Update a Project's URL on LinkedIn (Tutorial)

The Project URL field is not available for newly-added projects. To add a link to the Projects section, click/tap Add media, then select Add a link. (Source)

As you can see from the above quote, LinkedIn recently removed the ability to edit a project's URL. This repository contains a quick tutorial on how to get around this restriction using request forgery and get the Show project button back (shown below)!

Warning

This guide was last updated on Oct 1, 2023 and may get patched in the future. If it no longer works, please make an issue on this repository. After I review it, I'll archive this repository as needed.

Note

This guide will use Firefox terminology, but feel free to adapt the following steps to your preferred browser.

1. Head over to your LinkedIn project and click on the edit button.

   

2. Open up your browser's Web Developer Tools (⌥ ⌘ I) and head over to the Network tab.

   

3. Heading back over to LinkedIn while keeping the Web Developer Tools open, make any random change to the description of your project and click the Save button.

4. Back in the Network tab, click on the POST request to the URL that begins with the following:

   

5. Open up the Request tab and make sure Raw is checked.

   

6. Copy the entire Request payload and paste it in your preferred text editor. You should see JSON data similar to the following:

   {
        "variables": {
            "formElementInputs": [
                {
                    "formElementUrn": "urn:li:fsd_profileEditFormElement:(PROJECT,urn:li:fsd_profileProject:(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,xxxxxxxxxx),/description)",
                    "formElementInputValues": [
                        {
                            "textInputValue": "Example description here."
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "trackingId": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
        },
        "queryId": "voyagerIdentityDashProfileEditFormPages.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
        "includeWebMetadata": true
   }

7. Modify the JSON data:

   1. Change /description to /url.
   2. Update the value of textInputValue to the URL you want to add to your project.
   3. Remove the trackingId key-value pair along with the comma that precedes it.

8. After modifying the JSON data, you should have something like this:

   {
       "variables": {
           "formElementInputs": [
               {
                   "formElementUrn": "urn:li:fsd_profileEditFormElement:(PROJECT,urn:li:fsd_profileProject:(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,xxxxxxxxxx),/url)",
                   "formElementInputValues": [
                       {
                           "textInputValue": "https://github.com/Example-URL"
                       }
                   ]
               }
           ]
       },
       "queryId": "voyagerIdentityDashProfileEditFormPages.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
       "includeWebMetadata": true
   }

9. Looking back in the Network tab, right click on the same POST request from earlier and click Edit and Resend.

10. In the Body field that appears, paste the modified JSON data and click Send.

11. ¡Voilà! Assuming you followed these steps correctly and LinkedIn hasn't patched this, the URL for your project should be updated now!