# LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API LinkedIn Ad Library Returns one ad from LinkedIn's public Ad Library, in any format, from its link or ID: advertiser, who paid, text, media and destination. You also get the headline and call to action, the member a promoted post appears from, the video file, every carousel slide, a document's first pages, a message ad's sender and buttons, and a job's or event's details. Ads shown in the EU and Brazil add their run dates, an impressions range, each country's share of it and the targeting. GET `/v1/linkedin/ad` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/ad' \ --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.linkedin.ad.get({ url: "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/ad?${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); ``` Python (requests): ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/ad", params={"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634"}, 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"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "net/url" "os" ) func main() { q := url.Values{} q.Set("url", "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/ad?"+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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "data": { "advertiser": { "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E0BAQHUYDHTOOXs9w/company-logo_100_100/B4EZ8eP9xVIkAI-/0/1782918929735/mckinsey_logo?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=WbmINHi9RwK4JEWEBaGhPYl0CZQ41Gx2fC_wV7PTGMQ", "display_name": "McKinsey & Company", "id": "1371", "is_verified": null, "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/1371", "username": null }, "approximate_fields": [ "first_shown_at", "impressions", "last_shown_at" ], "audience_size": null, "country_codes": [ "AD", "AE", "AF" ], "creatives": [ { "body": "COP31 will bring together global leaders at an important moment for the energy transition and sustainability, as growing energy demand, advancing climate technologies, and the need for greater resilience create new opportunities for businesses and investors. In Antalya, Turkey, M…", "cta_text": "Register", "link_description": null, "link_url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/how-we-help-clients/cop/agenda?cid=pls-pso-lkn-mbm-register2-cop-glb-cxo-mst", "media": [ { "alt_text": "See our full COP31 program", "duration_ms": null, "expires_at": null, "height": null, "thumbnail_url": null, "type": "image", "url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E10AQGIL3fJ7ZL76g/image-shrink_1280/B4EaGIprtMIgAc-/0/1793293991306/McKatCOP31Generic1920x1920pxpng?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=QNkoQzYbKqcN23t1ljf805eo4_IJRngJlRR5KoxFexU", "width": null } ], "title": "See our full COP31 program" } ], "first_shown_at": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "id": "1618054634", "impressions": { "lower_bound": 5000, "upper_bound": 10000 }, "is_active": null, "is_political": null, "languages": [], "last_shown_at": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "paid_by": "Mckinsey & Company, Inc.", "platform": "linkedin", "platform_specific": { "linkedin": { "company": null, "creative_type": "SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE", "document": null, "event": null, "format": "Single Image Ad", "impressions_by_country": [ { "country": "Pakistan", "country_code": "PK", "is_under_one_percent": false, "share_percent": 17 }, { "country": "Turkey", "country_code": "TR", "is_under_one_percent": false, "share_percent": 8 }, { "country": "Bangladesh", "country_code": "BD", "is_under_one_percent": false, "share_percent": 4 } ], "is_deleted": false, "job": null, "message": null, "newsletter": null, "poster": { "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E0BAQHUYDHTOOXs9w/company-logo_100_100/B4EZ8eP9xVIkAI-/0/1782918929735/mckinsey_logo?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=WbmINHi9RwK4JEWEBaGhPYl0CZQ41Gx2fC_wV7PTGMQ", "display_name": "McKinsey & Company", "id": "1371", "is_verified": null, "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/1371", "username": null }, "poster_title": null, "targeting": { "audience": { "is_excluded": true, "is_targeted": false }, "company": { "is_excluded": false, "is_targeted": false }, "demographic": { "is_excluded": false, "is_targeted": false }, "education": { "is_excluded": false, "is_targeted": false }, "job": { "is_excluded": false, "is_targeted": true }, "languages": { "excluded": [], "included": [ "English" ] }, "locations": { "excluded": [ "India" ], "included": [ "Türkiye", "Asia", "Europe" ] }, "member_interests": { "is_excluded": false, "is_targeted": true } } } }, "publisher_platforms": [], "reach": null, "spend": null, "type": "image", "unknown_fields": [ "languages", "publisher_platforms" ], "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634" }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "linkedin", "source": "page", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 559, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": { "kind": "ad", "id": "1618054634", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634" }, "credits_remaining": 9999, "client_request_id": null, "warnings": [] } } ``` Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - Run dates, impressions and targeting are null for ads not shown in the EU or Brazil: the library discloses them only there. > - is_active is null because the library shows no status, except false on an ad it marks deleted (platform_specific.linkedin.is_deleted), whose content it still shows. > - Dates are whole days and impressions are LinkedIn's ranges, with 0 as the lower bound of its "\< 1k" (both listed in approximate_fields). > - Text keeps LinkedIn's personalization placeholders, such as %FIRSTNAME%. An ad with several versions returns the one the library shows. > - An unknown ID returns not_found, and so does the error page LinkedIn serves when the library fails: retry later an ad you know exists. > - advertiser.url is the library's numeric company link (linkedin.com/company/\), which opens only for signed-in members. The LinkedIn Profile API takes a Page's name, not that number. > - Targeted locations are split from one line of text, where a place's own comma looks like the one between places (Boston, MA, France). A list that could read more than one way keeps every piece apart and is listed in approximate_fields. ## Authorizations `x-api-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `url` required | `string`
max 2,048 chars | A LinkedIn Ad Library ad: its link (linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/\), a company discovery ad's (linkedin.com/ad-library/employer-brand/\?talentMarketplaceChannelId=\), or its ID alone. | `https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1603768123` | `url` takes LinkedIn Ad Library ad links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with [`invalid_input`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_input). Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)). **Parameters every endpoint accepts** | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `max_age` optional | `integer`
min 0 | Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent. | — | | `fields` optional | `string` | Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments\[\].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole. | — | ## Response ### 200 `{data, meta}`. `data` is a [ad](https://socialtap.dev/resources/ad/index.md) object; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only LinkedIn Ad Library has are under `platform_specific.linkedin`. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `data.platform` | `string` | Library owner's platform ID (facebook for Meta's library, tiktok, google, linkedin). | | `data.id` | `string` | Library ad ID (string). | | `data.url` | `string` (uri) | Public library page of the ad. | | `data.advertiser` | `object` | The advertising page, business or account. | | `data.advertiser.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.advertiser.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.advertiser.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.advertiser.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.advertiser.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.advertiser.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.paid_by` | `string` or `null` | Disclosed payer ("Paid for by"). | | `data.is_active` | `boolean` or `null` | True while the ad is running. | | `data.first_shown_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | First delivery, RFC 3339 UTC (often date-only: see approximate_fields). | | `data.last_shown_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | Last delivery, RFC 3339 UTC; null while active. | | `data.type` | `string` | Creative shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One of `image`, `video`, `carousel`, `text`, `dynamic`, `other` | | `data.publisher_platforms` | `string[]` | Where it ran, lowercase IDs (facebook, instagram, messenger, audience_network, youtube, …); \[\] if not disclosed. | | `data.creatives` | `object[]` | The ad's creatives: one per card of a carousel and per variation of a dynamic or catalog ad, else one for the ad itself; \[\] if none are shown. | | `data.creatives[].title` | `string` or `null` | Headline. | | `data.creatives[].body` | `string` or `null` | Primary text. | | `data.creatives[].link_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Destination URL. | | `data.creatives[].link_description` | `string` or `null` | Link description text. | | `data.creatives[].cta_text` | `string` or `null` | Call-to-action label (e.g. Shop now). | | `data.creatives[].media` | `object[]` | Images and videos of this creative; \[\] if none. | | `data.creatives[].media[].type` | `string` | Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One of `image`, `video`, `audio`, `gif` | | `data.creatives[].media[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at. | | `data.creatives[].media[].expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire. | | `data.creatives[].media[].thumbnail_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Poster or preview image URL. | | `data.creatives[].media[].width` | `integer` or `null` | Width in pixels. | | `data.creatives[].media[].height` | `integer` or `null` | Height in pixels. | | `data.creatives[].media[].duration_ms` | `integer` or `null` | Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only). | | `data.creatives[].media[].alt_text` | `string` or `null` | Accessibility text provided by the author or platform. | | `data.languages` | `string[]` | BCP-47 languages of the ad; \[\] if not disclosed. | | `data.country_codes` | `string[]` | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 countries where it was shown; \[\] if not disclosed. | | `data.is_political` | `boolean` or `null` | Categorized as a political or social-issue ad; false when the library files it under another category, null when it shows none. | | `data.impressions` | `object` or `null` | Impressions or times shown range; null when not disclosed. | | `data.impressions.lower_bound` | `integer` | Inclusive lower bound. | | `data.impressions.upper_bound` | `integer` or `null` | Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact. | | `data.reach` | `object` or `null` | Unique users reached range; null when not disclosed. | | `data.reach.lower_bound` | `integer` | Inclusive lower bound. | | `data.reach.upper_bound` | `integer` or `null` | Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact. | | `data.audience_size` | `object` or `null` | Estimated target audience size range; null when not disclosed. | | `data.audience_size.lower_bound` | `integer` | Inclusive lower bound. | | `data.audience_size.upper_bound` | `integer` or `null` | Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact. | | `data.spend` | `object` or `null` | Spend range; null when not disclosed. | | `data.spend.lower_bound` | `integer` | Inclusive lower bound, in whole units of currency. | | `data.spend.upper_bound` | `integer` or `null` | Inclusive upper bound in whole units of currency; null when open-ended. | | `data.spend.currency` | `string` | ISO 4217 currency code, uppercase (USD). | | `data.platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\); each null when unknown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin` | `object` or `null` | A LinkedIn Ad Library ad's own fields. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.creative_type` | `string` or `null` | LinkedIn's code for the ad's format (SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE, SPONSORED_VIDEO, SPONSORED_INMAILS, JOBS_V2, …), finer than type; null when the library shows none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.format` | `string` or `null` | The ad's format as the library labels it (Single Image Ad, Message Ad, Company Discovery Ad, …); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.is_deleted` | `boolean` or `null` | The library says the ad was deleted; false when it shows no such notice. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.poster` | `object` or `null` | The account the ad appears from: the advertiser, or a member whose post it promotes; null when the preview names none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.poster.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.poster.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.poster.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.poster.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.poster.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.poster.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.poster_title` | `string` or `null` | The line under the poster's name (a member's headline); null when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.impressions_by_country` | `object[]` | Each country's share of the ad's impressions, as the library lists them; \[\] when not shown (in unknown_fields). | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.impressions_by_country[].country` | `string` or `null` | The country's name, as the library writes it. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.impressions_by_country[].country_code` | `string` or `null` | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code; null when the name is none the library's country list has. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.impressions_by_country[].share_percent` | `integer` or `null` | Share of the ad's impressions, a whole percent as the library rounds it; null when under one percent. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.impressions_by_country[].is_under_one_percent` | `boolean` or `null` | The library writes the share as less than one percent. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting` | `object` or `null` | Whom the advertiser selected; null when not disclosed. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.languages` | `object` or `null` | The profile languages targeted or excluded; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.languages.included` | `string[]` | Targeted; \[\] when none are listed. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.languages.excluded` | `string[]` | Excluded; \[\] when none are listed. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.locations` | `object` or `null` | The locations targeted or excluded, in the language of the advertiser's account; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.locations.included` | `string[]` | Targeted; \[\] when none are listed. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.locations.excluded` | `string[]` | Excluded; \[\] when none are listed. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.audience` | `object` or `null` | Audience criteria; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.audience.is_targeted` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser targeted by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.audience.is_excluded` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser excluded by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.demographic` | `object` or `null` | Demographic criteria; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.demographic.is_targeted` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser targeted by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.demographic.is_excluded` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser excluded by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.company` | `object` or `null` | Company criteria; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.company.is_targeted` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser targeted by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.company.is_excluded` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser excluded by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.education` | `object` or `null` | Education criteria; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.education.is_targeted` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser targeted by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.education.is_excluded` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser excluded by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.job` | `object` or `null` | Job criteria; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.job.is_targeted` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser targeted by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.job.is_excluded` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser excluded by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.member_interests` | `object` or `null` | Member interests and traits criteria; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.member_interests.is_targeted` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser targeted by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.targeting.member_interests.is_excluded` | `boolean` or `null` | The advertiser excluded by this criterion. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.message` | `object` or `null` | A message ad's sender and buttons; null on every other format. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.message.sender_name` | `string` or `null` | The person the message is sent as; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.message.sender_avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The sender's picture; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.message.buttons` | `string[]` | The message's buttons, in order; \[\] when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.job` | `object` or `null` | The job a job ad promotes; null on every other format. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.job.company` | `string` or `null` | The company the job is at; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.job.location` | `string` or `null` | The job's location, as written; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.event` | `object` or `null` | The event an event ad promotes; null on every other format. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.event.organizer` | `string` or `null` | Who hosts the event; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.event.location` | `string` or `null` | Where it happens, as written (Online); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.event.starts_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When it starts, RFC 3339 UTC; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.event.ends_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When it ends, RFC 3339 UTC; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.document` | `object` or `null` | The document a document ad shows; null on every other format. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.document.title` | `string` or `null` | The document's title; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.document.page_count` | `integer` or `null` | How many pages it has; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.newsletter` | `string` or `null` | The newsletter an article ad's article belongs to; null when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.company` | `object` or `null` | The company a company discovery ad presents; null on every other format. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.company.size` | `string` or `null` | The company's size as the card writes it (10,001+ employees); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.company.location` | `string` or `null` | Where the company is, as the card writes it; null when not shown. | | `data.approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values that are rounded, date-only or parsed from display text. A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. \[\] when all exact. | | `data.unknown_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of lists whose \[\] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. \[\] when every list is known. | not_found is item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned. ### 400 400 Bad Request: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `invalid_input` | 400 | No | A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes. | Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one. | ### 401 401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `unauthorized` | 401 | No | The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired. | Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url. | ### 402 402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | The account does not have enough credits for this request. | Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically. | | `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits. | Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically. | ### 403 403 Forbidden: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `forbidden` | 403 | No | The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code. | Act on details.reason. suspended: contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP. | ### 404 404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `not_found` | 404 | No | The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why). | Check the link or ID. Do not retry. | ### 429 429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, later | The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it. | Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. | ### 500 500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. | ### 502 502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, later | The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read. | Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free. | ### 503 503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing. | Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. | | `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, later | SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged. | Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free. | ## Pricing From **1 credit** per request. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`. | Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests | | --- | --- | --- | | Public page `page` | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 | **Balance, sources and what you were charged** Your balance must be at least **1 credit** to start a request; with less, it is refused with [`insufficient_credits`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts. | meta.source | Source | What it means | | --- | --- | --- | | `page` | Public page | Data embedded in the platform's public web page. | `meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) Endpoint ID `linkedin.ad` · operationId `linkedin.ad.get` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/ad/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/linkedin/ad/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)