Two Examples of methods that parse data from LinkedIn in order to get the Job and Education information for a user.

educations_controller.rb

def linkedin
    @user=current_user
     client = LinkedIn::Client.new("API Key", "Secret Key")
     client.authorize_from_access(current_user.link_token, current_user.link_secret)
     
     #breakdown LinkedIn Hash into pieces in order to obtain data
     @profile = client.profile
     @school = client.profile(:fields => %w(educations))
     @schools = @school.educations.all.map{|t| t}
     
     @schools.each do |s|
       @edate = s.end_date.map{|t,x| x}
       @sdate = s.start_date.map{|t, x| x}
      #Use information from LinkedIn and assign values to education attributes
       ed = @user.educations.build(school_name: s.school_name, degree: s.degree,
              field_of_study: s.field_of_study, start_date: @sdate[0], 
              end_date: @edate[0])
       ed.save!
     end
     flash[:success] = "Your Schools have been successfully imported"
     redirect_to @user
  end

jobs_controller.rb

def linkedin
    @user=current_user
     client = LinkedIn::Client.new("API Key", "Secret Key")
     client.authorize_from_access(current_user.link_tok, current_user.link_sec)
     
     #breakdown LinkedIn Hash into pieces in order to obtain data
     @profile = client.profile
     @job = client.profile(:fields => %w(positions))
     @jobs = @job.positions.all.map{|t| t}
     
     @jobs.each do |s|
       #Format Dates from Hashes.
       if s.end_date.present?
         @edate = s.end_date.map{|t, v| v}
         @edate = @edate.join('/')
       else
         #If end date is not present then it is the users current job.
         @edate = "Current"
       end
       @sdate = s.start_date.map{|t, v| v}
       #using data parsed from linkedin hash set variables for job
       jb = @user.jobs.build(title: s.title, summary: s.summary, company: s.company.name, 
                 start_date: @sdate.join('/'), end_date: @edate)
       jb.save!
     end
     flash[:success] = "Your Jobs have been successfully imported"
     redirect_to @user
  end