# LinkedIn Profile search API (linkedin.profile_search)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/en/linkedin-api/profile_search
- Endpoint: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with {"platform": "linkedin", "action": "profile_search", "params": {...}}
- Price: $0.000556 per call ($0.56 per 1,000 requests); failed calls and empty results are not charged
- Returns: list, default 10, max 100 per call
- Mode: sync; add "mode": "async" for slow tasks

## Health

- Live health (24h percent, hourly and daily trends): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/availability?platform=linkedin&action=profile_search

## Parameters

| name | type | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| keyword | not declared | yes | not declared | Specifies the search string, acting as a post search keyword in search, a current job title in profile_search, or a job search term or full job URL in jobs. Searching for people with this parameter does not perform an exact match by individual name or email. |
| location | not declared | no | not declared | Specifies location text for person profiles in profile_search or job locations in jobs. When keyword in the jobs action is already a full search URL, the URL's embedded criteria take precedence and location is ignored. |
| locations | not declared | no | not declared | Accepts a location array as a compatibility alias. Prefer location: this array is not guaranteed to behave the same way, and it is not a way to run cross-country batch searches. |
| limit | integer (1–100) | no | 10 | The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 100. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| id | The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms. |
| username | Username (@handle). |
| name | Name of the object itself, for account, product and business capabilities. |
| url | Link to the record on the platform. |
| headline | platform-native meaning |
| location | Location description passed through as is; the format varies by platform. |
| current_company | platform-native meaning |
| current_title | platform-native meaning |
| avatar_url | Avatar image link. Some platforms return sized CDN links that can expire. |
| is_premium | platform-native meaning |
| is_open_profile | platform-native meaning |
| email | Email address. On person_profile and profile_search it is a work address inferred from public information and then validated; on employees it is present only when the source gives one. May be empty, and it does not mean the person agreed to marketing contact. |
| about | Long-form About text of the profile (person_profile, profile_search). |
| follower_count | Followers. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
| connection_count | Number of connections (person_profile, profile_search). |
| is_verified | Whether the platform verified the account. null means it cannot be determined. |
| is_creator | Whether the profile runs in creator mode. |
| is_influencer | platform-native meaning |
| is_top_voice | Whether the profile carries the LinkedIn Top Voice badge. |
| current_company_url | LinkedIn page URL of the current company. |
| experience | Work-history list (person_profile, profile_search): each entry carries title, company, company page URL, date range and duration text, plus location, description, employment_type and skills when the source gives them. |
| education | Education list (person_profile, profile_search): each entry carries school, school page URL, date range and duration text. |
| platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "linkedin",
  "action": "profile_search",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "software engineer"
  }
}'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVERYINFRA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "linkedin",
        "action": "profile_search",
        "params": {
            "keyword": "software engineer",
        },
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
```

## Response example

Real response to the example request above, captured 2026-09-26T08:56:04Z. `results` and `count` are real with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2 of 10. `id`, `billing` and `quota` differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

```text
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "linkedin",
  "action": "profile_search",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "•••",
      "username": "•••",
      "name": "•••",
      "url": "https://linkedin.com/•••",
      "headline": "•••",
      "location": "•••",
      "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/•••",
      "is_premium": false,
      "is_open_profile": false,
      "platform": "linkedin"
    },
    {
      "id": "•••",
      "username": "•••",
      "name": "•••",
      "url": "https://linkedin.com/•••",
      "headline": "•••",
      "location": "•••",
      "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/•••",
      "is_premium": false,
      "is_open_profile": false,
      "platform": "linkedin"
    }
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}
```

## Also

- Capability catalog (no key): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=linkedin
- OpenAPI: https://everyinfra.com/openapi.json · Agents guide: https://everyinfra.com/agents.md