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People

Retrieve person skills

The Linked API allows you to retrieve a person's skills listed on 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 skills from.
  • include (optional, string): Set to skills to retrieve only the person's skills.

Example

curl -X GET "https://api.linkedapi.io/v1/people?include=skills" \
-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": {
    "skills": [
      {
        "name": "Python",
        "endorsements": 150
      },
      {
        "name": "Machine Learning",
        "endorsements": 120
      },
      {
        "name": "Cloud Computing",
        "endorsements": 100
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}

Errors

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