Do I need a LinkedIn developer account?

No. There is no LinkedIn app, OAuth flow or app review. One InsightSocial API key works for this endpoint and every other platform, and your first 10 calls priced at 100 credits or less are free.

How do I get every result, not just the first page?

This endpoint pages. Each response carries pagination.next_cursor and pagination.has_more. Send next_cursor back unchanged as the cursor parameter and stop when has_more is false. Every page is a separate call and is charged as one.

What happens if the account is private or nothing is found?

You get an error or an empty result, and it costs 0 credits. The API reads public LinkedIn data only, so private accounts and deleted content come back as not found rather than as partial data.

Can I call the LinkedIn Ads Search API from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Add the hosted MCP server at https://api.insightsocial.app/mcp to your AI app and sign in. The assistant finds this endpoint by name, shows its price and calls it with your credits.

GET /v1/linkedin/ads/searchbeta

LinkedIn Ads Search API

Q: How much does the LinkedIn Ads Search API cost?

50 credits per successful call. A call that errors or finds nothing costs 0 credits, and an answer from the shared cache costs 2. Pro's 10,000 monthly credits cover about 200 calls at 50 credits each. Add dry_run=1 to see the price of a call without making it.

Returns ads from the LinkedIn Ad Library matching a company, keyword, country, or date range, with each ad's copy and the advertiser behind it.

Get a free API key Full API reference

50 credits a call · cursor pagination · failed calls free · 10 free calls to start

curl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/linkedin/ads/search?company=microsoft" \
-H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"

200 OKJSON

{
"success": true,
"platform": "linkedin",
"endpoint": "/v1/linkedin/ads/search",
"schema_version": "2",
"data": {
"<field>": "<value>"
},
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": "<string | null>",
"has_more": "<boolean>"
},
"unavailable": [],
"credits_used": "<integer>"
}

When to use it

Use it to find what a competitor is running, then pass a result's ad URL to ad for the complete record.

Parameters

Query parameters for GET /v1/linkedin/ads/search. Send your key in the x-api-key header.

Name	Required	Description
company	One of company, keyword, companyId	The company name to search for. 'Microsoft' for example.
keyword	One of keyword, company, companyId	The keyword to search for.
companyId	One of companyId, company, keyword	The company id to search for.
countries	No	Comma separated list of countries. Example: US,CA,MX
startDate	No	Start date to search for. Format: YYYY-MM-DD
endDate	No	End date to search for. Format: YYYY-MM-DD
cursor	No	The pagination.next_cursor from the previous page, sent back unchanged. Omit it for the first page.

Response

This endpoint returns the platform's own fields in data, in snake_case, rather than a unified post or profile. The reference page lists them.

Every field, error and example is in the LinkedIn Ads Search API reference.

How much does the LinkedIn Ads Search API cost?

50 credits per successful call.

Failed calls are free
A call that errors or finds nothing costs 0 credits.
Know the price first
Add dry_run=1 and the response quotes the call without making it. Nothing is charged.
One balance
API calls and Chrome extension exports share the same credits, on the free plan too.

See plans and credit packs How credits work