# LinkedIn Post Search API. Public posts matching your search. Public posts by keyword or hashtag. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes. [Get API key](https://socialtap.dev/signup/?next=%2Fplayground%2F%3Fendpoint%3Dlinkedin.search_posts) ## LinkedIn Post Search API at a glance Returns public LinkedIn posts for a keyword or hashtag, found through a web search, with each post's link, exact publish time and author. Each result also has the search index's excerpt of the text and its comment count. Add fill=true to get each post's full, live record in the same response: whole text, media, exact reaction and comment counts and top comments. GET `/v1/linkedin/search_posts` [Read the API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/linkedin/search_posts/index.md) - **1 credit** per page, +1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages - **16 typed fields** null when unknown - **50** public posts per page, the search engine's ranking (most relevant first) - **`query`** is all it needs, e.g. `supply chain resilience` ## Send one request. Get up to 50 public posts back. Copy the request in your language, or hand it to your agent. Sign up for an API key and your first 100 credits are free. `$ npm install socialtap` `query = supply chain resilience` [Open in playground](https://socialtap.dev/playground/?endpoint=linkedin.search_posts) cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/search_posts' \ --data-urlencode 'query=supply chain resilience' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.linkedin.searchPosts.list({ query: "supply chain resilience" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "supply chain resilience", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/search_posts?${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, page, meta } = body; console.log(data, meta.credits_charged); ``` Python (requests): ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/search_posts", params={"query": "supply chain resilience"}, 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, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"] print(data, meta["credits_charged"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "net/url" "os" ) func main() { q := url.Values{} q.Set("query", "supply chain resilience") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/search_posts?"+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"` Page json.RawMessage `json:"page"` 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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "data": [ { "approximate_fields": [ "post.author.display_name", "post.text" ], "community": null, "details": null, "hashtag": null, "matched_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/boston-consulting-group_leading-through-resilience-supply-chain-activity-7038522324806946816-WIrq", "place": null, "platform": "linkedin", "platform_specific": { "linkedin": { "company": null, "connection_count": null, "headline": null, "kind": null, "location": null, "school": null, "tagline": null } }, "position": 0, "post": { "author": { "avatar_url": null, "display_name": "Boston Consulting Group (BCG)", "id": null, "is_verified": null, "url": null, "username": "boston-consulting-group" }, "id": null, "metrics": { "comment_count": null, "like_count": null, "quote_count": null, "repost_count": null, "save_count": null, "share_count": null, "view_count": null }, "published_at": "2023-03-06T14:54:51Z", "text": "To mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions, companies can implement several solutions, such as: Diversification: Companies can diversify their suppliers and manufacturing locations to reduce the dependency on a single source. Risk Assessment: Conducting regular risk asses…", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": null, "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7038522324806946816" }, "profile": null, "snippet": "To mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions, companies can implement several solutions, such as: Diversification: Companies can diversify their suppliers and manufacturing locations to reduce the dependency on a single source. Risk Assessment: Conducting regular risk asses…", "sound": null, "title": "Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on LinkedIn: Leading Through ...", "type": "post", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7038522324806946816" }, { "approximate_fields": [ "post.author.display_name", "post.text" ], "community": null, "details": null, "hashtag": null, "matched_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/supplychainoptimization_the-resilience-myth-fatal-flaws-in-the-push-activity-6958252361312059392-eHg8", "place": null, "platform": "linkedin", "platform_specific": { "linkedin": { "company": null, "connection_count": null, "headline": null, "kind": null, "location": null, "school": null, "tagline": null } }, "position": 1, "post": { "author": { "avatar_url": null, "display_name": "Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA", "id": null, "is_verified": null, "url": null, "username": "supplychainoptimization" }, "id": null, "metrics": { "comment_count": null, "like_count": null, "quote_count": null, "repost_count": null, "save_count": null, "share_count": null, "view_count": null }, "published_at": "2022-07-28T02:50:41Z", "text": "“So-called supply chain resilience has become a central aim of policy. But such resilience is a myth.” I couldn’t agree more with Cheng Ting-Fang and ...", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": null, "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6958252361312059392" }, "profile": null, "snippet": "“So-called supply chain resilience has become a central aim of policy. But such resilience is a myth.” I couldn’t agree more with Cheng Ting-Fang and ...", "sound": null, "title": "Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA on LinkedIn: The resilience myth: Fatal ...", "type": "post", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6958252361312059392" }, { "approximate_fields": [ "post.author.display_name", "post.text" ], "community": null, "details": null, "hashtag": null, "matched_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kearney_three-keys-to-a-regenerative-supply-chain-activity-7140106302587924480-a-Zb", "place": null, "platform": "linkedin", "platform_specific": { "linkedin": { "company": null, "connection_count": null, "headline": null, "kind": null, "location": null, "school": null, "tagline": null } }, "position": 2, "post": { "author": { "avatar_url": null, "display_name": "Kearney", "id": null, "is_verified": null, "url": null, "username": "kearney" }, "id": null, "metrics": { "comment_count": null, "like_count": null, "quote_count": null, "repost_count": null, "save_count": null, "share_count": null, "view_count": null }, "published_at": "2023-12-11T22:33:19Z", "text": "Diversification, regionalization, and a renewed focus on cost efficiency are key strategies. 💡 Learn how the industry is gearing up for the 2023 holiday season and embracing sustainability and digitalization. 🌿 Dive into the full report to uncover actionable recommendations for b…", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": null, "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7140106302587924480" }, "profile": null, "snippet": "Diversification, regionalization, and a renewed focus on cost efficiency are key strategies. 💡 Learn how the industry is gearing up for the 2023 holiday season and embracing sustainability and digitalization. 🌿 Dive into the full report to uncover actionable recommendations for b…", "sound": null, "title": "Kearney on LinkedIn: Three keys to a regenerative supply chain ...", "type": "post", "unknown_fields": [], "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7140106302587924480" } ], "page": { "has_more": true, "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR", "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z", "end_reason": null }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "linkedin", "source": "web_search", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 1163, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": null, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete. ## One schema on 6 platforms. The [response reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/linkedin/search_posts/index.md#response) lists every field, its type and when it is `null`. [See the full schema](https://socialtap.dev/resources/web_result/index.md). - ### 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 Words to find LinkedIn posts by, as a web search reads them: a topic, a phrase, a name or a hashtag (supply chain resilience, "remote work" burnout, #sustainability). - ### Write one parser LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and 3 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all. - **`platform`string**: Platform the item is on. - **`type`string**: The kind of item the result names, as the resource that describes it: profile (an account), post, hashtag, sound, place or community. The item's summary is the field of that name, and a filled result's record is details.\. A search that finds several kinds (a platform's top search) mixes them in one list. New values may be added as more kinds are searchable; treat unknown values as other. - **`position`integer**: Zero-based rank of the result in the list, across pages: the search engine's order, counting only the results kept. - **`url`string**: The item's canonical link on the platform (the account's page for a profile, the post's for a post). - **`matched_url`string**: The page the index listed: the item's own page, or one of its pages that names it (a video of an account, for a profile found through it). - **`title`string**: The page's title as the index shows it: often the item's name, but not the item's own field. Null when the index shows none. - **`snippet`string**: The index's excerpt of the page: often the item's description and counts as the page stated them when it was indexed, days or weeks ago. Null when the index shows none. - **`profile`object**: The account the result names (type profile): what its link and the index's text say of it, completed from details when the result is filled. Null for every other type. Live data from 33 platforms. [TikTok](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/index.md) · [Instagram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/index.md) · [Facebook](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/index.md) · [YouTube](https://socialtap.dev/apis/youtube/index.md) · [Reddit](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/index.md) · [Threads](https://socialtap.dev/apis/threads/index.md) · [Spotify](https://socialtap.dev/apis/spotify/index.md) · [Amazon](https://socialtap.dev/apis/amazon/index.md) · [Apple Music](https://socialtap.dev/apis/applemusic/index.md) · [Pinterest](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pinterest/index.md) · [Rumble](https://socialtap.dev/apis/rumble/index.md) · [X](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/index.md) · [Bluesky](https://socialtap.dev/apis/bluesky/index.md) · [Twitch](https://socialtap.dev/apis/twitch/index.md) · [LinkedIn](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/index.md) · [Telegram](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/index.md) · [TikTok Shop](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktokshop/index.md) · [Kwai](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kwai/index.md) · [Snapchat](https://socialtap.dev/apis/snapchat/index.md) · [SoundCloud](https://socialtap.dev/apis/soundcloud/index.md) · [Truth Social](https://socialtap.dev/apis/truthsocial/index.md) · [Kick](https://socialtap.dev/apis/kick/index.md) · [Komi](https://socialtap.dev/apis/komi/index.md) · [Lnk.Bio](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkbio/index.md) · [Linkme](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkme/index.md) · [Linktree](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linktree/index.md) · [Pillar](https://socialtap.dev/apis/pillar/index.md) · [TikTok Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-ad-library/index.md) · [Facebook Events](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-events/index.md) · [Facebook Marketplace](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook-marketplace/index.md) · [Google Ads Transparency Center](https://socialtap.dev/apis/google-ads-transparency/index.md) · [LinkedIn Ad Library](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin-ad-library/index.md) ## What teams build with the LinkedIn Post Search API. - ### Monitor LinkedIn mentions of a brand or product - ### Find posts under a hashtag such as #hiring - ### Feed LinkedIn posts into social listening - ### Read a topic's posts in full with fill ## Good to know before you build. - LinkedIn's own post search needs a login, so results come from a public web search engine's index of LinkedIn posts, in its ranking. A post the index hasn't crawled isn't found, and older posts often rank above new ones. - A hashtag is read as a word: #hiring finds posts that show the tag and posts that only use the word, more of the latter on later pages. Check post.text, or details.post with fill=true, when only the tag will do. - Without fill, a post's id, title, media and author link are null. published_at is exact (LinkedIn's post IDs encode their time), while post.text, the comment count and the author's display name are the index's copy, listed in approximate_fields. - post.text is an excerpt from anywhere in the post, not its start. post.author.username is the name in the post's link, which doesn't say whether it is a member's or a Page's. - With fill=true, each result's details.post is the post's live record from the LinkedIn Post API, and its summary is updated from it. A post the lookup can't fetch (a removed one) stays unfilled, costs nothing extra and is named in meta.warnings. - Results are posts (linkedin.com/posts/…). Articles (linkedin.com/pulse/…), job listings and comments are not listed. - The index goes only so deep: a search usually ends after two pages (page.end_reason end). A post the index lists twice counts once, so a page can hold fewer results than the limit while more follow: follow the cursor, not the count. - Case doesn't matter. site: operators in the query are removed, and intitle:, inurl: and intext: count as the plain words they hold. ## From 1 credit per page. Failed requests are free. Buy credits once and spend them on any endpoint, on any platform. [Plans and packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) · [How this endpoint is priced](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/linkedin/search_posts/index.md#pricing) · [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Any source | 1 credit + 1 per result filled in
up to 51 credits (50 results filled in) | $0.75–$1.97 + $0.75–$1.97 per result filled in | - Cache hits are free. - Credits from packs and top-ups never expire. - A monthly plan's credits are spent first, and what is left of them ends at each renewal. - Prices exclude tax: sales tax is added at checkout where it applies. - Outside the US, plans and packs are sold to businesses: checkout asks for your VAT, GST or other business tax ID. ## Questions about the LinkedIn Post Search API. More in the [API reference](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/linkedin/search_posts/index.md). **Can I search LinkedIn posts by date?** No. Results come in the web search's ranking, with no sort or date filter. published_at gives each post's exact time, so filter by it on your side. **How much does the LinkedIn Post Search API cost?** A page of up to 50 public posts costs 1 credit + 1 per result filled in, up to 51 credits (50 results filled in). Every successful page is charged, empty pages included. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack. **How do I get the next page?** Repeat the same request with cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response, keeping the other parameters. When page.has_more is false there are no more pages. Cursors expire after 24 hours. Other platforms ## Web results on 5 more platforms. - [TikTok Top Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/tiktok/search_top/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/tiktok/search_top`) - [Instagram User Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/instagram/search_profiles/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/instagram/search_profiles`) - [Facebook Post Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/facebook/search_posts/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/facebook/search_posts`) - [X (Twitter) Post Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/x/search_posts/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/x/search_posts`) - [Telegram Channel Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/telegram/search_channels/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/telegram/search_channels`) More LinkedIn ## LinkedIn API. 4 endpoints, one key. - [LinkedIn Post API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/post/index.md) (1 credit · `GET /v1/linkedin/post`) - [LinkedIn Profile API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/profile/index.md) (From 1 credit · `GET /v1/linkedin/profile`) - [LinkedIn Company and People Search API](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/search_profiles/index.md) (From 1 credit / page · `GET /v1/linkedin/search_profiles`) ## Try it with your own search. Type it in the playground, or copy the request into your code. 100free credits - No credit card - Failed requests are free - Works on all 218 endpoints [Start for free](https://socialtap.dev/signup/) [Read the docs](https://socialtap.dev/docs/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/search_posts/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)