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LinkedIn Person Posts

GET /v1/linkedin/person/posts

Get the recent posts authored by a LinkedIn person (their profile feed) by profile URL or public slug. Returns post content, engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares, reaction breakdowns), author info, images, videos, and articles.

Cost

$0.006 per request

Free tier

50 requests/month

Parameters

url *

LinkedIn profile URL or public slug, e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates or williamhgates (max 500 characters)

page

Page number, 1-5 (default: 1). 20 posts per page — returns up to ~100 of the person's most recent posts.

get_sentiment

Set to true to add AI emotion analysis (+$0.001/request)

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/linkedin/person/posts?url=williamhgates&page=1" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/linkedin/person/posts",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "url": "williamhgates",
        "page": 1
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_activity-7474530647273934848-VLxg",
      "text": "I got involved in global health back in 1997...",
      "date": "2026-06-21 18:36:16",
      "author": "Bill Gates",
      "author_description": "Chair, Gates Foundation and Founder, Breakthrough Energy",
      "author_image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
      "author_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates",
      "likes": 3706,
      "comments": 368,
      "shares": 28,
      "reactions": {"like": 3290, "appreciation": 145, "empathy": 168},
      "is_repost": false,
      "images": [],
      "video": {
        "thumbnail": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/...",
        "duration": 83600
      },
      "article": null,
      "urn": "urn:li:activity:7474530647273934848"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "count": 20
}

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