Retrieving posts data

This endpoint allows you to retrieve various types of data about specified posts.

POST https://api.linkedapi.io/data/posts.get

Body

{
  "posts": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post2"
  ]
}

• posts – LinkedIn URLs of posts which data you want to retrieve.

Response

1. If all retrievals are successful:

{
  "status": "complete",
  "completion": [
    {
      "post": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
      "result": {
        "success": true,
        "data": {
          "time": "2023-01-02T12:30:00Z",
          "type": "original",
          "repostText": null,
          "text": "Check out our latest product launch!",
          "images": [
            "https://static.linkedin.com/image1.jpg",
            "https://static.linkedin.com/image2.jpg"
          ],
          "hasVideo": false,
          "hasPoll": false,
          "reactionCount": 27,
          "commentCount": 8
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "post": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post2",
      "result": {
        "success": true,
        "data": {
          "time": "2023-01-01T09:15:00Z",
          "type": "repost",
          "repostText": "Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar!",
          "text": "Original post content about the webinar",
          "images": null,
          "hasVideo": true,
          "hasPoll": false,
          "reactionCount": 6,
          "commentCount": 0
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

• time – timestamp when the post was published.
• type – type of the post. Enum with possible values:
  • original – for original posts.
  • repost – for reposts.
• repostText – additional text added during repost, if applicable.
• text – text content of the post, if available.
• images – array of top 3 preview image URLs, if available.
• hasVideo – boolean indicating if the post contains a video.
• hasPoll – boolean indicating if the post contains a poll.
• reactionCount – number of reactions on the post.
• commentCount – number of comments on the post.

2. If some retrievals are unsuccessful:

{
  "status": "complete",
  "completion": [
    {
      "post": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
      "result": {
        "success": false,
        "error": {
          "errorType": "postNotFound",
          "message": "The provided URL is not an existing LinkedIn post."
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "post": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post2",
      "result": {
        "success": true,
        "data": {
          "time": "2023-01-01T09:15:00Z",
          "type": "repost",
          "repostText": "Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar!",
          "text": "Original post content about the webinar",
          "images": null,
          "hasVideo": true,
          "hasPoll": false,
          "reactionCount": 6,
          "commentCount": 0
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

• errorType – enum with the following possible values:
  • postNotFound – provided URL is not an existing LinkedIn post.
  • retrievingNotAllowed – LinkedIn has blocked retrieving data of this post due to privacy settings, or other restrictions.