit.ly%252FcCpeOD%253C%252Fcomment%253E%253Ccontent%253E%253Ctitle%253ESurvey%253A%2520Social%2520networks%2520top%2520hiring%2520tool%2520-%2520San%2520Francisco%2520Business%2520Times%253C%252Ftitle%253E%253Csubmitted-url%253Ehttp%253A%252F%252Fsanfrancisco.bizjournals.com%252Fsanfrancisco%252Fstories%252F2010%252F06%252F28%252Fdaily34.html%253C%252Fsubmitted-url%253E%253Csubmitted-image-url%253Ehttp%253A%252F%252Fimages.bizjournals.com%252Ftravel%252Fcityscapes%252Fthumbs%252Fsm_sanfrancisco.jpg%253C%252Fsubmitted-image-url%253E%253C%252Fcontent%253E%253Cvisibility%253E%253Ccode%253Eanyone%253C%252Fcode%253E%253C%252Fvisibility%253E%253C%252Fshare%253E

Response,

    HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
x-li-request-id: K14SWRPEPL
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:07:17 GMT
Vary: *
x-li-format: xml
Content-Type: text/xml;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 341
Connection: keep-alive

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<error>
  <status>401</status>
  <timestamp>1340438838344</timestamp>
  <request-id>K14SWRPEPL</request-id>
  <error-code>0</error-code>
  <message>[unauthorized]. OAU:xxx|nnnnn|*01|*01:1340438599:Pz8/Pz8/Pz9ePzkxPyc/DD82Pz8=</message>
</error>

Please help.

Regards,

Vijesh Nair

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