---
title: "LinkedIn Person Profile"
method: GET
path: "/v1/linkedin/person"
tags: ["LinkedIn"]
---

# LinkedIn Person Profile

`GET /v1/linkedin/person`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apidirect.io`
- URL: `https://apidirect.io/v1/linkedin/person`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Get a LinkedIn person's profile: name, headline, about, location, follower and connection counts, open-to-work status, and the experience, education, skills, certifications, languages, honors, publications, volunteering, and projects sections. Pass a profile URL, public slug, or member URN.

**Price:** $0.006 per request. **Free tier:** 50 requests/month.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

- LinkedinPersonDetailsResponse: Inferred from a live response. Any field can be null or absent, and new fields may be added at any time.
  - `about` string, nullable
  - `certifications` unknown[], nullable
    - unknown
  - `connections` number, nullable
  - `country_code` string, nullable
  - `cover_image` string, nullable
  - `domain` string, nullable
  - `education` object[], nullable
    - `degree` string, nullable
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `end_date` object, nullable
      - `month` number, nullable
      - `year` number, nullable
    - `field_of_study` string, nullable
    - `school` string, nullable
    - `school_id` string, nullable
    - `school_logo` string, nullable
    - `school_url` string, nullable
    - `start_date` object, nullable
      - `month` number, nullable
      - `year` number, nullable
  - `experience` object[], nullable
    - `company` string, nullable
    - `company_id` string, nullable
    - `company_logo` string, nullable
    - `company_url` string, nullable
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `employment_type` string, nullable
    - `end_date` unknown
    - `is_current` boolean, nullable
    - `location` string, nullable
    - `start_date` object, nullable
      - `month` number, nullable
      - `year` number, nullable
    - `title` string, nullable
  - `first_name` string, nullable
  - `followers` number, nullable
  - `full_name` string, nullable
  - `headline` string, nullable
  - `honors` object[], nullable
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `issued_date` object, nullable
      - `month` number, nullable
      - `year` number, nullable
    - `issuer` string, nullable
    - `title` string, nullable
  - `is_creator` boolean, nullable
  - `is_premium` boolean, nullable
  - `languages` unknown[], nullable
    - unknown
  - `last_name` string, nullable
  - `location` string, nullable
  - `open_to_work` boolean, nullable
  - `profile_picture` string, nullable
  - `projects` unknown[], nullable
    - unknown
  - `public_identifier` string, nullable
  - `publications` object[], nullable
    - `published_date` object, nullable
      - `month` number, nullable
      - `year` number, nullable
    - `publisher` string, nullable
    - `title` string, nullable
    - `url` string, nullable
  - `skills` object[], nullable
    - `endorsements` number, nullable
    - `name` string, nullable
  - `source` string, nullable
  - `url` string, nullable
  - `urn` string, nullable
  - `volunteering` object[], nullable
    - `end_date` unknown
    - `organization` string, nullable
    - `role` string, nullable
    - `start_date` object, nullable
      - `month` number, nullable
      - `year` number, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: missing or invalid parameters
- `401`: Unauthorized: invalid or missing API key
- `402`: Free tier used up for this endpoint and no payment method on file (`payment_required`).
- `403`: Account blocked after a failed payment (`account_blocked`).
- `404`: Profile not found
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded or too many concurrent requests
- `500`: Internal server error
- `502`: Temporary failure retrieving LinkedIn data. Please retry shortly.
- `503`: Service temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
- `504`: The request timed out

---

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