Retrieve all person data

The Linked API allows you to retrieve comprehensive data about a person on LinkedIn programmatically. You can specify multiple include query parameters to retrieve a combination of basic info, posts, experience, education, and skills.

Endpoint

GET /v1/people

Parameters

• url (required, string): The LinkedIn profile URL of the person to retrieve data from.
• include (optional, string): You can include one or more of the following values, separated by commas, to retrieve specific data:
  • basicInfo: Retrieve basic person information (e.g., name, title, company).
  • posts: Retrieve the person's posts.
  • experience: Retrieve the person's work experience.
  • education: Retrieve the person's education history.
  • skills: Retrieve the person's skills.
• limit (optional, integer): The maximum number of posts or experience entries to retrieve (applies to posts or experience includes). Default is 10.
• sortBy (optional, string): Sort posts by either date or popularity (applies to posts include). Default is date.

Example

curl -X GET "https://api.linkedapi.io/v1/people?include=basicInfo,posts,experience,education,skills&limit=5&sortBy=date" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "x-api-token: your-api-token-here" \
-H "account-token: your-account-token-here" \
-d '{
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe/"
}'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "basicInfo": {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "title": "Software Engineer",
      "company": "Google",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe/",
      "profilePicture": "https://www.linkedin.com/profile-photo.jpg"
    },
    "posts": [
      {
        "postId": "123456789",
        "content": "Excited to share that I'll be speaking at the upcoming tech conference!",
        "timestamp": "2024-09-21T12:34:00Z",
        "likes": 150,
        "comments": 20
      }
    ],
    "experience": [
      {
        "position": "Software Engineer",
        "company": "Google",
        "location": "San Francisco, CA",
        "startDate": "2020-05-01",
        "endDate": null,
        "description": "Working on the core team developing scalable solutions for cloud infrastructure."
      }
    ],
    "education": [
      {
        "institution": "Stanford University",
        "degree": "Bachelor of Science in Computer Science",
        "fieldOfStudy": "Computer Science",
        "startDate": "2014-09-01",
        "endDate": "2018-06-15",
        "location": "Stanford, CA",
        "description": "Focused on software engineering, algorithms, and machine learning."
      }
    ],
    "skills": [
      {
        "name": "Python",
        "endorsements": 150
      },
      {
        "name": "Machine Learning",
        "endorsements": 120
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}

Errors

• 400 Bad Request: Invalid or missing parameters.
• 401 Unauthorized: Missing or invalid authorization token.
• 404 Not Found: Profile or specific data not found.