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LinkedIn Profile API

To get a person's public profile & recent posts from LinkedIn, call GET /v1/linkedin/profile?url=… with your API key. You get clean JSON back.

GET/v1/linkedin/profile
curl "https://api.scraperize.com/v1/linkedin/profile?url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
Cost
1 credit / call
Only successful calls are charged. Errors are free.
Pagination
Single response
Everything comes back in one call.
Caching
0 credits
Set cache_max_age to reuse a recent result for free.
Rate limit
Per team / minute
Over the limit: 429 with a Retry-After header.

Parameters

urlRequired
The URL of the LinkedIn profile to fetch, e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates.
cache_max_ageOptional
Optional. Return a cached result if one this age or newer exists — served for 0 credits with meta.cached=true and meta.cachedAt. Otherwise a fresh scrape runs (1 credit) and refreshes the cache. Omit to always scrape fresh.One of 5 values.

Send your key in the x-api-key header. Full API reference

Example response

200 OK · application/json
{
  "data": {
    "profile": {
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates",
      "handle": "williamhgates",
      "name": "Bill Gates",
      "firstName": "Bill",
      "lastName": "Gates",
      "headline": "Chair, Gates Foundation and Founder, Breakthrough Energy",
      "about": "Chair of the Gates Foundation. Founder of Breakthrough Energy. Co-founder of Microsoft. Voracious reader. Avid traveler.…",
      "location": {
        "locality": "Seattle, Washington, United States",
        "country": "US"
      },
      "profilePhotoUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQF-RYZP55jmXA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/B56ZRi8g.aGsAY-/0/173682681…",
      "followerCount": 40705673,
      "connections": null,
      "languages": [],
      "awards": [],
      "experience": [
        {
          "company": "Gates Foundation",
          "companyUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/gates-foundation",
          "location": null,
          "title": "Co-chair",
          "description": null
        }
      ],
      "education": [
        {
          "school": "Harvard University",
          "schoolUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/harvard-university/",
          "description": null,
          "startYear": 1973,
          "endYear": 1975
        }
      ],
      "certifications": [],
      "honors": [],
      "publications": [],
      "volunteering": [],
      "websites": [],
      "posts": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_results-report-2026-activity-7511544945862926336-2Ger",
          "text": "The Global Fund has helped save 72 million lives since 2002. What an achievement. It’s exceedingly rare for an organizat…",
          "publishedAt": "2026-10-01T21:57:52.849Z",
          "likeCount": 1269
        }
      ],
      "articles": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-equity-choice-we-cant-delay-bill-gates-d1gte",
          "headline": "AI, equity, and the choice we can’t delay",
          "publishedAt": "2026-09-17T15:18:20.000+00:00",
          "imageUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E12AQFwjr3EOC2slQ/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280/B4EaCvyLnRKAAQ-/0/178965556…",
          "likeCount": 2885
        }
      ],
      "recommendations": [],
      "similarProfiles": [
        {
          "name": "Melinda French Gates",
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/melindagates",
          "headline": "Pivotal",
          "followers": "7M followers",
          "location": "United States"
        }
      ]
    },
    "fetchedAt": "2026-10-05T14:46:33.223Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_8f0c2b7e-1a2b-4c3d-9e8f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "creditsRemaining": 4999,
    "cached": false
  }
}

A real response, shortened to one item per list.

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FAQ

LinkedIn Profile API questions

How much does the LinkedIn Profile API cost?

1 credit per successful call. Errors and cached results are free, and new accounts start with 100 free credits, no card required. See pricing.

Do I need a LinkedIn account or API key?

No. You only need a Scraperize API key, sent in the x-api-key header. Scraperize returns publicly available data. No LinkedIn login or developer app is needed.

How fresh is the data?

Each call fetches the data live. To trade freshness for cost, pass cache_max_age (e.g. 1h, 1d) to get a recent cached result instantly for 0 credits.

Where are the full parameters and response fields?

In the API reference, with every parameter, field and error.

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