LinkedIn Search profiles API

Search LinkedIn profiles by keyword with optional location and job-title filters. Each match returns a full profile record: name, headline, location, current position, work experience, education, and skills, plus the profile URL, handle, and id. For a cheaper name/headline/URL-only search use linkedin.search_profiles_thin; add emails with linkedin.search_profiles_email.

POST/v1/run/linkedin.search_profiles

Uptime

100.00%

30d · 25 calls

Requests

30d · weekly, last 12 wks

Response

26.2s

median · 30d

Pricing

One price, in dollars

Providers

Octopus26 served100.00% uptime23892ms p50100.00% (26 calls)23892ms (26 calls)26$7.92/1k resultsup to $0.198 / request

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import os, requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/linkedin.search_profiles",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['ANYAPI_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "query": ""
    },
)
print(res.json())

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Sample response

{
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "about": "A short example description of this item.",
        "currentPosition": [
          {}
        ],
        "education": [
          {}
        ],
        "experience": [
          {}
        ],
        "firstName": "Alex",
        "handle": "alex_rivera",
        "headline": "Example title",
        "id": "a1b2c3d4",
        "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
        "lastName": "Rivera",
        "location": "example",
        "openToWork": true,
        "premium": true,
        "skills": [
          null
        ],
        "url": "https://example.com/page"
      }
    ]
  },
  "found": true
}

Response interface

interface LinkedinSearchProfilesResponse {
  data: {
    items: {
      about?: string;
      currentPosition?: {
      }[];
      education?: {
      }[];
      experience?: {
      }[];
      firstName?: string;
      handle?: string;
      headline?: string;
      id: string;
      image?: string;
      lastName?: string;
      location?: string;
      openToWork?: boolean;
      premium?: boolean;
      skills?: any[];
      url: string;
    }[];
  } | null;
  found: boolean;
}

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Reference

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Last verified 2026-09-16 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

POST /v1/run/linkedin.search_profiles

curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/linkedin.search_profiles \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"currentCompanies":["Google"],"limit":3,"query":"engineer"}'

Field	Type	Example value
Request body
query	string	"engineer"Search query for LinkedIn profiles: a role, name, or keywords (e.g. 'Marketing Manager').
companyHeadcount	array	Filter by current company size (employee count). Codes: A=Self-Employed, B=1-10, C=11-50, D=51-200, E=201-500, F=501-1,000, G=1,001-5,000, H=5,001-10,000, I=10,001+.
companyHeadquarterLocations	array	Filter by the location of the person's current company headquarters, by place name (e.g. ['United States']).
currentCompanies	array	["Google"]Filter to people who currently work at any of these companies, by name (e.g. ['Google','Meta']). Multiple names widen the match (OR).
excludeCompanyHeadquarterLocations	array	Exclude people whose current company is headquartered in any of these locations.
excludeCurrentCompanies	array	Exclude people who currently work at any of these companies, by name.
excludeCurrentJobTitles	array	Exclude people whose current job title matches any of these.
excludeFunctionIds	array	Exclude these job functions (same codes as functionIds).
excludeLocations	array	Exclude people in any of these locations, by place name.
excludePastCompanies	array	Exclude people who previously worked at any of these companies, by name.
excludePastJobTitles	array	Exclude people who held any of these past job titles.
excludeSchools	array	Exclude people who attended any of these schools, by name.
excludeSeniorityLevelIds	array	Exclude these seniority levels (same codes as seniorityLevelIds).
firstNames	array	Filter to people whose first name matches any of these.
functionIds	array	Filter by job function. Codes: 1=Accounting, 2=Administrative, 3=Arts and Design, 4=Business Development, 5=Community and Social Services, 6=Consulting, 7=Education, 8=Engineering, 9=Entrepreneurship, 10=Finance, 11=Healthcare Services, 12=Human Resources, 13=Information Technology, 14=Legal, 15=Marketing, 16=Media and Communication, 17=Military and Protective Services, 18=Operations, 19=Product Management, 20=Program and Project Management, 21=Purchasing, 22=Quality Assurance, 23=Real Estate, 24=Research, 25=Sales, 26=Customer Success and Support.
jobTitle	string	Optional current job title filter (e.g. 'Software Engineer').
lastNames	array	Filter to people whose last name matches any of these.
limit	integer	3Maximum number of full profiles to return (1-25, default 10). You are billed per profile returned, so a lower limit costs less.
location	string	Optional location filter (e.g. 'San Francisco').
pastCompanies	array	Filter to people who previously worked at any of these companies, by name.
pastJobTitles	array	Filter by a past job title the person held (e.g. ['Product Manager']).
profileLanguages	array	Filter by the profile's primary language.
recentlyChangedJobs	boolean	When true, only return people who recently changed jobs (a strong sales/recruiting signal).
recentlyPostedOnLinkedIn	boolean	When true, only return people who recently posted on LinkedIn (an activity signal).
schools	array	Filter to people who attended any of these schools, by name.
seniorityLevelIds	array	Filter by seniority level. Codes: 100=In Training, 110=Entry Level, 120=Senior, 130=Strategic, 200=Entry Level Manager, 210=Experienced Manager, 220=Director, 300=Vice President, 310=CXO, 320=Owner/Partner.
yearsAtCurrentCompanyIds	array	Filter by tenure at the current company. Codes: 1=Less than 1 year, 2=1 to 2 years, 3=3 to 5 years, 4=6 to 10 years, 5=More than 10 years.
yearsOfExperienceIds	array	Filter by total years of experience. Codes: 1=Less than 1 year, 2=1 to 2 years, 3=3 to 5 years, 4=6 to 10 years, 5=More than 10 years.
Response
data	object	The results wrapper, or null when nothing was found.
data.items	object[]	Matched profile records. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].about	string	Profile about / summary text. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].currentPosition	object[]	Current role(s). Each entry is an open object with the position title, company, dates, and location; shape can vary by profile.
data.items[].education	object[]	Education history. Each entry is an open object with school, degree, and field of study; shape can vary by profile.
data.items[].experience	object[]	Full work history. Each entry is an open object with the position title, company, dates, and location; shape can vary by profile. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].firstName	string	Member's first name. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].handle	string	Public profile identifier (the vanity slug in the URL). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].headline	string	Profile headline (the tagline under the name). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].id	string	LinkedIn member URN id for the profile.
data.items[].image	string	Profile picture URL. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].lastName	string	Member's last name. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].location	string	Member's location as a single string (city, region, country). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
data.items[].openToWork	boolean	Whether the member has the Open to Work flag set.
data.items[].premium	boolean	Whether the member has a LinkedIn Premium subscription.
data.items[].skills	any[]	Listed skills, as free-form strings when present.
data.items[].url	string	Canonical LinkedIn profile URL. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
found	boolean	True when at least one profile was returned.
Price
Price per request (ceiling)	USD	$0.198
Price /1k results	USD	$7.92

FAQ

About the LinkedIn Search profiles API

The AnyAPI LinkedIn Search profiles API returns LinkedIn search profiles data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/linkedin.search_profiles. Search LinkedIn profiles by keyword with optional location and job-title filters. Each match returns a full profile record: name, headline, location, current position, work experience, education, and skills, plus the profile URL, handle, and id. For a cheaper name/headline/URL-only search use linkedin.search_profiles_thin; add emails with linkedin.search_profiles_email. AnyAPI returns one normalized schema whichever source serves it. It costs $7.92 per 1,000 results, and never more than $0.198 for a single request, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of LinkedIn search profiles calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 26.2 seconds across 25 measured calls.

It costs $7.92 per 1,000 results, and never more than $0.198 for a single request, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet, each call draws it down, and a failed request costs $0.

Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of LinkedIn search profiles calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 26.2 seconds across 25 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

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