InsightSocial API
LinkedIn

LinkedIn Profile Posts API reference

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Example request
curl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/linkedin/profile/posts?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwilliamhgates%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"

Step-by-step: Check when a LinkedIn member was last active

GET
/v1/linkedin/profile/posts

Returns the posts a LinkedIn member published, each with text, author name, like, comment and share counts, media, and publish time.

Use it for what a person posted themselves; profile/reactions covers posts they only reacted to, profile/comments their comments.

Metered: 50–2000 credits. We reserve the ceiling when the call starts and charge what it actually used when it finishes.

Authorization

apiKey
x-api-key<token>

Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.

In: header

Query Parameters

url*string

Full URL of the LinkedIn profile, company, or post.

limit?integer

How many posts to return in the one call, 1 to 100. Defaults to the platform's 20. 100 is the platform's hard ceiling. Ask for the depth you need up front - there is no second page to fetch.

Range1 <= value <= 100
urn?string

The member's opaque LinkedIn URN, as returned in author.ext.urn by /v1/linkedin/profile. Optional, and a pure optimisation: pass it ALONGSIDE url (which stays required) and this call skips the internal handle lookup, so it answers faster. Verified on the deployed API 05/09/2026.

since?string

Only rows published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Rows older than it are left off each page. This list is not in date order, so the walk does not stop at the date: keep following next_cursor, and each page costs what a page costs even when every row on it is filtered out. A row with no date is kept.

until?string

Only rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept.

dry_run?"1"

Set to 1 to get the price of this call without making it: data.dry_run carries credits_min and credits_max. Nothing is charged.

Value in

  • "1"

Response Body

application/json

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curl -X GET "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/linkedin/profile/posts?url=string"
{  "success": true,  "platform": "string",  "endpoint": "string",  "schema_version": "2",  "pagination": {    "next_cursor": "string",    "has_more": true,    "page_size": 0,    "stopped_at": "since"  },  "unavailable": [    "string"  ],  "credits_used": 0,  "credits_remaining": 0,  "request_id": "string",  "cached": true,  "idempotent_replay": true,  "charge_reason": "string",  "free_call": true,  "data": {    "items": [      {        "post": {          "id": "string",          "url": "http://example.com",          "kind": "string",          "content": {            "text": "string",            "media_urls": [              "http://example.com"            ],            "thumbnail_url": "http://example.com",            "duration_seconds": 0          },          "author": {            "id": "string",            "username": "string",            "display_name": "string",            "avatar_url": "http://example.com",            "verified": true          },          "engagement": {            "views": 0,            "likes": 0,            "comments": 0,            "shares": 0,            "saves": 0          },          "flags": {            "nsfw": true,            "spoiler": true,            "pinned": true,            "deleted": true,            "likes_hidden": true,            "comments_hidden": true,            "shares_hidden": true,            "views_hidden": true,            "saves_hidden": true          },          "published_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",          "language": "string",          "ext": {            "property1": null,            "property2": null          }        }      }    ],    "total": 0,    "truncated": true,    "ext": {      "property1": null,      "property2": null    }  }}

Profile › Posts › Archive GET

Returns a LinkedIn member's deep post archive, read from their own feed rather than a search index, with the exact publish timestamp, media and the full engagement breakdown including share counts.

Profile › Publications GET

Returns the publications on a LinkedIn member's profile, with each one's title, publisher, publication date, description, and link.