---
title: "LinkedIn Profile API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/linkedin/profile"
tags: ["LinkedIn"]
---

# LinkedIn Profile API

`GET /v1/linkedin/profile`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.captapi.com`
- URL: `https://api.captapi.com/v1/linkedin/profile`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

Public LinkedIn person profile — what a logged-out visitor sees: name, headline, location, about.

Public LinkedIn person profile as clean JSON, limited to what a logged-out visitor can see. Fields: name, username, url, headline, location, about (the real bio from the page's structured data when visible — never LinkedIn's og:description SEO blurb), followers, connections, currentCompany and profileImage. headline is the member's free-text line. The URL slug is resolved as-is; we do not rematch on name. connections is exact below 500; LinkedIn's public cap (displayed 500+) is returned as 500 with connectionsIsApproximate:true. experience, education and skills are not returned: LinkedIn shows them only to signed-in members, and Captapi never signs in. Guest-masked asterisk text (******* …) is about:null with aboutRestricted:true. profileImage carries mediaUrlsExpireAt from LinkedIn's e= stamp (~19 days, midnight UTC). cached is always keyed. If LinkedIn serves its sign-in page instead of the public profile, the call fails with 502 UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE, reason login_wall, retryable true, 0 credits — we never work around the sign-in wall. A profile LinkedIn itself 404s is a 404. Flat 1 credit.

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/linkedin-profile

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `cache` boolean

## Response `200`

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

- object
  - `success` unknown, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `platform` string: Platform identifier for this response (matches the endpoint's platform).
    - `type` string: Content type of the item.
    - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
    - `username` string: Account username / handle.
    - `name` string: Name of the item or account. On profile endpoints: deprecated alias of displayName (one release).
    - `headline` string: Member-authored free text. It is not a structured title.
    - `location` string: Location shown on the profile or item.
    - `about` unknown
    - `followers` integer: Follower count.
    - `connections` integer: Exact integer below 500. LinkedIn never displays 501 — that value is the 500+ cap and is returned as 500 with connectionsIsApproximate true.
    - `connectionsIsApproximate` boolean: true on the 500+ cap. false when LinkedIn exposed an exact count. null when connections is null (guest limit).
    - `profileImage` string: Profile image URL. Deprecated alias of avatar on Instagram/Twitter/Threads/TikTok profile endpoints (one release).
    - `currentCompany` unknown
    - `cached` boolean: Always keyed. true on a cache=true hit. Default cache=false — live calls each bill.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: wrong platform URL, unknown endpoint, or an invalid parameter value. Not billed.
- `401`: Missing, invalid or revoked API key. Not billed.
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request. Not billed.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not public. Not billed.
- `422`: A required parameter is missing or has the wrong type. Not billed.
- `429`: Rate limit reached. Wait for Retry-After seconds. Not billed.
- `502`: The platform could not be reached or returned nothing usable. Retryable, not billed. 503 and 504 use the same envelope.

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