Person's Profile

GET /v1/linkedin/profile

Retrieves a person's public LinkedIn profile data, including their name, photo, location, follower count (followers), about/bio summary, recent posts, work experience, education, articles, activity feed, publications, projects, recommendations, and similar profiles. Only returns publicly available information visible in an incognito browser.

Authentication

All requests require the x-api-key header. Get your key at scrapecreators.com.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
url	string	yes	The URL of the LinkedIn profile to get	https://www.linkedin.com/in/parrsam/

Example Request

curl

curl 'https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/linkedin/profile?url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/parrsam/' \
  -H 'x-api-key: $SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY'

Node / TypeScript

const params = new URLSearchParams({ url: 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/parrsam/' });
const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/linkedin/profile?${params}`, {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': process.env.SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY }
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests
r = requests.get(
    'https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/linkedin/profile',
    headers={'x-api-key': os.environ['SCRAPECREATORS_API_KEY']},
    params={'url': 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/parrsam/'},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())

CLI

scrapecreators linkedin profile --help

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "name": "Sam Parr",
  "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4E03AQH3Vz1qV_rNVQ/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/0/1633389534107?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=8x4PIfTIYFOvpI1QRCDyAhNprZv0NY9kAp4EOdvUxLQ",
  "location": "Westport, Connecticut, United States",
  "followers": 64803,
  "connections": "",
  "about": "I founded The Hustle, a business news media company with $12 when I was around 25 years…",
  "recentPosts": [
    {
      "title": "Super excited to watch the success of a company built by a Gauntlet AI grad: One missed contract renewal can cost your company $100k, $250k or more.…",
      "activityType": "Posted by Austen Allred",
      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/austenallred_super-excited-to-watch-the-success-of-a-company-activity-7333305862695919617-zTPI",
      "image": "https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/53n89ecoxpr1qrki1do3alazb"
    }
  ],
  "experience": [
    {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Hampton",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/myhampton",
      "location": "Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area",
      "member": {
        "@type": "OrganizationRole",
        "description": "******* ** * ****** ****** ********** ********* *** *************, ******** *** ****. <**><**>**'** ** * *** ****, *** ***...* *****.<**><**>*****://***.***********.***/"
      }
    }
  ],
  "articles": [
    {
      "headline": "RANT: How to PROPERLY analyze risk",
      "author": "Sam Parr",
      "datePublished": "2017-09-17T13:08:55.000+00:00",
      "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C5612AQG9YbLJodxr8g/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280/0/1520096757452?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=USPma8tkR65yot8_Ye0zDfH2llLpTrZdZGHtbzmPjQ0",
      "articleBody": "I've been talking to a few people who want to leave...."
    }
  ],
  "activity": [
    {
      "title": "Othership is this cool suana place in NYC. The founder is hosting a bunch of Hampton members for a special session + a talk on how he built the…",
      "activityType": "Shared by Sam Parr",
      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/parrsam_exclusive-othership-session-qa-with-founder-activity-7328134812047704064-4NUL",
      "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/sync/v2/D4D27AQGJaeiyu-gbrA/articleshare-shrink_1280_800/B4DZbLDrHUHsAU-/0/1747163460743?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=rZtGF2kjhFfLy-TZil0d_bakH4UfHnK-dcxEsrZSl5s"
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "@type": "EducationalOrganization",
      "name": "Belmont University",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/belmont-university/",
      "member": {
        "@type": "OrganizationRole",
        "startDate": 2008,
        "endDate": 2012
      }
    }
  ],
  "publications": [
    {
      "name": "How my partner and I created a unique company in tough times",
      "url": "http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324694904578602013087282582.html&urlhash=SvYD"
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
 
... (truncated)

Credits

Most ScrapeCreators endpoints consume 1 credit per successful response. Some heavier endpoints (transcripts, AI-driven enrichment, ad detail lookups) may cost more. Check GET /v1/credit-balance for your remaining balance.

Errors

Status	Meaning	Action
200	Success.	Use the JSON payload.
400	Invalid or missing parameter.	Verify required parameters and value format.
401	Missing or invalid x-api-key.	Pass a valid API key in the header.
402	Out of credits.	Top up at scrapecreators.com or wait for plan reset.
404	Resource not found or private.	Confirm the handle, URL, or id and that the resource is public.
429	Rate limited.	Backoff and retry with exponential delay.
500	Server error or upstream platform failure.	Retry with backoff; report persistent errors to support.