st.retrieveConnections

This action allows you to retrieve your connections and perform additional person-related actions if needed.

Constraints

Parameters

{
  "actionType": "st.retrieveConnections",
  "label": "listConnections1",
  "limit": 100,
  "since": "2022-01-01",
  "filter": {
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "position": "CEO",
    "locations": ["New York", "San Francisco", "London"],
    "industries": ["Software Development", "Professional Services"],
    "currentCompanies": ["Tech Solutions", "Innovatech"],
    "previousCompanies": ["FutureCorp"],
    "schools": ["Harvard University", "MIT"]
  }
}

• label (optional) – custom label for tracking this action in workflow completion.
• limit (optional) – number of connections to return. Returns all connections if not provided.
• since (optional) – ISO date string that filters connections to only include those made on or after the specified date. Only works when filter is not provided.
• filter (optional) – object that specifies filtering criteria for people. When multiple filter fields are specified, they are combined using AND logic.
  • firstName (optional) – first name of person.
  • lastName (optional) – last name of person.
  • position (optional) – job position of person.
  • locations (optional) – array of free-form strings representing locations. Matches if person is located in any of the listed locations.
  • industries (optional) – array of enums representing industries. Matches if person works in any of the listed industries. Takes specific values available in the LinkedIn interface.
  • currentCompanies (optional) – array of company names. Matches if person currently works at any of the listed companies.
  • previousCompanies (optional) – array of company names. Matches if person previously worked at any of the listed companies.
  • schools (optional) – array of institution names. Matches if person currently attends or previously attended any of the listed institutions.

Result options

1. Successful retrieval:

{
  "actionType": "st.retrieveConnections",
  "label": "listConnections1",
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
      "headline": "Founder & CEO at Example Company",
      "connectedAt": "2025-01-02T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jane Smith",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janesmith",
      "headline": "CEO at Tech Solutions",
      "connectedAt": "2024-11-22T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Carlos Santos",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossantos",
      "headline": "Project Manager at Startup Hub",
      "connectedAt": "2022-07-06T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

• label – included only if specified in the action parameters.
• data – array of your connections with results of child actions execution.
  • name – full name of the person.
  • publicUrl – public LinkedIn URL of the person.
  • headline – headline of the person.
  • connectedAt – date when connection was established. Returned only when filter is not provided.

2. Successful retrieval (with filter):

{
  "actionType": "st.retrieveConnections",
  "label": "listConnections1",
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
      "headline": "Founder & CEO at Example Company",
      "location": "Lisbon, Portugal"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jane Smith",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janesmith",
      "headline": "CEO at Tech Solutions",
      "location": "San Francisco Bay Area"
    },
    {
      "name": "Carlos Santos",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlossantos",
      "headline": "Project Manager at Startup Hub",
      "location": "Madrid"
    }
  ]
}

• label – included only if specified in the action parameters.
• data – array of your connections with results of child actions execution.
  • name – full name of the person.
  • publicUrl – public LinkedIn URL of the person.
  • headline – headline of the person.
  • location – free-form string indicating the person's location. Returned only when filter is provided.

3. Failed retrieval:

{
  "actionType": "st.retrieveConnections",
  "label": "listConnections1",
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "type": "retrievingNotAllowed",
    "message": "LinkedIn has blocked performing the retrieval."
  }
}

• label – included only if specified in the action parameters.
• error.type – enum with the following possible values:
  • retrievingNotAllowed – LinkedIn has blocked performing the retrieval due to exceeding limits or other restrictions.