fetchPost

This method allows you to retrieve a post data.

try {
  const workflowId = await linkedapi.fetchPost.execute({
    postUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_activity-id",
    retrieveComments: true,
    retrieveReactions: true,
    commentsRetrievalConfig: {
      limit: 20,
      replies: true,
      sort: 'mostRecent'
    },
    reactionsRetrievalConfig: {
      limit: 50,
    },
  });
  
  const { data, errors } = await linkedapi.fetchPost.result(workflowId);
  
  // The list of possible execution errors is below
  if (errors && errors.length > 0) {
    console.warn('Workflow completed with execution errors:');
    errors.forEach(error => {
      console.warn(` - Type: ${error.type}, Message: ${error.message}`);
    });
  }
  
  // The structure of the 'data' object is below
  if (data) {
    console.log('Workflow completed successfully. Data:', data);
  }
} catch (e) {
  // A list of all critical errors can be found here:
  // https://linkedapi.io/sdks/handling-results-and-errors/#handling-critical-errors
  if (e instanceof LinkedApiError) {
    console.error(`Critical Error - Type: ${e.type}, Message: ${e.message}`);
  } else {
    console.error('An unexpected, non-API error occurred:', e);
  }
}

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Params

• postUrl –  LinkedIn URL of the post.
• retrieveComments (optional) – when set to true, includes comments made by the person in the results.
• retrieveReactions (optional) – when set to true, includes reactions/likes given by the person in the results.
• commentsRetrievalConfig (optional) – configuration for retrieving comments. Available only if retrieveComments is true.
  • replies (optional, default: false) – when set to true, the action includes replies to the comments in the results.
  • limit (optional) – number of comments to retrieve. Also applies to the replies if replies set to true. Defaults to 10, with a maximum value of 500.
  • sort (optional, default: mostRelevant) – enum representing comments sorting. Options:
    • mostRelevant – show most relevant comments first.
    • mostRecent – show most recent comments first.
• reactionsRetrievalConfig (optional) – configuration for retrieving reactions. Available only if retrieveReactions is true.
  • limit (optional) – number of reaction to retrieve. Defaults to 10, with a maximum value of 1000.

Data

• 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.
• reactionsCount – number of reactions on the post.
• commentsCount – number of comments on the post.
• repostsCount – number of reposts on the post.
• comments – array of post comments (included only if retrieveComments is true).
  • commenterUrl – public URL of the person or company.
  • commenterName – full name of the person or company.
  • commenterHeadline – headline of the person or company.
  • commenterType – commenter type. Enum with the following values:
    • person – commenter is a person.
    • company – commenter is a company.
  • time – free-form string indicating comment time. For example: 6d, 2w or 1y.
  • text – text content of the comment, if available.
  • image – URL of the comment's image, if available.
  • isReply – boolean value indicates if this comment is a reply to another comment.
  • reactionsCount – number of reactions on the comment.
  • repliesCount – number of replies on the comment. Always returns 0 if isReply is true.
• reactions –  array of post reactions (included only if retrieveReactions is true).
  • engagerUrl – URL of the person or company.
  • engagerName – full name of the person or company.
  • engagerHeadline – headline of the person or company.
  • engagerType – the engager type. Enum with the following values:
    • person – the engager is the person.
    • company – the engager is the company.
  • type – enum describing the reaction type. Possible values:
    • like – standard "like".
    • celebrate – to celebrate an achievement.
    • support – to show support.
    • love – to express love or admiration.
    • insightful – to appreciate insightful content.
    • funny – to react to something humorous.

Errors

• postNotFound – provided URL is not an existing LinkedIn post.