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Standard Interface

retrieveConnections

This method allows you to retrieve your connections applying various filtering criteria.


try {
  const workflowId = await linkedapi.retrieveConnections.execute({
    filter: {
      firstName: "John",
      position: "Engineer",
      locations: ["San Francisco", "New York"]
    },
    limit: 100
  });
  
  const { data, errors } = await linkedapi.retrieveConnections.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('Retrieved connections:', data.length);
    data.forEach(connection => {
      console.log(`${connection.name} - ${connection.headline}`);
      console.log(`Location: ${connection.location}`);
      console.log(`Profile: ${connection.publicUrl}`);
    });
  }
} 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);
  }
}

# Python SDK is coming soon!
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# You can always use Linked API through HTTP
# https://linkedapi.io/docs/

// Go SDK is coming soon!
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// You can always use Linked API through HTTP
// https://linkedapi.io/docs/

Params

  • limit (optional) – number of connections to return. Defaults to 500, with a maximum value of 1000.
  • filter (optional) – object that specifies filtering criteria for people. When multiple filter fields are specified, they are combined using AND logic.
    • firstName (optional) – first name of person.
    • lastName (optional) – last name of person.
    • position (optional) – job position of person.
    • locations (optional) – array of free-form strings representing locations. Matches if person is located in any of the listed locations.
    • industries (optional) – array of enums representing industries. Matches if person works in any of the listed industries. Takes specific values available in the LinkedIn interface.
    • currentCompanies (optional) – array of company names. Matches if person currently works at any of the listed companies.
    • previousCompanies (optional) – array of company names. Matches if person previously worked at any of the listed companies.
    • schools (optional) – array of institution names. Matches if person currently attends or previously attended any of the listed institutions.

Data

Array of connections. Each connection contains:

  • name – full name of the person.
  • publicUrlpublic LinkedIn URL of the person.
  • headline – headline of the person.
  • location – free-form string indicating the person's location.

Errors

  • retrievingNotAllowed – LinkedIn has blocked performing the retrieval due to exceeding limits or other restrictions.