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GET
/
linkedin
/
profile-search
Search LinkedIn profiles
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.harvest-api.com/linkedin/profile-search \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'
{
  "elements": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "publicIdentifier": "<string>",
      "name": "<string>",
      "position": "<string>",
      "location": {
        "linkedinText": "<string>"
      },
      "linkedinUrl": "<string>",
      "photo": "<string>",
      "hidden": true
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "totalPages": 123,
    "totalElements": 123,
    "pageNumber": 123,
    "previousElements": 123,
    "pageSize": 123,
    "paginationToken": "<string>"
  },
  "status": "<string>",
  "error": "<string>",
  "query": {
    "search": "<string>",
    "companyId": "<string>",
    "location": "<string>",
    "geoId": "<string>",
    "page": "<string>"
  }
}

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This is basic profile search scraper endpoint, please check this information before using it.

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Examples

  • Search by name (fuzzy) and location:
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  search: 'Mark',
  currentCompany: 'https://www.linkedin.com/company/google',
  location: 'Australia',
  page: '1',
});
fetch(`https://api.harvest-api.com/linkedin/profile-search?${params.toString()}`, {
  headers: { 'X-API-Key': '<api-key>' },
})
  .then((response) => response.json())
  .then((data) => console.log(data));
  • Search by name strict:
JavaScript
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  search: 'Mark Peterson',
  firstName: 'Mark',
  lastName: 'Peterson',
});
fetch(`https://api.harvest-api.com/linkedin/profile-search?${params.toString()}`, {
  headers: { 'X-API-Key': '<api-key>' },
})
  .then((response) => response.json())
  .then((data) => console.log(data));

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Search by LinkedIn GeoID

For most of the cases, when specifying full location name, the search by the location parameter works fine.
However sometimes search by location may not give you what you expect, as LinkedIn have some other suggested location for your text query. For example, NY returns New Zealand instead of New York; UK returns Ukraine instead of United Kingdom. The location search is based on LinkedIn autocomplete feature, you can try it on the website first. The scraper will use the first suggestion from the autocomplete popup when you type your location. The same autocomplete is available via our API. You can look up a location and get LinkedIn GeoID to use for the API endpoint. The GeoID search is free, it will not count against your quota. 
const apiKey = '<api-key>';

fetch(`https://api.harvest-api.com/linkedin/geo-id-search?search=New York`, {
  headers: { 'X-API-Key': apiKey },
})
  .then((response) => response.json())
  .then((data) => {
    console.log('All matches:', data.elements);
    console.log('Closest match GeoID:', data.entityId);

    // Search for profiles in New York
    const params = new URLSearchParams({
      geoId: data.entityId,
      apiKey,
    });
    fetch(`https://api.harvest-api.com/linkedin/profile-search?${params.toString()}`)
      .then((response) => response.json())
      .then((data) => console.log(data));
  });

Authorizations

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X-API-Key
string
header
required

Query Parameters

​
search
string<url>
required

Search profiles by name

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currentCompany
string

Filter by company ID or Company URL. One value or multiple comma-separated

​
pastCompany
string

Filter by past company ID or Company URL. One value or multiple comma-separated

​
school
string

Filter by school ID or School URL. One value or multiple comma-separated

​
firstName
string

Filter by first name

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lastName
string

Filter by last name

​
title
string

Filter by title

​
location
string

Filter by location text

​
geoId
string

Filter by location as LinkedIn Geo ID. Overrides the location query param. Use the /linkedin/geo-id-search endpoint to find the Geo ID

​
industryId
string

Filter by industry ID. One value or multiple comma-separated

​
page
string

Page number, use for pagination

Response

Profile search response

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elements
object[]
​
pagination
object
​
status
string
​
error
string
​
query
object
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