# LinkedIn Ad Library Search API LinkedIn Ad Library Searches LinkedIn's public Ad Library for ads by keyword, advertiser name, company ID or payer, filtered by country and the days they ran. Each result is the library's card: the ad's ID and link, advertiser name and logo, format, headline, the start of its text, images, a video's cover, carousel slides and a document's first pages. Results come newest or oldest first, and the LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API returns any of them in full from its ID. GET `/v1/linkedin/search_ads` ## Example cURL: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/search_ads?query=hiring' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` TypeScript SDK: ```typescript import { SocialTap } from "socialtap"; const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY const res = await client.linkedin.searchAds.list({ query: "hiring" }); console.log(res.data); console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id); ``` Node.js (fetch): ```javascript const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "hiring", }); const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/search_ads?${params}`, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" }, }); const body = await res.json(); if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`); const { data, page, meta } = body; console.log(data, meta.credits_charged); ``` Python (requests): ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/search_ads", params={"query": "hiring"}, headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]}, ) body = res.json() if not res.ok: raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}") data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"] print(data, meta["credits_charged"]) ``` Go (net/http): ```go package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "log" "net/http" "net/url" "os" ) func main() { q := url.Values{} q.Set("query", "hiring") req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/search_ads?"+q.Encode(), nil) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")) res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer res.Body.Close() var body struct { Data json.RawMessage `json:"data"` Page json.RawMessage `json:"page"` Meta map[string]any `json:"meta"` Error *struct { Code string `json:"code"` Message string `json:"message"` } `json:"error"` } if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if body.Error != nil { log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message) } fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"]) } ``` 200 OK: ```json { "data": [ { "advertiser": { "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQEIaRrwk0U4rQ/company-logo_100_100/B56ZzvpVifGgAQ-/0/1773547118379?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=vVXt4dCbakReQkbQPJrw_QSQBARm52OsR5i2FLsj7IY", "display_name": "Islands Business partners", "id": null, "is_verified": null, "url": null, "username": null }, "approximate_fields": [ "creatives[].body" ], "audience_size": null, "country_codes": [], "creatives": [ { "body": "๐Ÿ“ข ๐–๐„โ€™๐‘๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐‘๐ˆ๐๐†: ๐๐€๐‘๐“-๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐„๐๐€๐๐‹๐„๐‘ The Pacific Feminist Fund (PFFโ€ฆ", "cta_text": null, "link_description": null, "link_url": null, "media": [ { "alt_text": null, "duration_ms": null, "expires_at": null, "height": null, "thumbnail_url": null, "type": "image", "url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5622AQGoYNnaxFJk9w/feedshare-image-high-res/B56aGedhCvGgAU-/0/1793659900333?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=tIdGsaeRuhSzKZL_4B0AXHa4AlPH0G_pueTxmtkg3zw", "width": null } ], "title": null } ], "first_shown_at": null, "id": "1624871424", "impressions": null, "is_active": null, "is_political": null, "languages": [], "last_shown_at": null, "paid_by": null, "platform": "linkedin", "platform_specific": { "linkedin": { "company": null, "creative_type": "SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE", "document": null, "event": null, "format": "Single Image Ad", "impressions_by_country": [], "is_deleted": false, "job": null, "message": null, "newsletter": null, "poster": { "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQEIaRrwk0U4rQ/company-logo_100_100/B56ZzvpVifGgAQ-/0/1773547118379?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=vVXt4dCbakReQkbQPJrw_QSQBARm52OsR5i2FLsj7IY", "display_name": "Islands Business partners", "id": null, "is_verified": null, "url": null, "username": null }, "poster_title": null, "targeting": null } }, "publisher_platforms": [], "reach": null, "spend": null, "type": "image", "unknown_fields": [ "country_codes", "languages", "platform_specific.linkedin.impressions_by_country" ], "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1624871424" }, { "advertiser": { "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D0BAQEoATmtfABDag/company-logo_100_100/B4DaGIY1kPKEAM-/0/1793289574883/useburhan_logo?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=Ki3wxQ09lYYE4V7ydEMx_SAoxn-u-wbIsLMqxvskQ2M", "display_name": "Burhan", "id": null, "is_verified": null, "url": null, "username": null }, "approximate_fields": [ "creatives[].body" ], "audience_size": null, "country_codes": [], "creatives": [ { "body": "Is it safe to release? Most teams answer with a feeling. Burhan answers with proof. It walks each journey of your web oโ€ฆ", "cta_text": null, "link_description": null, "link_url": null, "media": [ { "alt_text": null, "duration_ms": null, "expires_at": null, "height": null, "thumbnail_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E10AQFNh6bkCLYxvA/videocover-high/B4EaGee1l_G8BI-/0/1793660247890?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=IHiqwgf_DYoUES10JT3_-iWDgCZEcymMvTFhz3PpUdA", "type": "video", "url": null, "width": null } ], "title": "Release with proof" } ], "first_shown_at": null, "id": "1624744724", "impressions": null, "is_active": null, "is_political": null, "languages": [], "last_shown_at": null, "paid_by": null, "platform": "linkedin", "platform_specific": { "linkedin": { "company": null, "creative_type": "SPONSORED_VIDEO", "document": null, "event": null, "format": "Video Ad", "impressions_by_country": [], "is_deleted": false, "job": null, "message": null, "newsletter": null, "poster": { "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D0BAQEoATmtfABDag/company-logo_100_100/B4DaGIY1kPKEAM-/0/1793289574883/useburhan_logo?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=Ki3wxQ09lYYE4V7ydEMx_SAoxn-u-wbIsLMqxvskQ2M", "display_name": "Burhan", "id": null, "is_verified": null, "url": null, "username": null }, "poster_title": null, "targeting": null } }, "publisher_platforms": [], "reach": null, "spend": null, "type": "video", "unknown_fields": [ "country_codes", "languages", "platform_specific.linkedin.impressions_by_country" ], "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1624744724" }, { "advertiser": { "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E03AQEyCndQwhrggQ/profile-displayphoto-scale_100_100/B4EaBOhxICIoAY-/0/1788023870982?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=EEOax4ztSgJPzwXaetBUkgEL1PwhCJtCL8aPWHIbaH8", "display_name": "Abdulrahman Mohamed", "id": null, "is_verified": null, "url": null, "username": null }, "approximate_fields": [ "creatives[].body" ], "audience_size": null, "country_codes": [], "creatives": [ { "body": "๐ŸŒ READY FOR MY NEXT INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY CHAPTER Exceptional hospitality is not just about service โ€” it is about โ€ฆ", "cta_text": null, "link_description": null, "link_url": null, "media": [], "title": null } ], "first_shown_at": null, "id": "1624659644", "impressions": null, "is_active": null, "is_political": null, "languages": [], "last_shown_at": null, "paid_by": null, "platform": "linkedin", "platform_specific": { "linkedin": { "company": null, "creative_type": "SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE", "document": null, "event": null, "format": "Single Image Ad", "impressions_by_country": [], "is_deleted": false, "job": null, "message": null, "newsletter": null, "poster": { "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E03AQEyCndQwhrggQ/profile-displayphoto-scale_100_100/B4EaBOhxICIoAY-/0/1788023870982?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=EEOax4ztSgJPzwXaetBUkgEL1PwhCJtCL8aPWHIbaH8", "display_name": "Abdulrahman Mohamed", "id": null, "is_verified": null, "url": null, "username": null }, "poster_title": "Head Waiter | Luxury Hospitality & Fine Dining | VIP Guest Experience | F&B Professional | Open to International Opportunities", "targeting": null } }, "publisher_platforms": [], "reach": null, "spend": null, "type": "image", "unknown_fields": [ "country_codes", "languages", "platform_specific.linkedin.impressions_by_country" ], "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1624659644" } ], "page": { "has_more": true, "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR", "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z", "end_reason": null }, "meta": { "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f", "platform": "linkedin", "source": "page", "is_cached": false, "credits_charged": 1, "latency_ms": 1102, "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "input": null, "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 result has what the library's card shows. Who paid, run dates, impressions, countries, targeting, destination, call to action, video file and full text are null: the LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API returns them from the result's ID. > - The advertiser's ID and link are null too, unless the request names exactly one company by ID, whose ads these all are. > - search_by=advertiser matches words in advertisers' names, so it can bring in other companies ("microsoft" also finds a company with Microsoft in its tagline). search_by=advertiser_id is exact. > - since and until keep the ads that ran during the window, in whole days, as LinkedIn filters them: an ad counts when it first ran before until and last ran on or after since. Cards carry no dates, and the LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API returns an ad's. > - After the matching ads, the library lists company discovery ads, which have no number of their own: their ID is employer-brand-\-\, and the LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API takes it too. > - A word as common as "the" or "a" finds only company discovery ads, and the walk ends at platform_limit. Searched within one company or advertiser, such a word is dropped and all its ads come back. As an advertiser's name, it filters nothing. > - An ad LinkedIn deleted stays listed with is_active false. is_active is null on every other ad, as the library shows no status. ## Authorizations `x-api-key`stringheaderrequired Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md) ## Query parameters | Name | Type | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `query` required | `string`
max 200 chars | What to search for, as search_by says: words in the ad (keyword); words in the advertiser's name (advertiser), fuzzy, so other companies with those words come too; a company's numeric ID, or several with commas (advertiser_id), exact; words in the ad's "Paid for by" line (payer). | `hiring` | | `search_by` optional | `string` | What query names. Default: keyword.
One of `keyword`, `advertiser`, `advertiser_id`, `payer` | โ€” | | `advertiser` optional | `string`
max 200 chars | Only ads of advertisers with these words in their name, for a keyword or payer search. Fuzzy, like search_by=advertiser: other companies with those words come too. Use this or advertiser_id, not both. | โ€” | | `advertiser_id` optional | `string`
max 500 chars | Only this company's ads, for a keyword or payer search: its numeric ID, several with commas, or its link by ID (advertiser.url from the LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API, linkedin.com/company/1035). Exact. The LinkedIn Profile API returns a company's ID from its name. | `1035` | | `country` optional | `string`
iso3166-1-alpha-2 | Region: an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code such as US or BR (case-insensitive). Only ads shown in this country. All countries when omitted. | `US` | | `countries` optional | `string`
max 750 chars | Only ads shown in any of these countries: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes with commas. Use this or country, not both. | `DE,FR` | | `sort` optional | `string` | Order of the results. newest: the ads that started most recently first, the library's default. oldest: the earliest first.
One of `newest`, `oldest` | โ€” | | `since` optional | `string`
date-time | Only items at or after this time: RFC 3339 (2026-10-01T12:00:00Z) or a date (2026-10-01, midnight UTC). On newest-first lists, paging stops when it is reached, so later pages are not fetched or charged. Ads count when they ran during the window: an ad that last ran before this day is left out. LinkedIn searches whole days from about a year ago to about two days ago: 364 days back and three days back are always accepted, and past the limit, which moves with the hour, it is refused with the exact date, not answered empty. A window ends yesterday or the day before, so the newest ads are only found without since and until. | `2026-10-01` | | `until` optional | `string`
date-time | Only items before this time (exclusive): RFC 3339 or a date (midnight UTC). Ads count when they ran during the window: an ad that first ran on or after this day is left out. An until past the last day LinkedIn's dates reach, yesterday or the day before, reads as that day. Alone, it starts the window about a year back, as far as LinkedIn's dates reach, so an ad that last ran before then is left out. | `2026-10-08` | | `limit` optional | `integer`
min 1
max 24 | Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for. | `24` | | `cursor` optional | `string` | page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page. | โ€” | Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)). `limit` and `cursor` page through the list: see Pagination. **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. | โ€” | | `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. | โ€” | ## Response ### 200 `{data, page, meta}`. `data` is an array of up to 24 [ad](https://socialtap.dev/resources/ad/index.md) objects, most recently started first; `page` says how to get the next page; `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, โ€ฆ); \[\] 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, โ€ฆ), 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, โ€ฆ); 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: 2 error codes. 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. | | `invalid_cursor` | 400 | No | The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it. | Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. | ### 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. | ## Pagination Items come in pages, **most recently started first**. To get the next page, send **the same request plus `cursor`** set to `page.next_cursor` from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When `page.has_more` is `false` the walk is over, and `page.end_reason` says why: only `end` means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early). - **Order**: `sort=newest` (the default): most recently started first; `sort=oldest`: earliest started first - **Page size**: Up to 24 ads (the default; `limit` lowers it) - **Cursor lifetime**: 24 hours; don't store cursors - **Price**: Per page, 1 credit ### The `page` object | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `page.has_more` | `boolean` | True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end. | | `page.next_cursor` | `string` or `null` | Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end. | | `page.next_cursor_expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors. | | `page.end_reason` | `string` or `null` | Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.
One of `end`, `platform_limit`, `max_pages` | ### Next page cURL: next page: ```shell curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/search_ads?query=hiring&cursor=c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR' \ -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY" ``` - The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever `limit` is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with `has_more: true` is not the end). - A `limit` below 24 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting `limit` is the cheapest way to walk the list. - Errors are free, including a rejected cursor. - Pages served from the cache are free. - An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with [`invalid_cursor`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_cursor) (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. [Pagination guide](https://socialtap.dev/docs/pagination/index.md) ## Pricing From **1 credit** per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`. | Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages | | --- | --- | --- | | Public page `page` | 1 credit | $0.75โ€“$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) ยท [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md) Endpoint ID `linkedin.search_ads` ยท operationId `linkedin.search_ads.list` ยท [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/linkedin/search_ads/index.md) --- [HTML version](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/linkedin/search_ads/) ยท [Docs index for AI agents](https://socialtap.dev/llms.txt) ยท [All docs in one file](https://socialtap.dev/llms-full.txt)