Linked APILinked API

st.retrievePostComments

This action allows you to retrieve comments for a certain post.

Constraints

⏺️ Root Start: allowed, when postUrl parameter is provided.

⬆️ Parent Actions: st.openPost.

⬇️ Child Actions: N/A.

Parameters

json
{
  "actionType": "st.retrievePostComments",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  "replies": true,
  "limit": 10,
  "sort": "mostRelevant",
  "label": "post1Comments"
}
  • postUrl (required for root start, forbidden for parent start) – LinkedIn URL of the post.
  • replies (optional, default: false) – when set to true, the action includes replies to the comments in the results.
  • limit (optional) – number of comments to retrieve. Also applies to the replies if replies set to true. Defaults to 10, with a maximum value of 500.
  • sort (optional, default: mostRelevant) – enum representing comments sorting. Options:
    • mostRelevant – show most relevant comments first.
    • mostRecent – show most recent comments first.
  • label (optional) – custom label for tracking this action in workflow completion.

Result options

  1. Successful comments retrieval:
json
{
  "actionType": "st.retrievePostComments",
  "label": "post1Comments",
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "commenterUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe",
      "commenterName": "John Doe",
      "commenterHeadline": "Product Manager",
      "commenterType": "person",
      "time": "3d",
      "text": "Great work!",
      "image": null,
      "isReply": false,
      "reactionsCount": 3,
      "repliesCount": 2
    },
    {
      "commenterUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/person1",
      "commenterName": "Jane Doe",
      "commenterHeadline": "Helping companies to use AI",
      "commenterType": "person",
      "time": "3d",
      "text": "Agree with you!",
      "image": null,
      "isReply": true,
      "reactionsCount": 0,
      "repliesCount": 0
    },
    {
      "commenterUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/company1",
      "commenterName": "CloseAI",
      "commenterHeadline": "2548 followers",
      "commenterType": "company",
      "time": "1w",
      "text": null,
      "image": "https://static.linkedin.com/image1.jpg",
      "isReply": false,
      "reactionsCount": 8,
      "repliesCount": 4
    }
  ]
}
  • label – included only if specified in the action parameters.
  • data – array of comments.
    • commenterUrl – public URL of the person or company.
    • commenterName – full name of the person or company.
    • commenterHeadline – headline of the person or company.
    • commenterType – commenter type. Enum with the following values:
      • person – commenter is a person.
      • company – commenter is a company.
  1. Failed comments retrieval:
json
{
  "actionType": "st.retrievePostComments",
  "success": false,
  "label": "post1",
  "error": {
    "type": "postNotFound",
    "message": "The provided URL is not an existing LinkedIn post."
  }
}
  • label – included only if specified in the action parameters.
  • error.type – enum with the following possible values:
    • postNotFound – provided URL is not an existing LinkedIn post.
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