# LinkedIn Profile API LinkedIn 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` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile' \ --data-urlencode 'handle=https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.linkedin.profile.get({ handle: "https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ handle: "https://ca.linkedin.com/company/shopify", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/profile?${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): ```python 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): ```go 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"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "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. > [!NOTE] > > **Good to know** > > - A bare name is looked up as a company. Send a member as a link or with its prefix (in/\). > - 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-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `handle` required | `string`
max 2,048 chars | The LinkedIn account: a Page's link (linkedin.com/company/\, /school/\, /showcase/\, any tab of it) or a member's (linkedin.com/in/\), 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. | `https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/` | `handle` takes LinkedIn profile 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 [profile](https://socialtap.dev/resources/profile/index.md) object; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only LinkedIn has are under `platform_specific.linkedin`. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `data.platform` | `string` | Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). | | `data.id` | `string` | Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…). | | `data.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed. | | `data.url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.type` | `string` | 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 of `person`, `organization`, `community`, `unknown` | | `data.bio` | `string` or `null` | Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed. | | `data.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.banner_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Header or cover image URL. | | `data.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.is_private` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the account's posts are not public. | | `data.category` | `string` or `null` | Platform category label (e.g. Musician, Media & Entertainment), as shown; not normalized. Often set only for business or creator accounts. | | `data.external_links` | `object[]` | Links in the bio or channel links; \[\] if none or not exposed. | | `data.external_links[].url` | `string` (uri) | Link target, absolute (https:// is added where the platform stores the link without a scheme). | | `data.external_links[].title` | `string` or `null` | Link label shown by the platform. | | `data.location` | `string` or `null` | Self-declared location text. | | `data.country_code` | `string` or `null` | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country the platform states for the account. | | `data.created_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | Account creation or join date, RFC 3339 UTC (some platforms give only the day: see approximate_fields). | | `data.metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. | | `data.metrics.follower_count` | `integer` or `null` | Followers or subscribers. | | `data.metrics.following_count` | `integer` or `null` | Accounts this profile follows. | | `data.metrics.post_count` | `integer` or `null` | Posts or videos as the platform counts them on the profile (for a private account, posts the caller cannot see). | | `data.metrics.total_like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes received across all of the profile's posts (not likes given). | | `data.metrics.total_view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Lifetime views across all of the profile's posts. | | `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 Page's or member's own fields. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.kind` | `string` or `null` | What the account is on LinkedIn: a company's Page (linkedin.com/company/…), a school's (/school/…), a showcase page, a company's page for one brand or product (/showcase/…), or a member, a person (/in/…). New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
One of `company`, `school`, `showcase`, `member` | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.tagline` | `string` or `null` | The Page's tagline, the line under its name; null when it has none, and for a member. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.organization_type` | `string` or `null` | The Page's organization type as LinkedIn shows it (Public Company, Privately Held, Nonprofit, Educational, Government Agency, Self-Employed, Partnership); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.company_size` | `object` or `null` | The Page's company size, the bucket of employees it declares (10,001+ is a lower bound with no upper bound); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.company_size.lower_bound` | `integer` | Inclusive lower bound. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.company_size.upper_bound` | `integer` or `null` | Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.employee_count` | `integer` or `null` | Members who list the organization as their employer, exact as LinkedIn counts them; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.founded_year` | `integer` or `null` | The year the organization was founded, as its Page states it; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.specialties` | `string[]` | The Page's specialties, in its order; \[\] when it lists none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.headquarters` | `object` or `null` | The Page's headquarters address; null when not shown. location is its city and region as one line. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.headquarters.street` | `string` or `null` | Street address; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.headquarters.city` | `string` or `null` | City; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.headquarters.region` | `string` or `null` | State, province or region, as written; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.headquarters.postal_code` | `string` or `null` | Postal code; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.headquarters.country_code` | `string` or `null` | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.locations` | `object[]` | The organization's locations as its Page lists them, the primary one first; \[\] when it lists none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.locations[].address` | `string` | The address as the Page shows it, its lines joined with commas. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.locations[].is_primary` | `boolean` | True for the location the Page marks Primary. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.affiliated_pages` | `object[]` | Pages LinkedIn shows as affiliated with this one (its showcase pages, its parent or subsidiaries); \[\] when it shows none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.affiliated_pages[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.affiliated_pages[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.affiliated_pages[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.affiliated_pages[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.affiliated_pages[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.affiliated_pages[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.affiliated_pages[].category` | `string` or `null` | The Page's industry, as the card shows it; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.affiliated_pages[].location` | `string` or `null` | The Page's headquarters city and region, as the card shows it; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_pages` | `object[]` | Pages LinkedIn shows as similar to this one; \[\] when it shows none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_pages[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_pages[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_pages[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_pages[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_pages[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_pages[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_pages[].category` | `string` or `null` | The Page's industry, as the card shows it; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_pages[].location` | `string` or `null` | The Page's headquarters city and region, as the card shows it; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.employees` | `object[]` | Members LinkedIn shows as working at the organization (the few its Page names logged out); \[\] when it names none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.employees[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.employees[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.employees[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.employees[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.employees[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.employees[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.headline` | `string` or `null` | The member's headline, the line under their name; null when they have none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.connection_count` | `integer` or `null` | The member's connections; LinkedIn shows any count above 500 as 500+, which is 500 here and listed in approximate_fields. Null when not shown, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.is_influencer` | `boolean` or `null` | True when LinkedIn marks the member as an influencer (its Top Voice badge beside the name); null for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience` | `object[]` | The member's positions, as their public profile lists them (current first, then past). Where LinkedIn hides the list from logged-out visitors, the current organization it still names, with title null; \[\] when it names none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].title` | `string` or `null` | The position's title; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].company` | `object` or `null` | The organization, with its Page's link when it has one; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].company.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].company.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].company.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].company.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].company.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].company.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].started_on` | `string` or `null` | When the position started, as LinkedIn shows it: a year (2015) or a month (2015-03); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].ended_on` | `string` or `null` | When it ended, a year or a month; null while current (is_current) or when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].is_current` | `boolean` | True for a position LinkedIn shows as ongoing (to Present); false otherwise, including when no dates are shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].location` | `string` or `null` | Where it is, as written; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.experience[].description` | `string` or `null` | The member's description of it; null when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education` | `object[]` | The member's education, as their public profile lists it. Where LinkedIn hides the list from logged-out visitors, the school it still names, with degree null; \[\] when it names none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].school` | `object` or `null` | The school, with its Page's link when it has one; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].school.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].school.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].school.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].school.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].school.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].school.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].degree` | `string` or `null` | The degree and field of study, as written; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].started_on` | `string` or `null` | When it started, a year or a month; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.education[].ended_on` | `string` or `null` | When it ended, a year or a month; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.is_creator` | `boolean` or `null` | True when LinkedIn marks the member as a creator (creator mode); null for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.is_open_to_work` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the member shows LinkedIn's Open to Work frame, false when they don't; null when unknown (LinkedIn's logged-out page doesn't show it, a data partner's copy does: meta.source vendor) and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.is_hiring` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the member shows LinkedIn's Hiring frame, false when they don't; null when unknown (as is_open_to_work) and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering` | `object[]` | The member's volunteer experience, as their public profile lists it; \[\] when it lists none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].role` | `string` or `null` | The member's role; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].organization` | `object` or `null` | The organization, with its Page's link when it has one; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].organization.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].organization.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].organization.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].organization.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].organization.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].organization.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].cause` | `string` or `null` | The cause, as LinkedIn names it (Economic Empowerment, Health, Education); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].started_on` | `string` or `null` | When it started, a year (2015) or a month (2015-03); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].ended_on` | `string` or `null` | When it ended, a year or a month; null while current (is_current) or when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].is_current` | `boolean` | True for a role LinkedIn shows as ongoing (to Present); false otherwise, including when no dates are shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.volunteering[].description` | `string` or `null` | The member's description of it; null when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects` | `object[]` | The member's projects, as their public profile lists them; \[\] when it lists none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].title` | `string` | The project's name. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The project's link; null when it has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].started_on` | `string` or `null` | When it started, a year or a month; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].ended_on` | `string` or `null` | When it ended, a year or a month; null while ongoing or when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].description` | `string` or `null` | The member's description of it; null when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].contributors` | `object[]` | The other members LinkedIn lists as its creators; \[\] when it lists none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].contributors[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].contributors[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].contributors[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].contributors[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].contributors[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.projects[].contributors[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications` | `object[]` | The member's publications, as their public profile lists them; \[\] when it lists none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].title` | `string` | The publication's title. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The publication's link; null when it has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].publisher` | `string` or `null` | The publisher, as written; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].published_on` | `string` or `null` | When it was published: a day (2025-01-28), a month or a year; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].description` | `string` or `null` | The member's description of it; null when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].authors` | `object[]` | The other members LinkedIn lists as its authors; \[\] when it lists none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].authors[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].authors[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].authors[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].authors[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].authors[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.publications[].authors[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.honors` | `object[]` | The member's honors and awards, as their public profile lists them; \[\] when it lists none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.honors[].title` | `string` | The honor or award. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.honors[].issuer` | `string` or `null` | Who issued it, as written; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.honors[].issued_on` | `string` or `null` | When it was issued, a year or a month; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.honors[].description` | `string` or `null` | The member's description of it; null when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications` | `object[]` | The member's licenses and certifications, as their public profile lists them; \[\] when it lists none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].name` | `string` | The license or certification. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Its credential link; null when it has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].issuer` | `object` or `null` | The issuing organization, with its Page's link when it has one; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].issuer.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].issuer.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].issuer.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].issuer.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].issuer.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].issuer.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].issued_on` | `string` or `null` | When it was issued, a year or a month; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].expires_on` | `string` or `null` | When it expires, a year or a month; null when it does not or when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.certifications[].credential_id` | `string` or `null` | The credential's ID, as the member wrote it; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents` | `object[]` | The member's patents, as their public profile lists them; \[\] when it lists none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].title` | `string` | The patent's title. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].number` | `string` or `null` | Its number, as written (US 8,938,217); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].issued_on` | `string` or `null` | When it was issued: a day (2015-01-20), a month or a year; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].description` | `string` or `null` | Its description; null when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].inventors` | `object[]` | The other members LinkedIn lists as its inventors; \[\] when it lists none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].inventors[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].inventors[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].inventors[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].inventors[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].inventors[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.patents[].inventors[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.courses` | `object[]` | The courses the member lists; \[\] when they list none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.courses[].name` | `string` | The course. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.courses[].number` | `string` or `null` | Its course number, as written (BUS M 520); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.organizations` | `object[]` | The organizations the member lists (associations and memberships, not employers); \[\] when they list none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.organizations[].name` | `string` | The organization. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.organizations[].position` | `string` or `null` | The member's position in it, as written; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.organizations[].started_on` | `string` or `null` | When it started, a year or a month; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.organizations[].ended_on` | `string` or `null` | When it ended, a year or a month; null while current (is_current) or when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.organizations[].is_current` | `boolean` | True for a membership LinkedIn shows as ongoing (to Present); false otherwise, including when no dates are shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.organizations[].description` | `string` or `null` | The member's description of it; null when none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.languages` | `object[]` | The languages the member lists, with the proficiency they state; \[\] when they list none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.languages[].name` | `string` | The language, as written. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.languages[].proficiency` | `string` or `null` | The proficiency the member states (Native or bilingual proficiency, Elementary proficiency); null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.skills` | `string[]` | The skills the member lists, in their order; \[\] when they list none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendations` | `object[]` | Recommendations the member received, the ones LinkedIn shows logged out (a few of recommendation_count); \[\] when it shows none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendations[].recommender` | `object` or `null` | The member who wrote it; null when LinkedIn does not name them. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendations[].recommender.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendations[].recommender.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendations[].recommender.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendations[].recommender.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendations[].recommender.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendations[].recommender.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendations[].text` | `string` | The recommendation's text, as shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.recommendation_count` | `integer` or `null` | How many people have recommended the member, as LinkedIn counts them; null when not shown, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_profiles` | `object[]` | Members LinkedIn shows as similar to this one (its People also viewed); \[\] when it shows none, and for a Page. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_profiles[].id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_profiles[].username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_profiles[].display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_profiles[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_profiles[].avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_profiles[].is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_profiles[].headline` | `string` or `null` | The member's headline or current organization, as the card shows it; null when not shown. | | `data.platform_specific.linkedin.similar_profiles[].location` | `string` or `null` | The member's location, as the card shows it; null when not shown. | | `data.approximate_fields` | `string[]` | 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. | | `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 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. | 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: 2 error codes. 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. | | `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | 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. | 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, 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`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#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`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#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](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) Endpoint ID `linkedin.profile` · operationId `linkedin.profile.get` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/profile/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/linkedin/profile/) · [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) · [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)