Send your first LinkedIn API request

This guide shows you how to send a synchronous request to each Bright Data LinkedIn Scraper API endpoint. It covers profiles, companies, jobs, and posts.

Prerequisites

A Bright Data account with an active API key
Completed the Quickstart

Request structure

Every synchronous request follows the same pattern:

POST https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id={DATASET_ID}&format=json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

[{"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/..."}]

The only thing that changes between endpoints is the dataset_id and the input URL format.

Synchronous requests support up to 20 URLs and have a 1-minute timeout. If the request takes longer, the API automatically returns a snapshot_id instead. See async requests.

How to scrape LinkedIn profiles

Dataset ID: gd_l1viktl72bvl7bjuj0

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

You should see a 200 response. This takes 10-30 seconds.

Example response

[
  {
    "name": "Satya Nadella",
    "city": "Redmond",
    "country_code": "US",
    "current_company": {
      "name": "Microsoft",
      "company_id": "microsoft",
      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft"
    },
    "about": "Chairman and CEO at Microsoft...",
    "followers": 10842560,
    "connections": 500
  }
]

Full Profiles response schema

Since November 13, 2025, LinkedIn has restricted public access to the Position, Experience and Education fields. Fill rates for those three dropped from 50-64 percent to roughly 2 percent, and they now return sticky data from cache rather than a fresh scrape. All other fields refresh normally. See LinkedIn data policy change for the full field status table and alternatives.

How to scrape LinkedIn companies

Dataset ID: gd_l1vikfnt1wgvvqz95w

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_l1vikfnt1wgvvqz95w&format=json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft"}]'

Example response

[
  {
    "name": "Microsoft",
    "followers": 23000000,
    "employees_in_linkedin": 290000,
    "about": "Every company has a mission...",
    "industries": ["Software Development"],
    "company_size": "10,001+ employees",
    "headquarters": "Redmond, Washington",
    "website": "https://www.microsoft.com",
    "founded": "1975"
  }
]

Full Companies response schema

How to scrape LinkedIn jobs

Dataset ID: gd_lpfll7v5hcqtkxl6l

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lpfll7v5hcqtkxl6l&format=json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3986111804"}]'

Example response

[
  {
    "job_title": "Software Engineer",
    "company_name": "Epic",
    "job_location": "Verona, WI",
    "job_seniority_level": "Entry level",
    "job_employment_type": "Full-time",
    "job_industries": ["Software Development"],
    "job_summary": "Work on healthcare software that impacts millions...",
    "apply_link": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3986111804/apply",
    "is_easy_apply": true
  }
]

Full Jobs response schema

How to scrape LinkedIn posts

Dataset ID: gd_lyy3tktm25m4avu764

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape?dataset_id=gd_lyy3tktm25m4avu764&format=json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[{"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/satyanadella_activity-7180537307521769472"}]'

Example response

[
  {
    "post_text": "Excited to share our latest AI innovations...",
    "num_likes": 45230,
    "num_comments": 1250,
    "date_posted": "2024-04-03T14:30:00.000Z",
    "hashtags": ["AI", "Innovation"],
    "user_followers": 10842560,
    "post_type": "original"
  }
]

Full Posts response schema

Quick reference: dataset IDs

Endpoint	Dataset ID	URL pattern
Profiles	`gd_l1viktl72bvl7bjuj0`	`linkedin.com/in/{username}`
Companies	`gd_l1vikfnt1wgvvqz95w`	`linkedin.com/company/{slug}`
Jobs	`gd_lpfll7v5hcqtkxl6l`	`linkedin.com/jobs/view/{id}`
Posts	`gd_lyy3tktm25m4avu764`	`linkedin.com/posts/{slug}`

Output formats

Control the response format with the format query parameter:

Value	Description
`json`	JSON array (default)
`ndjson`	Newline-delimited JSON, one record per line
`csv`	Comma-separated values

Async batch requests

Scrape hundreds of URLs in a single batch job.

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Prerequisites

Request structure

How to scrape LinkedIn profiles

How to scrape LinkedIn companies

How to scrape LinkedIn jobs

How to scrape LinkedIn posts

Quick reference: dataset IDs

Output formats

Async batch requests

API reference

​Prerequisites

​Request structure

​How to scrape LinkedIn profiles

​How to scrape LinkedIn companies

​How to scrape LinkedIn jobs

​How to scrape LinkedIn posts

​Quick reference: dataset IDs

​Output formats

​Related

Async batch requests

API reference

Prerequisites

Request structure

How to scrape LinkedIn profiles

How to scrape LinkedIn companies

How to scrape LinkedIn jobs

How to scrape LinkedIn posts

Quick reference: dataset IDs

Output formats

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