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People

Retrieve person education

The Linked API allows you to retrieve a person's education history from their LinkedIn profile 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 education history from.
  • include (optional, string): Set to education to retrieve only the person's education information.

Example

curl -X GET "https://api.linkedapi.io/v1/people?include=education" \
-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": {
    "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."
      },
      {
        "institution": "MIT",
        "degree": "Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence",
        "fieldOfStudy": "Artificial Intelligence",
        "startDate": "2018-09-01",
        "endDate": "2020-06-15",
        "location": "Cambridge, MA",
        "description": "Specialized in advanced machine learning techniques and AI ethics."
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}

Errors

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