LinkedIn Post API. Send a post link or ID.

Post or article with exact reactions and comments. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Returns a public LinkedIn post or Pulse article from its link, URN or activity ID, with exact reaction and comment counts and its top comments. You also get the text with hashtags and mentions, the exact publish time, the author (member or Page) with their headline and follower count, images, the native video file, a document's pages, the link card and the post a reshare quotes. An article adds its full body, cover image, last edit and the author's other articles.

GET /v1/linkedin/post

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22 typed fields null when unknown
url is all it needs, e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832
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$ npm install socialtap

url = https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832

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GET /v1/linkedin/postTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/post?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/post",
    params={"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/post")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'url' => 'https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/post?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("url", "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/post?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/post' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [],
    "author": {
      "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQF-RYZP55jmXA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/B56ZRi8g.aGsAg-/0/1736826818802?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=r6LJYwKPrJzfFDXVG8qAOoklQnqvEN855sHJ1NxhEAo",
      "display_name": "Bill Gates",
      "id": null,
      "is_verified": null,
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates",
      "username": "williamhgates"
    },
    "coauthors": [],
    "duration_ms": null,
    "hashtags": [],
    "id": "7522801130767224832",
    "is_nsfw": null,
    "is_pinned": null,
    "is_sponsored": null,
    "language": null,
    "media": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "metrics": {
      "comment_count": 242,
      "like_count": 1344,
      "quote_count": null,
      "repost_count": null,
      "save_count": null,
      "share_count": null,
      "view_count": null
    },
    "platform": "linkedin",
    "platform_specific": {
      "linkedin": {
        "author_follower_count": 40785228,
        "author_headline": "Chair, Gates Foundation and Founder, Breakthrough Energy",
        "content_urn": "urn:li:share:7522801130179837952",
        "document": null,
        "hidden_image_count": null,
        "is_author_influencer": true,
        "is_edited": true,
        "link": {
          "image_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/sync/v2/D4E27AQFkOX_Yu-a3fA/articleshare-shrink_800/B4EaFOeCzFLEAc-/0/1792317861513?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=qdrGnTqb_PQ04rvZTnnwoc3rZ4giI_-1g2TBBvB65IM",
          "source": "theguardian.com",
          "title": "World Bank says ‘small AI’ could transform developing countries",
          "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/18/world-bank-artificial-intelligence-developing-economies"
        },
        "modified_at": null,
        "more_articles": [],
        "repost_activity_id": null,
        "reshared_post": null,
        "top_comments": [
          {
            "author": {
              "avatar_url": null,
              "display_name": "Cristian Perez Añasco",
              "id": null,
              "is_verified": null,
              "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristian-perez-a%C3%B1asco-87a11740",
              "username": "cristian-perez-añasco-87a11740"
            },
            "id": "7522806165316210688",
            "like_count": 49,
            "published_at": "2026-11-01T23:45:56Z",
            "text": "What Bill Gates points to is already scaling in India with measurable numbers. MahaVISTAAR-AI under MahaAgri-AI policy crossed 3 million downloads in months and portable soil testing using hyperspectral imaging delivers full chemical profile with over 90 percent accuracy. All run…"
          },
          {
            "author": {
              "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQFJhAiszj4Vmg/profile-displayphoto-scale_400_400/B56aGi12q6K8Ak-/0/1793733390035?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=KBT6MVpk5Bh7XGkE-G3cBKFsdxm7b9Yt86yyvQ1zwWM",
              "display_name": "Chris Black",
              "id": null,
              "is_verified": null,
              "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-black-yyc",
              "username": "chris-black-yyc"
            },
            "id": "7523029437056114688",
            "like_count": 6,
            "published_at": "2026-11-02T14:33:08Z",
            "text": "The phone already in their pocket is what got me. A farmer gets an answer in their own language without buying anything new."
          },
          {
            "author": {
              "avatar_url": null,
              "display_name": "Henrik Pålsson",
              "id": null,
              "is_verified": null,
              "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrik-p%C3%A5lsson-278659",
              "username": "henrik-pålsson-278659"
            },
            "id": "7522804034852855808",
            "like_count": 5,
            "published_at": "2026-11-01T23:37:28Z",
            "text": "100% agree, but The Road Ahead has rather more bends than we imagined when we met in Stockholm 30 years ago. Perhaps the map was folded. 😉"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "platform_type": "post",
    "published_at": "2026-11-01T23:25:56Z",
    "text": "Useful advice for farmers, in their own language, on a phone they already have in their pocket. That’s the type of AI I’m excited about.",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/sync/v2/D4E27AQFkOX_Yu-a3fA/articleshare-shrink_800/B4EaFOeCzFLEAc-/0/1792317861513?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=qdrGnTqb_PQ04rvZTnnwoc3rZ4giI_-1g2TBBvB65IM",
    "title": "World Bank says ‘small AI’ could transform developing countries",
    "type": "link",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "linkedin",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 703,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "post",
      "id": "7522801130767224832",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.linkedin.post.get({ url: "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "url=" + encode("https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/post?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/post?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/post")
        .query(&[("url", "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7522801130767224832/")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/postLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 21 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field LinkedIn doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
A LinkedIn post or article: a post's link as the share menu gives it (linkedin.com/posts/<author>_<slug>-activity-<id>-<code>), its feed or embed link (linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:<id>, also urn:li:share: and urn:li:ugcPost:), an article's (linkedin.com/pulse/<slug>), on any country host, or a post's bare URN (urn:li:activity:<id>) or activity ID.
Write one parser
LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring: Canonical post URL.
typestring: Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring: The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring: Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring: Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring: BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.

What teams build with the LinkedIn Post API.

Track engagement on company and creator posts
Collect posts and articles for a brand report
Pull a post's top comments and their authors
Archive a post's text, images, video and documents

Good to know before you build.

like_count totals every reaction type (like, celebrate, support, love, insightful, funny), as LinkedIn counts them.
id is the post's activity ID whatever link you send. An article has its own ID, and its /pulse/ link, the only one that opens it, is its url.
A repost without commentary returns the original post (its id, author and text), with the repost's activity ID in platform_specific.linkedin.repost_activity_id.
A deleted post and one its author limited to their connections both return not_found: LinkedIn answers them alike.
view_count, share_count and repost_count are null because LinkedIn doesn't show them logged out. Images beyond the ones the page shows are counted in platform_specific.linkedin.hidden_image_count.
top_comments holds the comments LinkedIn shows logged out, about ten at most.
When the post's page is unavailable, the answer comes from its embed card, without top comments (see unknown_fields), a member author's exact follower count, or a video's title, size and length.

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LinkedIn Post API. Send a post link or ID.

LinkedIn Post API at a glance

Send one request. Get 22 fields back.

One schema on 21 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the LinkedIn Post API.

Track engagement on company and creator posts

Collect posts and articles for a brand report

Pull a post's top comments and their authors

Archive a post's text, images, video and documents

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the LinkedIn Post API.

Posts on 20 more platforms.

LinkedIn API. 4 endpoints, one key.

Try it on a link you already have.