Background Picture Fields

Field Name	Description
created	An epoch timestamp corresponding to the creation of the picture. Represented in milliseconds.
deleted	An epoch timestamp corresponding to the deletion of the picture. Represented in milliseconds. Optional.
displayImage	The digitalmediaAsset URN of the display image.
lastModified	An epoch timestamp corresponding to the last modification of the picture. Represented in milliseconds.
originalImage	The digitalmediaAsset URN of the original image. Will only appear in self-view.
photoFilterEditInfo	Optional information object on the photo filter operations applied to the background picture.

To decorate the digitalMediaAsset URN from displayImage or originalImage , you will use parameter projection that will include ~:playableStreams . For more information, see here about digital media asset URNs . See below for an example of Profile API:

GET https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me?projection=(id,backgroundPicture(displayImage~digitalmediaAsset:playableStreams))

profile api sample responses

{
   "backgroundPicture":{
      "displayImage":"urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4D03AQGsitRwG8U8ZQ",
      "displayImage~":{
         "elements":[
            {
               "artifact":"urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifact:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4D03AQGsitRwG8U8ZQ,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100)",
               "authorizationMethod":"PUBLIC",
               "data":{
                  "com.linkedin.digitalmedia.mediaartifact.StillImage":{
                     "storageSize":{
                        "width":100,
                        "height":100
                     },
                     "storageAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1,
                        "heightAspect":1,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     },
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "rawCodecSpec":{
                        "name":"jpeg",
                        "type":"image"
                     },
                     "displaySize":{
                        "uom":"PX",
                        "width":100,
                        "height":100
                     },
                     "displayAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1,
                        "heightAspect":1,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     }
                  }
               },
               "identifiers":[
                  {
                     "identifier":"https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D03AQGsitRwG8U8ZQ/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0?e=1526940000&v=alpha&t=12345",
                     "file":"urn:li:digitalmediaFile:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4D03AQGsitRwG8U8ZQ,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100,0)",
                     "index":0,
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "identifierExpiresInSeconds":1526940000
                  }
               ]
            }
         ],
         "paging":{
            "count":10,
            "start":0,
            "links":[

            ]
         }
      }
   },
   "id":"yrZCpj2ZYQ"
}

Note

Retrieving media via the LinkedIn CDN requires converting URNs to URLs as described in the examples below using stock photos provided by LinkedIn. If the media-typed URN starts with urn:li:media:, you will need to replace that with https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr . For example, urn:li:media:/gcrc/dms/image/ABC/background-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0?e=1525021200&v=alpha&t=abc123 would translate to https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/gcrc/dms/image/ABC/background-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0?e=1525021200&v=alpha&t=abc123. If the media-typed URN starts with urn:li:scds:, you will need to replace that with https://static.licdn.com/scds/common/u/. For example, urn:li:scds:images/apps/profile/topcard_backgrounds/texture_bokeh_1400x425.jpg would translate to https://static.licdn.com/scds/common/u/images/apps/profile/topcard_backgrounds/texture_bokeh_1400x425.jpg.