[source-linkedin-ads] Add a videos stream to expose video duration and media metadata

[ollivierj]

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[source-linkedin-ads] Add a videos stream to expose video duration and media metadata

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The LinkedIn Ads connector (v5.6.9) has no stream exposing video assets. Marketing teams analyzing video ad performance need the video duration to compute completion rates and compare creatives, but none of the 19 existing streams return it.

The data is available via the LinkedIn Videos API: GET /rest/videos?q=associatedAccount&associatedAccount=urn:li:sponsoredAccount:{id} returns all videos in a sponsored account's media library with duration (ms), thumbnail, aspect ratio and status. The read-only r_ads scope already required by the connector is sufficient.

I have a working implementation (manifest-only, modeled on the existing conversions stream: account partition router, offset pagination, LinkedIn-Version 202601) and will open a PR referencing this issue.

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Internal Tracking: https://github.com/airbytehq/oncall/issues/13071

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Hi julien ollivier (@ollivierj), thank you for the detailed report and for offering to contribute a PR!

We're looking into this. Exposing video assets and their metadata (duration, thumbnail, aspect ratio, status) via the LinkedIn Videos API sounds like a reasonable addition, and we appreciate that you've already scoped it against the existing conversions stream pattern.

We've escalated this to our team for investigation and tracking: airbytehq/oncall#13071

If you open a PR, please reference this issue in the description so we can link the work. A few things that will help review move smoothly:

• The stream's JSON schema (field names/types) as returned by GET /rest/videos
• Confirmation of the pagination approach and the LinkedIn-Version header used
• Whether the endpoint supports any incremental filtering (e.g. by an updated timestamp), or if it's full-refresh only

Please ensure you mask or remove any sensitive information (API keys, tokens, account identifiers) before sharing logs or sample responses.

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