Invite People to a LinkedIn Event

LinkedIn Event Inviter invites targeted connections to your LinkedIn events.

Edges is not related to LinkedIn and is not an official LinkedIn product.

API Endpoint

POST/v1/actions/linkedin-invite-event/run/live

Parameters

Input Parameters

Integration Parameters

Guide

What Invite People to a LinkedIn Event does

Invite People to a LinkedIn Event sends a LinkedIn event invitation to a specific connection, so targeted people show up in your event guest list without manual clicking through the LinkedIn UI. You get a single-record primitive that plugs into campaign workflows where the invite needs to be conditional, personalized, or scheduled.

It runs on the LinkedIn level and uses your connected LinkedIn session, so every invite is attributable to your account.

How it works

You pass the event URL or ID plus the target profile URL or member ID. Edges signs the request with your authenticated LinkedIn session, posts the event invitation, and returns a typed result indicating whether LinkedIn accepted the action. The action runs on Edges infrastructure with safe pacing, so you do not manage retries or cookies yourself.

LinkedIn restricts event invites to 1st-degree connections and caps per-event invite volume; Edges surfaces those rejections as typed errors so your workflow can branch and skip instead of failing mid-campaign.

When to use Invite People to a LinkedIn Event

Use Invite People to a LinkedIn Event when your campaign has a clear audience definition — an ABM list, a segment of recent engagers, alumni of a school, members of a group — and you want only those people invited, not your entire network. It plugs directly into the LinkedIn messaging & outreach API workflow.

Conditional invites get far higher RSVP rates than blanket blasts and keep your event page's guest list credible.

Use cases

  • ABM webinar fill. Invite only 1st-degree connections at ABM accounts to a product webinar, then measure attendance back to those accounts.
  • Warm re-engagement. Invite connections who engaged with recent posts, filtered via Extract LinkedIn Post Likers.
  • Community ops. Auto-invite new customers who hit an onboarding milestone to an upcoming community call.
  • Alumni reunions. Invite school alumni to a curated event after segmenting with Extract LinkedIn School Alumni.
  • Sales-led events. Each AE auto-invites their 1st-degree connections at target accounts when a new event is published.

Best practices

  • Only invite 1st-degree connections. LinkedIn blocks invites to 2nd/3rd-degree. Filter your input list before the action fires.
  • Skip duplicates. Enable skip-if-already-invited to keep runs idempotent when your input list overlaps with previous campaigns.
  • Pair with a follow-up message. An invite alone is passive; chain Message LinkedIn Profile a day later to surface the event in their inbox.
  • Respect LinkedIn event invite caps. Edges paces automatically; keep combined manual and automated invites under LinkedIn's per-event ceilings.

Common questions

How many people can I invite per run?

One per run. Invite People to a LinkedIn Event is a per-record primitive — for a full campaign, loop it over an input list so each invite is individually traceable.

Does this use my LinkedIn account or a shared pool?

Your LinkedIn account. You connect LinkedIn to Edges once, and every invite executes through that authenticated session.

Can I chain Invite People to a LinkedIn Event with other Edges actions?

Yes. Typical patterns chain Extract LinkedIn Connections to build the audience, then fan out into Invite People to a LinkedIn Event, and later pull Extract LinkedIn Event Attendees to close the loop on RSVPs.

Get started

Drop Invite People to a LinkedIn Event into any event campaign flow on Edges, or call it directly from the Edges API. Browse the full Actions library for the surrounding event and engagement primitives.

Code Examples

bash
curl -X POST "https://api.edges.run/v1/actions/linkedin-invite-event/run/live" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: <YOUR_API_KEY>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "identity_ids": [
    "your-identity-uuid"
  ],
  "identity_mode": "direct",
  "input": {
    "linkedin_event_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-profile",
    "custom_data": "example_value",
    "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-profile",
    "sales_navigator_profile_id": "example_value"
  }
}'

Output Example

{
  "sales_navigator_profile_id": "example-123",
  "linkedin_profile_id": 42,
  "linkedin_event_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-profile"
}

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