feat(company): add follow_company method to follow a company (#415)

linkedin_api/linkedin.py

@@ -1036,6 +1036,25 @@ def get_company(self, public_id):
 
  return company
 
+ def follow_company(self, following_state_urn, following = True):
+ """Follow a company from its ID.
+
+ :param following_state_urn: LinkedIn State URN to append to URL to follow the company
+ :type following_state_urn: str
+ :param following: The following state to set. True by default for following the company
+ :type following: bool, optional
+
+ :return: Error state. If True, an error occured.
+ :rtype: boolean
+ """
+ payload = json.dumps({"patch": {"$set": {"following": following}}})
+
+ res = self._post(
+ f"/feed/dash/followingStates/{following_state_urn}", data=payload
+ )
+
+ return res.status_code != 200
+
  def get_conversation_details(self, profile_urn_id):
  """Fetch conversation (message thread) details for a given LinkedIn profile.
 

tests/test_linkedin_api_requests.py

@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ def test_get_company(linkedin):
  assert company["name"] == "LinkedIn"
 
 
+def test_follow_company(linkedin):
+ company = linkedin.get_company("linkedin")
+ assert company
+ assert company["name"] == "LinkedIn"
+ assert company["followingInfo"]
+ assert "following" in company["followingInfo"]
+ assert "dashFollowingStateUrn" in company["followingInfo"]
+ done = linkedin.follow_company(company["followingInfo"]["dashFollowingStateUrn"], not company["followingInfo"]["following"])
+ assert done is True
+
+
 def test_search(linkedin):
  results = linkedin.search(
  {"keywords": "software"},