Get LinkedIn Profile

Description

This endpoint retrieves comprehensive public profile information from LinkedIn including recent posts, experience, education, and activity. Perfect for lead research, content analysis, and professional networking insights.

Endpoint

POST https://app.dumplingai.com/api/v1/linkedin/profile

Headers

Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY> (required)

Request Body

{
  "url": "string" // Required. LinkedIn profile URL
}

Responses

Success (200)

Returns comprehensive profile information including posts, experience, and education.

{
  "success": true,
  "name": "Sarah Chen",
  "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": "San Francisco, California, United States",
  "followers": 12847,
  "connections": "500+",
  "about": "Full-stack developer passionate about creating accessible web experiences. Currently building developer tools at a fast-growing startup. Love mentoring new developers and contributing to open source projects.",
  "recentPosts": [
    {
      "title": "Just shipped a new feature that reduces our app's bundle size by 40%! Key takeaways: 1) Tree shaking works wonders 2) Dynamic imports for route splitting 3) Analyzing bundle with webpack-bundle-analyzer changed everything",
      "activityType": "Posted by Sarah Chen",
      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sarahchen-dev_webdev-performance-javascript-activity-7333305862695919617-zTPI",
      "image": "https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/53n89ecoxpr1qrki1do3alazb"
    },
    {
      "title": "Mentored 3 amazing junior developers this month through our company's mentorship program. Watching them grow from struggling with async/await to confidently building full features is incredibly rewarding 🚀",
      "activityType": "Posted by Sarah Chen",
      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sarahchen-dev_mentorship-webdevelopment-career-activity-7325898973485879296-jTB4",
      "image": "https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/53n89ecoxpr1qrki1do3alazb"
    }
  ],
  "experience": [
    {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "TechFlow",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/techflow-inc",
      "location": "San Francisco, California",
      "member": {
        "@type": "OrganizationRole",
        "description": "Senior Full Stack Developer leading frontend architecture for a developer productivity platform. Built React components used by 50K+ developers daily. Reduced page load times by 60% through performance optimizations."
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Organization", 
      "name": "StartupCo",
      "member": {
        "@type": "OrganizationRole",
        "description": "Full Stack Developer building customer-facing features with React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. Shipped 15+ features from concept to production. Collaborated with designers to implement pixel-perfect UIs."
      }
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "@type": "EducationalOrganization",
      "name": "University of California, Berkeley",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/uc-berkeley/",
      "member": {
        "@type": "OrganizationRole",
        "startDate": 2016,
        "endDate": 2020
      }
    }
  ],
  "activity": [
    {
      "title": "Great thread on React Server Components by @dan_abramov. The mental model shift from 'components run on client' to 'some components run on server' is huge...",
      "activityType": "Shared by Sarah Chen",
      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sarahchen-dev_react-servercomponents-webdev-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"
    }
  ],
  "articles": [
    {
      "headline": "Building Accessible React Components: A Practical Guide",
      "author": "Sarah Chen",
      "datePublished": "2024-09-15T13:08:55.000+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": "Accessibility isn't just a nice-to-have—it's essential for creating inclusive web experiences..."
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "DevTools Dashboard",
      "url": "https://github.com/sarahchen/devtools-dashboard",
      "dateRange": "2024 - Present",
      "description": "Open source developer productivity dashboard built with React, TypeScript, and Vite. Features real-time metrics, customizable widgets, and GitHub integration.",
      "contributors": [
        {
          "name": "Alex Rodriguez",
          "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexrodriguez-dev",
          "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C5603AQFFdhmfyyiZig/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/0/1581292451105?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=IwghMTQZZjJzIGbN6e1IYfWVBDAkgLP_kSJJPOkzQDg"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    {
      "name": "Mike Johnson",
      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikejohnson-tech",
      "image": "https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/9c8pery4andzj6ohjkjp54ma2",
      "text": "Sarah is an exceptional developer with a rare combination of technical expertise and mentorship skills. She consistently delivers high-quality code while helping junior developers grow. Any team would be lucky to have her."
    }
  ]
}

Content-Type: application/json
X-RateLimit-Limit: The rate limit for the user
X-RateLimit-Remaining: The remaining number of requests for the user

Bad Request (400)

Returned if the request is invalid or missing required parameters.

{
  "error": "'url' parameter is required and must be a non-empty string. Please provide a LinkedIn profile URL."
}

Bad Gateway (502)

Returned if the external service is unavailable or returns invalid data.

{
  "error": "Failed to retrieve LinkedIn profile information"
}

Internal Server Error (500)

Returned if there’s an unexpected server error.

{
  "error": "An unexpected server error occurred while fetching LinkedIn profile information"
}

Example Request

curl -X POST https://app.dumplingai.com/api/v1/linkedin/profile \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahchen-dev"
}'

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "name": "Sarah Chen",
  "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": "San Francisco, California, United States",
  "followers": 12847,
  "connections": "500+",
  "about": "Full-stack developer passionate about creating accessible web experiences...",
  "recentPosts": [
    {
      "title": "Just shipped a new feature that reduces our app's bundle size by 40%!",
      "activityType": "Posted by Sarah Chen",
      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sarahchen-dev_webdev-performance-javascript-activity-7333305862695919617-zTPI"
    }
  ],
  "experience": [
    {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "TechFlow",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/techflow-inc",
      "location": "San Francisco, California"
    }
  ]
}

Notes

The url parameter must be a valid LinkedIn profile URL (contains ‘linkedin.com/in/’)
This endpoint returns only publicly available information visible in an incognito browser
Unfortunately, LinkedIn no longer shows work history or job titles publicly for most profiles
The response includes recent posts, activity, education, and publicly visible experience
Some profile sections may be empty if the user has privacy restrictions
This endpoint uses 1 credit per request
Profile data may vary based on user privacy settings

Rate Limiting

Rate limit headers (X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining) are included in the response to indicate the user’s current rate limit status.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

url

string<uri>

required

Full LinkedIn profile URL (https://www.linkedin.com/in/...).

requestSource

enum<string>

Optional identifier describing where the API request originated.

Available options:

API,

WEB,

MAKE_DOT_COM,

ZAPIER,

N8N,

PLAYGROUND,

DEFAULT_AUTOMATION,

AGENT_PREVIEW,

AGENT_LIVE,

AUTOPILOT,

STUDIO

Response

LinkedIn profile returned.

success

boolean

required

name

string

image

string<uri> | null

location

string | null

followers

integer | null

connections

string | null

about

string | null

recentPosts

object[]

Show child attributes

activity

object[]

experience

object[]

articles

object[]

education

object[]

publications

object[]

projects

object[]

recommendations

object[]

similarProfiles

object[]

API Documentation

Endpoints

Description

Endpoint

Headers

Request Body

Responses

Success (200)

Bad Request (400)

Bad Gateway (502)

Internal Server Error (500)

Example Request

Example Response

Notes

Rate Limiting

Authorizations

Body

Response

API Documentation

Endpoints

​Description

​Endpoint

​Headers

​Request Body

​Responses

​Success (200)

​Bad Request (400)

​Bad Gateway (502)

​Internal Server Error (500)

​Example Request

​Example Response

​Notes

​Rate Limiting

Authorizations

Body

Response

Description

Endpoint

Headers

Request Body

Responses

Success (200)

Bad Request (400)

Bad Gateway (502)

Internal Server Error (500)

Example Request

Example Response

Notes

Rate Limiting