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People

Retrieve basic person info

The Linked API allows you to retrieve basic information about a person on LinkedIn programmatically. Below is an example of how to retrieve this information using a GET request.

Endpoint

GET /v1/people

Parameters

  • url (required, string): The LinkedIn profile URL of the person to retrieve information from.
  • include (optional, string): Set to basicInfo to retrieve only the basic information of the person.

Example

curl -X GET "https://api.linkedapi.io/v1/people?include=basicInfo" \
-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"
    }
  },
  "success": true
}

Errors

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