LinkedIn
Get a public profile
A public LinkedIn profile by vanity slug or URL — name, headline, about, location, follower count, current roles, employers and education. Sourced anonymously from the logged-out profile page; no login. Unknown slugs return 404.
Costs 3 credits per request.
Authorization
ApiKeyAuth X-API-Key<token>
API key created in the extractr dashboard (ext_live_...). Also accepted as Authorization: Bearer.
In: header
Query Parameters
profile*string
Vanity slug (the /in/{slug} segment) or a full linkedin.com/in/ URL.
Length
1 <= lengthResponse Body
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curl -X GET "https://example.com/linkedin/get_profile?profile=williamhgates"{ "slug": "williamhgates", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates", "name": "Bill Gates", "headline": "Chair, Gates Foundation and Founder, Breakthrough Energy", "summary": "string", "location": "Seattle, Washington, United States", "country": "US", "image": "string", "followers": 40563000, "connections": 500, "job_titles": [ "Co-chair", "Founder" ], "positions": [ { "company": "Microsoft", "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft", "start_year": 1975, "end_year": null } ], "education": [ { "school": "Harvard University", "school_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/harvard-university/", "start_year": 1973, "end_year": 1975 } ]}{ "error": { "code": "invalid_api_key", "message": "The provided API key is invalid or has been revoked." }}{ "error": { "code": "invalid_api_key", "message": "The provided API key is invalid or has been revoked." }}{ "error": { "code": "invalid_api_key", "message": "The provided API key is invalid or has been revoked." }}{ "error": { "code": "invalid_api_key", "message": "The provided API key is invalid or has been revoked." }}{ "error": { "code": "invalid_api_key", "message": "The provided API key is invalid or has been revoked." }}{ "error": { "code": "invalid_api_key", "message": "The provided API key is invalid or has been revoked." }}{ "error": { "code": "invalid_api_key", "message": "The provided API key is invalid or has been revoked." }}