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.
$7.92/1k results, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id":Â "ACoAAAvpsales001","url":Â "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-chen-sales","handle":Â "marcus-chen-sales","firstName":Â "Marcus","lastName":Â "Chen","headline":Â "VP of Sales, Commercial at Salesforce","location":Â "Chicago, Illinois, United States","about":Â "20 years scaling B2B SaaS revenue teams from seed to IPO. Currently building out the commercial segment at Salesforce.",... 18 more fields}
Pricing
LinkedIn Search profiles API pricing
capped at $0.198 per request1 result$0.092413 results$0.145225 results$0.198 capYou are charged for what comes back. Lower the limit to pay less - and no single request can cost more than the cap, however much comes back.HedgehogNot serving1,212 served74.40% uptime7086ms p50$7.20/1k resultsup to $0.18 / requestMetered per result returned$0.08 base + $0.004 per result
capped at $0.18 per request1 result$0.08413 results$0.13225 results$0.18 capYou are charged for what comes back. Lower the limit to pay less - and no single request can cost more than the cap, however much comes back.
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Call it
Get LinkedIn search profiles in one request
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())
This sample shows 13 of 30 fields. See every field
{
"found": true,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"id": "ACoAAAvpsales001",
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-chen-sales",
"handle": "marcus-chen-sales",
"firstName": "Marcus",
"lastName": "Chen",
"headline": "VP of Sales, Commercial at Salesforce",
"location": "Chicago, Illinois, United States",
"about": "20 years scaling B2B SaaS revenue teams from seed to IPO. Currently building out the commercial segment at Salesforce.",
"image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4E03AQMarcusChenProfile/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0/1701000000007?e=1735689600",
"experience": [
{
"title": "VP of Sales, Commercial",
"company": "Salesforce",
"startDate": "Jan 2023",
"endDate": "Present",
"location": "Chicago, Illinois"
},
{
"title": "Senior Director of Sales",
"company": "Salesforce",
"startDate": "Jun 2019",
"endDate": "Dec 2022",
"location": "Chicago, Illinois"
}
]
},
{
"id": "ACoAAAvpsales002",
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-okafor-hubspot",
"handle": "renee-okafor-hubspot",
"firstName": "Renee",
"lastName": "Okafor",
"headline": "VP of Sales, EMEA at HubSpot",
"location": "Dublin, Ireland",
"about": "Leading HubSpot's EMEA sales org across mid-market and enterprise segments.",
"image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4E03AQReneeOkaforProfile/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0/1701000000009?e=1735689600",
"experience": [
{
"title": "VP of Sales, EMEA",
"company": "HubSpot",
"startDate": "Apr 2021",
"endDate": "Present",
"location": "Dublin, Ireland"
}
]
}
]
}
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
Reference
One request, one response shape.
Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.
Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- querystring
VP of Sales
Search query for LinkedIn profiles: a role, name, or keywords (e.g. 'Marketing Manager').
- companyHeadcountarray
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+.
- companyHeadquarterLocationsarray
Filter by the location of the person's current company headquarters, by place name (e.g. ['United States']).
- currentCompaniesarray
["Salesforce","HubSpot"]
Filter to people who currently work at any of these companies, by name (e.g. ['Google','Meta']). Multiple names widen the match (OR).
- excludeCompanyHeadquarterLocationsarray
Exclude people whose current company is headquartered in any of these locations.
- excludeCurrentCompaniesarray
Exclude people who currently work at any of these companies, by name.
- excludeCurrentJobTitlesarray
Exclude people whose current job title matches any of these.
- excludeFunctionIdsarray
Exclude these job functions (same codes as functionIds).
- excludeLocationsarray
Exclude people in any of these locations, by place name.
- excludePastCompaniesarray
Exclude people who previously worked at any of these companies, by name.
- excludePastJobTitlesarray
Exclude people who held any of these past job titles.
- excludeSchoolsarray
Exclude people who attended any of these schools, by name.
- excludeSeniorityLevelIdsarray
Exclude these seniority levels (same codes as seniorityLevelIds).
- firstNamesarray
Filter to people whose first name matches any of these.
- functionIdsarray
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.
- jobTitlestring
Optional current job title filter (e.g. 'Software Engineer').
- lastNamesarray
Filter to people whose last name matches any of these.
- limitinteger
3
Maximum number of full profiles to return (1-25, default 10). You are billed per profile returned, so a lower limit costs less.
- locationstring
Optional location filter (e.g. 'San Francisco').
- pastCompaniesarray
Filter to people who previously worked at any of these companies, by name.
- pastJobTitlesarray
Filter by a past job title the person held (e.g. ['Product Manager']).
- profileLanguagesarray
Filter by the profile's primary language.
- recentlyChangedJobsboolean
When true, only return people who recently changed jobs (a strong sales/recruiting signal).
- recentlyPostedOnLinkedInboolean
When true, only return people who recently posted on LinkedIn (an activity signal).
- schoolsarray
Filter to people who attended any of these schools, by name.
- seniorityLevelIdsarray
["310"]
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.
- yearsAtCurrentCompanyIdsarray
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.
- yearsOfExperienceIdsarray
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
JSON, one example value per field.
Matched profile records. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- aboutstring
20 years scaling B2B SaaS revenue teams from seed to IPO. Currently building out the commercial segment at Salesforce.
Profile about / summary text. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- citystring
City of the member.
- connectionsCountinteger
Number of connections on the profile.
- countrystring
Country of the member.
- countryCodestring
Two-letter country code of the member.
- coverImagestring
Profile cover (banner) image URL. The query string is a signed token, so keep the URL intact.
- creatorboolean
Whether the member is in LinkedIn creator mode.
- currentPositionobject[]
Current role(s). Each entry is an open object with the position title, company, dates, and location; shape can vary by profile.
- educationobject[]
Education history. Each entry is an open object with school, degree, and field of study; shape can vary by profile.
- experienceobject[]
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.
- firstNamestring
Marcus
Member's first name. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- followerCountinteger
Number of followers of the profile.
- handlestring
marcus-chen-sales
Public profile identifier (the vanity slug in the URL). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- headlinestring
VP of Sales, Commercial at Salesforce
Profile headline (the tagline under the name). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- hiringboolean
Whether the member shows the Hiring badge.
- idstring
ACoAAAvpsales001
LinkedIn member URN id for the profile.
- imagestring
https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4E03AQMarcusChenProfile/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0/1701000000007?e=1735689600
Profile picture URL. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- influencerboolean
Whether LinkedIn marks the member as an influencer.
- lastNamestring
Chen
Member's last name. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- locationstring
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Member's location as a single string (city, region, country). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- openToWorkboolean
Whether the member has the Open to Work flag set.
- premiumboolean
Whether the member has a LinkedIn Premium subscription.
- skillsany[]
Listed skills, one object per skill with its name and, when the source has them, the endorsements label and related positions.
- statestring
State or region of the member.
- urlstring
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-chen-sales
Canonical LinkedIn profile URL. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- verifiedboolean
Whether LinkedIn has verified the member's identity.
- foundboolean
true
True when at least one profile was returned.
- reason"not_found"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
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, 98.4% of LinkedIn search profiles calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 8.9 seconds across 1,675 measured calls.
