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Asked: 2026-06-09T20:39:16+00:00

hi i am using the linkedin api to send invitations . in the message

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hi i am using the linkedin api to send invitations . in the message

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<mailbox-item>
  <recipients>
    <recipient>
      <person path='/people/~'/>
    </recipient>
    <recipient>
      <person path="/people/abcdefg" />
    </recipient>
  </recipients>
  <subject>Congratulations on your new position.</subject>
  <body>You're certainly the best person for the job!</body>
</mailbox-item>

in the <body> section i am trying to add some HTML .

like

<b>You’re certainly the best person for the job!</b>

but the problem is it is shown as text as it is in the message recieved by the friend , instad of that i want to bold the message content . how can i do this . is there any configuration should be done .

i am using codeigniter

function send_messeges($access_token, $xml_atring) {

    $profile_url = "http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~/mailbox";
    $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
        <mailbox-item>
          <recipients>                
            ' . $xml_atring . '
          </recipients>
          <subject>'.$this->send_subject.'</subject>
          <body>'.$this->send_message.'</body>
        </mailbox-item>';
    $request = OAuthRequest::from_consumer_and_token($this->consumer, $access_token, "POST", $profile_url);
    $request->sign_request($this->method, $this->consumer, $access_token);
    $auth_header = $request->to_header("https://api.linkedin.com");
    $response = $this->httpRequest($profile_url, $auth_header, "POST", $xml);        
    return $response;

}

please help . thanks in advance

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want to wrap html in xml, you have to use a construct like this:

    <xmltag><![CDATA[<b>html text</b>]]></xmltag>

    But be careful to read the api docs:

    https://developer.linkedin.com/documents/messaging-between-connections-api

    body mailbox-item yes The body of the message. Cannot contain HTML.
    Must be editable by the member sending the message.

    This shows you cannot use html here.

    You can however use basic string formatting such as newlines to have at least some paragraphs:

    This is done via \n (escaped newline) within the string.

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