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Send a LinkedIn URL, get structured JSON back. The Bright Data LinkedIn Scraper API handles proxies, CAPTCHAs, and parsing so you can focus on your data pipeline.
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How it works

You send one or more LinkedIn URLs to the Bright Data LinkedIn Scraper API. Bright Data handles the scraping infrastructure and returns clean, structured JSON. 
Your app  -->  Bright Data API  -->  Structured JSON
           POST /datasets/v3/scrape
           Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN
All requests use a dataset_id to specify the data type (profiles, companies, jobs, or posts) and return results in JSON, NDJSON, or CSV.

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What the response looks like

curl -X POST "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1viktl72bvl7bjuj0&format=json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella"}]'

{
  "name": "Satya Nadella",
  "city": "Redmond",
  "country_code": "US",
  "current_company": { "name": "Microsoft" },
  "followers": 10842560,
  "about": "Chairman and CEO at Microsoft..."
}

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Supported data types

Profiles

Work history, education, skills, connections. Discover profiles by name or keyword.

Companies

Employee counts, funding data, specialties, affiliated organizations.

Jobs

Salary data, requirements, application links. Discover jobs by keyword or search URL.

Posts

Post content, engagement metrics, hashtags, comments. Discover posts by company or profile.

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Request methods

The Bright Data LinkedIn Scraper API supports two request methods. Choose based on your volume and latency needs.
MethodEndpointBest for
Synchronous/scrapeReal-time lookups, up to 20 URLs
Asynchronous/triggerBatch jobs, 20+ URLs, production pipelines
Learn more in Understanding sync vs. async requests.

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Capabilities and limits

CapabilityDetail
Output formatsJSON, NDJSON, CSV
Max URLs per sync request20
Max URLs per async request5,000
Data freshnessReal-time (scraped on demand)
Delivery optionsAPI download, Webhook, Amazon S3, Snowflake, Azure, GCS (all options)
PricingPay per successful record (see pricing)

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Common questions

Yes. Each request triggers a live scrape. There is no cached or stale data. Response times vary by endpoint: profiles typically return in 10-30 seconds (sync), while discovery requests may take longer depending on result volume.
URL collection scrapes a specific LinkedIn page you provide (e.g., a profile URL). Discovery finds LinkedIn pages matching search criteria (e.g., “software engineers in San Francisco”) and scrapes the results. Discovery is only available via async requests.
The LinkedIn Scraper API is a pre-built scraper with structured output fields. The Web Scraper API is a lower-level tool where you define your own parsing logic. Use the LinkedIn Scraper API when you want structured LinkedIn data without writing parsers.

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Next steps

Quickstart

Scrape your first LinkedIn profile in 5 minutes.

Send your first request

Full code examples in cURL, Python, and Node.js.

API reference

Endpoint specs, parameters, and response schemas.