Social Parse
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LinkedIn

Profile posts

A member's latest posts: the ones their profile's Activity section shows logged out, about 8. There is no next page.

GET/v1/linkedin/profiles/posts1 credit

Headers

Get your API key
x-api-key*stringrequiredheader

Your API key, made in the dashboard.

Parameters

2
handlestringoptionalquery

A member's handle: the part of their profile's link after /in/ (williamhgates). Give handle or url.

example: williamhgates

urlstringoptionalquery

A profile's link: linkedin.com/in/<handle>, with anything after it. Give handle or url.

max 300 chars

Response fields

25
dataarray

The result: one object, or a list for the endpoints that return several.

data[].idstringnullable

LinkedIn's id for the post (its activity): digits, written as text. Null for an article.

data[].urlstring

The post's or article's link.

data[].titlestringnullable

An article's title; null for a post.

data[].textstringnullable

What it says; an article's opening lines.

data[].created_atstringnullable

When it was posted.

format: date-time

data[].authorstringnullable

Its author's name: a member or a company.

data[].author_urlstringnullable

Its author's LinkedIn page.

data[].author_followersintegernullable

Its author's followers. Only the posts endpoint gives them.

data[].likesintegernullable

Reactions (likes and the others).

data[].comment_countintegernullable

Comments.

data[].imagestringnullable

Its image's link, or its video's thumbnail; the first, for several.

data[].video_urlstringnullable

Its video's file (MP4).

data[].video_durationnumbernullable

Its video's length, in seconds.

pageobjectnullable

Paging, for the endpoints that page; null for the others.

page.next_cursorstringnullable

Send it as the cursor parameter, with the same other parameters, for the next page. Null on the last page.

page.has_morebooleanoptional

Whether another page follows.

default: false

metaobject

About this call.

meta.platformstring

The platform: reddit, threads, tiktok or youtube.

meta.endpointstring

The endpoint's name, such as channel_videos.

meta.paramsobject

The call's parameters, defaults included. Parameters without a value, and the cursor, are left out.

meta.request_idstring

This call's id. Quote it when you report a problem.

meta.api_versionstring

The API version that answered.

meta.fetched_atstring

When the data was fetched from the platform (UTC).

format: date-time

meta.cachedbooleanoptional

Whether it came from our cache; fetched_at says how old it is.

default: false

Code example

curl -X GET 'https://api.socialparse.dev/v1/linkedin/profiles/posts?handle=williamhgates' \  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

Responses

Successful Response

{  "data": [    {      "id": "string",      "url": "string",      "title": "string",      "text": "string",      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",      "author": "string",      "author_url": "string",      "author_followers": 0,      "likes": 0,      "comment_count": 0,      "image": "string",      "video_url": "string",      "video_duration": 0    }  ],  "page": {    "next_cursor": "string",    "has_more": false  },  "meta": {    "platform": "string",    "endpoint": "string",    "params": {      "property1": "string",      "property2": "string"    },    "request_id": "string",    "api_version": "string",    "fetched_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",    "cached": false  }}

Profile

A member's profile: name, headline, location, about, followers and connections, experience and education. Text LinkedIn hides from logged-out visitors (it shows asterisks in its place) is null, and a school it hides is left out.

Company

A company's or school's page: its name, industry, description, website, size, employees and followers, headquarters, type, founding year and specialties.