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LinkedIn Person's Profile

Look up a public LinkedIn profile for identity, location, bio and follower counts, alongside available work experience, education and recent activity.

CostAt least 10 credits / call
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POST · https://api.nexscope.ai/social/linkedin/profileMCP · social_linkedin_profile

What this API does

Look up a public LinkedIn profile for identity, location, bio and follower counts, alongside available work experience, education and recent activity. The request accepts url. Its documented result includes platform, resourceStatus.

LinkedIn Person's Profile API use cases

Plan a LinkedIn Person's Profile request

A researcher checks the published operation description and supplies url for LinkedIn Person's Profile. The request stays within the supported parameters rather than assuming other platform capabilities.

Inspect LinkedIn Person's Profile results

An analyst reviews platform, resourceStatus from LinkedIn Person's Profile for the requested subject. Missing values remain explicit, and the response does not establish complete platform coverage.

Document LinkedIn Person's Profile observations

A researcher records the inputs and available results from LinkedIn Person's Profile alongside its published description. The record supports a scoped review without inferring unsupported actions, refresh intervals or broader conclusions.

LinkedIn Person's Profile API FAQ

What does the LinkedIn Person's Profile API return?

Look up a public LinkedIn profile for identity, location, bio and follower counts, alongside available work experience, education and recent activity. The documented output includes platform, resourceStatus. It corresponds to the supplied url. Optional fields can be absent; a missing value should not be interpreted as a measured zero. Example values illustrate the response shape, rather than live account results.

How many credits does the LinkedIn Person's Profile API cost?

The current documented cost is At least 10 credits / call. This is the same cost shown at the top of this page. If a range or estimate is displayed, the final charge depends on the request. Review your available credits and the pricing page before calling the API, and check API usage records for the actual charge.

How do I call the LinkedIn Person's Profile API from my app or an MCP client?

Send a POST request to https://api.nexscope.ai/social/linkedin/profile with your API key as a Bearer token and the JSON inputs shown in API integration. In a compatible MCP client such as Claude or Cursor, connect Nexscope and call social_linkedin_profile. Use the MCP arguments shown in the MCP guide, or switch Online test to MCP to review its request before adding it to your app.

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Endpoint
https://api.nexscope.ai/social/linkedin/profile
MCP method
social_linkedin_profile

Step 1 of 3 · Authenticate

Authentication

All run endpoints require a user API key. Send it as a bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer nk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Missing or invalid API keys return an authentication error. Manage keys from .

Step 2 of 3 · Send a request

POSThttps://api.nexscope.ai/social/linkedin/profile

Run an API

Send a JSON request body using the parameters described below.

Example request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY, then run this command in your terminal.

curl -X POST 'https://api.nexscope.ai/social/linkedin/profile' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/parrsam/"
}'

Code example

{
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/parrsam/"
}

Step 3 of 3 · Inspect the result

Check the response

Read code for the request status and data for the result. Open the parameter and response reference for the full field definitions.

HTTP status codes

CodeDescription
200Default HTTP response for both success and many business errors. Only outer JSON code 0 indicates success or asynchronous acceptance; inspect data for the result.
429Execution admission rate limit; honor Retry-After when present.
503Execution admission is temporarily unavailable; honor Retry-After when present.
Opt-inX-Nexscope-Http-Status: semantic maps controller-handled business errors to HTTP status on run and task routes. Pre-authentication failures, such as a missing API key (code 11209), may still return HTTP 200 before this mapping. Always check the outer JSON code; malformed requests and infrastructure failures may also return non-200 HTTP responses.
All categories/ Social Data
POSThttps://api.nexscope.ai/social/linkedin/profile

Run this API

Send a JSON request to execute this API and receive the documented response payload.

Endpoint

MethodPOST
Pathhttps://api.nexscope.ai/social/linkedin/profile
AuthBearer API key
Content-Typeapplication/json

Request parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
urlstringrequired
The URL of the LinkedIn profile to get
Example: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parrsam/

Social data contract

Use your Nexscope API key. No supplier credentials are required. Requests reject unknown fields, including pageSize. URLs require HTTPS and an exact supported platform host and resource path. Documented YouTube video URLs may use youtu.be; other short links are unsupported. Check the request schema for supported fields and defaults.

Each request fetches one page. Continue manually with the returned nextCursor, or nextPage for Instagram Reels (pages 1–11). Cursors are opaque, unchanged strings up to 65536 UTF-8 bytes. No automatic pagination, retry, media download or transcription is performed. Repeated requests may purchase data again.

Resource status is independent of HTTP and billing: AVAILABLE, PARTIAL, PRIVATE, RESTRICTED, NOT_FOUND, NO_TRANSCRIPT or UNKNOWN can accompany code 0. Unknown values remain null; arrays remain empty arrays. fetchedAt is the response observation time; sourceFetchedAt is null without source evidence.

usage.billingStatus is NOT_CHARGED, SETTLED or UNKNOWN; chargedCredits is null when unconfirmed. Unknown charges never mean free. Completed lookups have a minimum charge of 10 credits, including cached, no-caption and unavailable-resource results; check API usage records for the actual charge. Parameter errors and unpublished APIs use the standard error envelope; upstream failures use code 13007, rate limits 429 and timeouts 408. Always check code and msg.

Response example

Platform response envelope. code 0 indicates success or acceptance; data contains the business result.

{
  "code": 0,
  "cost": "-1",
  "data": {
    "data": {
      "about": "I founded The Hustle, a business news media company with $12 when I was around 25 years…",
      "activity": [
        {
          "activityType": "Shared by Sam Parr",
          "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",
          "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/parrsam_exclusive-othership-session-qa-with-founder-activity-7328134812047704064-4NUL",
          "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…"
        }
      ],
      "articles": [
        {
          "articleBody": "I've been talking to a few people who want to leave....",
          "author": "Sam Parr",
          "datePublished": "2017-09-17T13:08:55.000+00:00",
          "headline": "RANT: How to PROPERLY analyze risk",
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "connections": "",
      "education": [
        {
          "@type": "EducationalOrganization",
          "member": {
            "@type": "OrganizationRole",
            "endDate": 2012,
            "startDate": 2008
          },
          "name": "Belmont University",
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/belmont-university/"
        }
      ],
      "experience": [
        {
          "@type": "Organization",
          "location": "Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area",
          "member": {
            "@type": "OrganizationRole",
            "description": "******* ** * ****** ****** ********** ********* *** *************, ******** *** ****. <**><**>**'** ** * *** ****, *** ***...* *****.<**><**>*****://***.***********.***/"
          },
          "name": "Hampton",
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/myhampton"
        }
      ],
      "followers": 64803,
      "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",
      "name": "Sam Parr",
      "projects": [
        {
          "contributors": [
            {
              "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",
              "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethyin",
              "name": "Elizabeth Yin"
            }
          ],
          "dateRange": "2015",
          "description": "",
          "name": "Hustle Con 2015",
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethyin"
        }
      ],
      "publications": [
        {
          "name": "How my partner and I created a unique company in tough times",
          "url": "http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324694904578602013087282582.html&urlhash=SvYD"
        }
      ],
      "recentPosts": [
        {
          "activityType": "Posted by Austen Allred",
          "image": "https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/53n89ecoxpr1qrki1do3alazb",
          "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/austenallred_super-excited-to-watch-the-success-of-a-company-activity-7333305862695919617-zTPI",
          "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.…"
        }
      ],
      "recommendations": [
        {
          "image": "https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/9c8pery4andzj6ohjkjp54ma2",
          "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiemooney",
          "name": "Jackie M.",
          "text": "“I got to know Sam over 2 years of working at The Hustle. We grew from a company of 4 to 15 in that time and there was never a dull moment- anyone who knows Sam knows that he adds tons of energy to the workplace. This guy figures out what he wants to accomplish and makes it happen. He remains wildly driven and goal-oriented while constantly focused on both his personal and professional growth.”"
        }
      ],
      "similarProfiles": [
        {
          "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQEl17hna0u1ew/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/0/1673387873184?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=pN-Y2CS1AQ8AOKbTo_2_B0AXjof4nGLKBdhNZTfFYJA",
          "link": "https://ca.linkedin.com/in/stevemcody",
          "name": "Steve Cody"
        }
      ],
      "success": true
    },
    "platform": "linkedin",
    "resourceStatus": "AVAILABLE",
    "usage": {
      "billingStatus": "UNKNOWN"
    }
  },
  "msg": null,
  "time": "2026-01-01 00:00:00",
  "traceId": null,
  "ts": "0"
}

Response fields

NameTypeRequiredDescription
codeintegerrequired
0 means accepted or successful; nonzero is a platform error.
coststringrequired
Elapsed milliseconds, never credits; -1 outside web requests.
dataanyrequired
Data value used by this API operation.
msgstring | nullrequired
Msg value used by this API operation.
timestringrequired
Server local time: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.
traceIdstring | nullrequired
Trace id value used by this API operation.
tsstringrequired
Epoch milliseconds.

Any of option 1 — requires platform, resourceStatus, data, usage

NameTypeRequiredDescription
dataobjectrequired
Data value used by this API operation.
data.dataobjectrequired
Data value used by this API operation.
data.platformstringrequired
Platform value used by this API operation.
data.resourceStatusstringrequired
Resource status value used by this API operation.
data.usageobjectrequired
Usage value used by this API operation.

Any of option 2

NameTypeRequiredDescription
datanullrequired
Data value used by this API operation.

Responses

CodeDescription
200Default HTTP response for both success and many business errors. Only outer JSON code 0 indicates success or asynchronous acceptance; inspect data for the result.
429Execution admission rate limit; honor Retry-After when present.
503Execution admission is temporarily unavailable; honor Retry-After when present.
Opt-inX-Nexscope-Http-Status: semantic maps controller-handled business errors to HTTP status on run and task routes. Pre-authentication failures, such as a missing API key (code 11209), may still return HTTP 200 before this mapping. Always check the outer JSON code; malformed requests and infrastructure failures may also return non-200 HTTP responses.

Data source, freshness, and limitations

Source, freshness, coverage, rate limits, and estimation notes are not specified in this API definition unless they appear in the request or response field documentation above. Do not assume official marketplace data or real-time freshness when it is not explicitly documented.

Step 1 of 2 · Connect your MCP client

MCP

V2 recommended

Connect remote agents through the standard MCP 2025-11-25 Streamable HTTP endpoint. Use OAuth 2.1 Authorization Code with PKCE, or an API key for compatibility.

POST https://api.nexscope.ai/mcp
MCP-Protocol-Version: 2025-11-25
Content-Type: application/json
Authentication

OAuth clients request the mcp:tools scope. The endpoint's 401 response advertises protected-resource metadata for authorization discovery.

Step 2 of 2 · Call the tool

Call a tool

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "tool-call-1",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "social_linkedin_profile",
    "arguments": {
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/parrsam/"
    }
  }
}

Legacy MCP v1

Existing API-key clients can continue using the compatibility endpoint. New integrations should use MCP v2.

GET / POST /mcp/legacy

What can you do with this API?

Data explained and practical use cases

AI Guide

Question

What data can LinkedIn Person's Profile provide, and how might I use it?

AI answer

LinkedIn Person's Profile

Data categoryDocumented fieldsHow to use them
RequesturlProvide the required identifiers, filters, or paging inputs listed in the API document.
Responsedata.data, data.platform, data.resourceStatusInspect returned values and source references; availability depends on the request and upstream source.
  • Review LinkedIn Person's Profile.
    • Prompt example: “Retrieve LinkedIn Person's Profile for [public URL]. Summarize only the information actually returned and preserve source links when available. Report private, restricted, missing or partial results explicitly; missing values are not zero.”
  • Summarize the Public About Section.
    • Prompt example: “Retrieve [LinkedIn profile URL] and summarize only its returned public About text for [my research question]. Quote supporting text, retain missing information and do not infer work history or current job title from unavailable or masked fields.”
  • Prepare a Public Reading List.
    • Prompt example: “Retrieve [LinkedIn profile URL] and organize the returned article, publication and recent-post titles with their source links into a reading list for [my topic]. Separate posts by the person from shared activity when labelled. Do not infer work history or job titles, read linked pages, or use login-only information.”

These are suggested workflows, not completed lookups. Report missing, restricted, or partial data explicitly; verify the live response before making a decision.

Online test

Execute the current API with your API key and JSON payload. Online tests use this site's configured API environment; the Endpoint and copyable examples use the public integration address.

One request fetches one page. Copy nextCursor into cursor, or nextPage into page (1–11 for Reels), then run manually. Repeated requests may purchase data again. Completed lookups have a minimum charge of 10 credits, including cached, no-caption, private, restricted and not-found results. Resource status and actual billing status are independent; null credits are unknown, never free. Check usage.billingStatus, usage.chargedCredits and API usage records for the actual charge.

Try it

Send a real request with the same contract shown in the reference.

Endpoint
/social/linkedin/profile
MCP method
social_linkedin_profile
cURL
curl -X POST \
  https://api.nexscope.ai/social/linkedin/profile \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer nk-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/parrsam/" }'
Request estimate: Estimating…Usage based. The final charge depends on actual usage. Estimating does not run the API or charge credits.API usage records
Response
No response yet. Run the request to see the response here.

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