LinkedIn Profile API

Returns a public LinkedIn company, school or showcase Page, or a member's profile, from its link or its name with a prefix (company/, in/). A Page has its industry, size, headquarters and locations, website, founding year, specialties, exact follower and employee counts, and the affiliated and similar Pages beside it. A member has their headline, about text, location, followers, connections, experience, education, skills, certifications, projects, publications, recommendations and the other sections their public profile lists.

GET /v1/linkedin/profile

Try it

Example

cURL

curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile' \
  --data-urlencode 'handle=https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

TypeScript SDK

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

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

const res = await client.linkedin.profile.get({ handle: "https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

Node.js (fetch)

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

Python (requests)

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile",
    params={"handle": "https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify"},
    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)

package main

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

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("handle", "https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile?"+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"])
}

PHP

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'handle' => 'https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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;

Ruby

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('handle' => 'https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify')
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"]

Java

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 = "handle=" + encode("https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile?" + 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);
    }
}

.NET

using System.Text.Json;

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

var query = string.Join("&",
    "handle=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile?" + 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"));

Rust

// 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/profile")
        .query(&[("handle", "https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify")])
        .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

{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [],
    "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQG_KjTcNcrLVw/company-logo_200_200/B56ZZolTV.HUAU-/0/1745511331439/shopify_logo?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=D2saVg58cKnwEiDQgFgzvwL24mTRM_cPuU1ndv6kL2U",
    "banner_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D563DAQEzTxxoWnXuew/image-scale_325_1920/B56aE7BBZdKgAI-/0/1791991486349/shopify_cover?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=b2AsimBH6u_xrudtlChar7RG3u83yzSxztJZvnV10HM",
    "bio": "Shopify is a leading global commerce company, providing trusted tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business of any size. Shopify makes commerce better for everyone with a platform and services that are engineered for reliability, while delivering a better shopping …",
    "category": "Software Development",
    "country_code": "CA",
    "created_at": null,
    "display_name": "Shopify",
    "external_links": [
      {
        "title": null,
        "url": "https://www.shopify.com"
      }
    ],
    "id": "784652",
    "is_private": false,
    "is_verified": null,
    "location": "Ottawa, ON",
    "metrics": {
      "follower_count": 1119403,
      "following_count": null,
      "post_count": null,
      "total_like_count": null,
      "total_view_count": null
    },
    "platform": "linkedin",
    "platform_specific": {
      "linkedin": {
        "affiliated_pages": [
          {
            "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E0BAQEHykfrk07ZCQ/company-logo_100_100/company-logo_100_100/0/1726856574825?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=40c3dGLlHhLuZvUGFzWKv8ef2JQ6eVEeAv7Q3z54b8A",
            "category": "Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals",
            "display_name": "Shopify Ventures",
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "location": null,
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/shopify-ventures",
            "username": "shopify-ventures"
          }
        ],
        "certifications": [],
        "company_size": {
          "lower_bound": 10001,
          "upper_bound": null
        },
        "connection_count": null,
        "courses": [],
        "education": [],
        "employee_count": 30322,
        "employees": [
          {
            "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4E03AQFUruTJfTC02Q/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1516156085586?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=Axi-4iq0uAVwIj4N9E8SUHZwcmX77p9pet5Ri2m1GLM",
            "display_name": "Sam Ruby",
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/saruby",
            "username": "saruby"
          },
          {
            "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C5603AQG6JPHHDSVF_g/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1600306045236?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=SYwM63n268TcHjRQFbsz1EXXcGkXxKnYKNqNVUwDjA8",
            "display_name": "Joseph Smarr",
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsmarr",
            "username": "jsmarr"
          },
          {
            "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQHzy24GWVgpWQ/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1672455361616?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=rxjMeSkOWQYUTo4BYQiTn8CVlNlfbtuRgHO3zDQaSRg",
            "display_name": "Todd Muchmore",
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddmuchmore",
            "username": "toddmuchmore"
          }
        ],
        "experience": [],
        "founded_year": 2006,
        "headline": null,
        "headquarters": {
          "city": "Ottawa",
          "country_code": "CA",
          "postal_code": null,
          "region": "ON",
          "street": null
        },
        "honors": [],
        "is_creator": null,
        "is_hiring": null,
        "is_influencer": null,
        "is_open_to_work": null,
        "kind": "company",
        "languages": [],
        "locations": [
          {
            "address": "Ottawa, ON, CA",
            "is_primary": true
          }
        ],
        "organization_type": "Public Company",
        "organizations": [],
        "patents": [],
        "projects": [],
        "publications": [],
        "recommendation_count": null,
        "recommendations": [],
        "similar_pages": [
          {
            "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQE2ZfJyfn-VCg/company-logo_100_100/B56ZlyKwpUKIAQ-/0/1758557047806/stripe_logo?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=fRMcaMGPJNFUMq_l1f2zzyX4PaK3yg-MRicyUuY3qSI",
            "category": "Technology, Information and Internet",
            "display_name": "Stripe",
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "location": "South San Francisco, California",
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/stripe",
            "username": "stripe"
          },
          {
            "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C560BAQFkDzx_7dqq3A/company-logo_100_100/company-logo_100_100/0/1631377935713?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=AiRi3YW2R5kYKHbxsjkdQ_d1RuH6Yk98ePBwANPPDhc",
            "category": "Musicians",
            "display_name": "Spotify",
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "location": "Stockholm, Stockholm County",
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotify",
            "username": "spotify"
          },
          {
            "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C560BAQFhfl32crIGIw/company-logo_100_100/company-logo_100_100/0/1630637496980/airbnb_logo?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=idNQqoBZi6dZq6iG78J5GTOsNV_ltJf7ITo7zYZ6VWg",
            "category": "Software Development",
            "display_name": "Airbnb",
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "location": "San Francisco, CA",
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/airbnb",
            "username": "airbnb"
          }
        ],
        "similar_profiles": [],
        "skills": [],
        "specialties": [
          "ecommerce",
          "API",
          "applications"
        ],
        "tagline": "Make commerce better for everyone",
        "volunteering": []
      }
    },
    "type": "organization",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/shopify",
    "username": "shopify"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "linkedin",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 1175,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "profile",
      "id": "784652",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/shopify"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

Good to know

A bare name is looked up as a company. Send a member as a link or with its prefix (in/<name>).
LinkedIn opens an account by its numeric ID only for signed-in members, so send a link or a name, not an ID.
A member's profile has what they made public to logged-out visitors: sections they hid are [] and fields they hid are null.
LinkedIn hides most members' pages from logged-out visitors. A data partner then reads the public profile live and fills it (meta.source vendor), at the vendor price below. follower_count and connection_count are null on those answers, and the lists unknown_fields names are unknown.
When the data partner can't answer, a member's profile is a public search engine's copy of their page: name, headline, about text, current employer, school, location and connections, with meta.source web_search, id their public name, and the lists it can't see named in unknown_fields. It can be days or weeks old.
A member name that doesn't exist returns not_found when the data partner looked it up. Otherwise it returns upstream_blocked, because LinkedIn answers a missing name the way it refuses a request.
connection_count is 500 for every member LinkedIn shows as 500+, listed in approximate_fields.
is_verified is null because LinkedIn doesn't show its verification badge logged out.

Authorizations

x-api-keystringheaderrequired

Your API key. Authentication

Query parameters

handlestringrequiredmax 2,048 chars

The LinkedIn account: a Page's link (linkedin.com/company/<name>, /school/<name>, /showcase/<name>, any tab of it) or a member's (linkedin.com/in/<name>), or its name with the prefix that says which (company/google, school/mit, showcase/microsoft-security, in/williamhgates). A bare name is a company's; LinkedIn leads a company name to the school or showcase page of that name. Names are case-insensitive.

Examplehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/

handle takes LinkedIn profile links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with invalid_input. Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored (Requests).

Parameters every endpoint accepts

max_ageintegermin 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.

fieldsstring

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

application/json

200

{data, meta}. data is a profile object; meta describes the request (meta). Fields only LinkedIn has are under platform_specific.linkedin.

platformstring

Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).

idstring

Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).

usernamestringnullable

Handle without the @; null when the account has none.

display_namestringnullable

Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.

urlstring uri

Canonical profile URL.

typestring

Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.

One ofpersonorganizationcommunityunknown

biostringnullable

Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.

avatar_urlstring urinullable

Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

banner_urlstring urinullable

Header or cover image URL.

is_verifiedbooleannullable

Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge.

is_privatebooleannullable

True when the account's posts are not public.

categorystringnullable

Platform category label (e.g. Musician, Media & Entertainment), as shown; not normalized. Often set only for business or creator accounts.

external_linksobject[]

Links in the bio or channel links; [] if none or not exposed.

Show 2 child fields

urlstring uri

Link target, absolute (https:// is added where the platform stores the link without a scheme).

titlestringnullable

Link label shown by the platform.

locationstringnullable

Self-declared location text.

country_codestringnullable

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country the platform states for the account.

created_atstring date-timenullable

Account creation or join date, RFC 3339 UTC (some platforms give only the day: see approximate_fields).

metricsobject

Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero.

Show 5 child fields

follower_countintegernullable

Followers or subscribers.

following_countintegernullable

Accounts this profile follows.

post_countintegernullable

Posts or videos as the platform counts them on the profile (for a private account, posts the caller cannot see).

total_like_countintegernullable

Likes received across all of the profile's posts (not likes given).

total_view_countintegernullable

Lifetime views across all of the profile's posts.

platform_specificobject

Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.<platform>); each null when unknown.

Show 1 child field

linkedinobjectnullable

A LinkedIn Page's or member's own fields.

Show 33 child fields

These fields, in this page's Markdown

approximate_fieldsstring[]

JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text (e.g. metrics.follower_count). A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. [] when all exact.

unknown_fieldsstring[]

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 and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

400

400 Bad Request: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

invalid_inputNo retry

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.

unauthorizedNo retry

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.

insufficient_creditsNo retry

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_reachedNo retry

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: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

forbiddenNo retry

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. 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.

private_or_unavailableNo retry

The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code.

Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry.

404

404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

not_foundNo retry

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.

rate_limitedYes, 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 to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one.

500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

internalYes, later

An unexpected error on SocialTap's side.

Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact support with the request_id.

502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

upstream_errorYes, 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.

upstream_blockedYes, later

The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included.

Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free.

overloadedYes, 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, up to 5 credits. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as meta.source; sources are tried cheapest first: Public page → Data partner → Web search.

Source	Price per successful request	Per 1,000 requests
Public page `page`	1 credit	$0.75–$1.97
Data partner `vendor`	5 credits	$3.75–$9.83
Web search `web_search`	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 (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts. One request costs at most 5 credits, but that amount is never locked up in advance: right before costlier work, SocialTap sets aside more of your balance, the exact price when the size of the item is known beforehand, otherwise as much as your balance allows (and the work is limited to what that pays for). It then charges the actual price and releases the rest. If the result would cost more than your balance covers, the request is refused with insufficient_credits as well, and costs nothing.

meta.source	Source	What it means
`page`	Public page	Data embedded in the platform's public web page.
`vendor`	Data partner	A public-data partner's copy of the item, where the platform hides it from logged-out visitors: read live by the partner at request time.
`web_search`	Web search	A public web search engine's index of the platform's pages, where the platform has no logged-out search of its own: each result is what the index shows of the item, which can be days or weeks old.

meta.credits_charged and the x-credits-charged header show what you paid. How credits work · Packs

Endpoint ID linkedin.profile · operationId linkedin.profile.get · Product overview