---
title: "Get a LinkedIn profile"
method: GET
path: "/v1/linkedin/profile"
tags: ["LinkedIn"]
---

# Get a LinkedIn profile

`GET /v1/linkedin/profile`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com`
- URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/linkedin/profile`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Public profile as LinkedIn publishes it: name, photo, location, follower count, connection bucket, about text, recent posts, experience, articles, education, publications, projects, recommendations and similar profiles. Job titles and descriptions are returned exactly as the public page shows them. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Response `200`

Inspect the response status and failure or coverage fields.

- union
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_page' | 'web_search', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
      - `order` 'newest_first' | 'oldest_first' | 'ranked' | 'relevance' | 'source_order'
      - `window` object
        - `since` string, date-time
        - `until` string, date-time
    - `name` string, required
    - `image` string, nullable, required
    - `location` string, nullable, required
    - `followers` number, nullable, required
    - `connections` string, required
    - `about` string, nullable, required
    - `recentPosts` object[], required
    - `experience` object[], required
    - `articles` object[], required
    - `activity` object[], required
    - `education` object[], required
    - `publications` object[], required
    - `projects` object[], required
    - `recommendations` object[], required
    - `similarProfiles` object[], required
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'restricted' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'busy' | 'payload_too_complex' | 'search_unavailable' | 'search_failed', required
      - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `401`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `402`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `403`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `404`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `408`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `413`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `429`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `500`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `502`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `503`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `504`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.

---

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