LinkedIn Company Posts

Get recent posts from a LinkedIn company page by URL. Returns post content, engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares, reaction breakdowns), author info, images, videos, and pagination info.

Endpoint

GET /v1/linkedin/company/posts

Price: $0.006 per request Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`url`	Yes	LinkedIn company page URL (max 500 characters)
`page`	No	Page number for pagination (default: 1)
`get_sentiment`	No	Set to `true` to add AI emotion analysis (Plutchik’s Wheel) to each result. Adds +$0.001 per request to the cost. Returns emotion scores, dominant emotion, intensity, and polarity.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`posts`	array	Array of company posts
`posts[].url`	string	Post URL
`posts[].text`	string	Full post text content
`posts[].date`	string	Publication date and time
`posts[].author`	string	Author name
`posts[].author_description`	string	Author description
`posts[].author_image`	string	Author profile image URL
`posts[].author_url`	string	Author profile URL
`posts[].likes`	integer	Number of likes
`posts[].comments`	integer	Number of comments
`posts[].shares`	integer	Number of shares
`posts[].reactions`	object	Breakdown of reaction types and counts
`posts[].is_repost`	boolean	Whether the post is a repost
`posts[].images`	array	Array of image URLs
`posts[].video`	object	Video data (thumbnail, duration) or null
`posts[].links`	array	Links embedded in the post
`posts[].urn`	string	LinkedIn URN identifier
`posts[].sentiment`	object/null	Emotion analysis results. Only present when `get_sentiment=true`. Returns `null` if analysis fails.
`posts[].sentiment.emotions`	object	Plutchik emotion scores (0-100) for: `joy`, `trust`, `fear`, `surprise`, `sadness`, `disgust`, `anger`, `anticipation`.
`posts[].sentiment.dominant_emotion`	string	The emotion with the highest score.
`posts[].sentiment.emotional_intensity`	integer	Overall emotional intensity on a scale of 0-10.
`posts[].sentiment.polarity`	string	Overall sentiment polarity: `positive`, `negative`, or `neutral`.
`page`	integer	Current page number
`count`	integer	Number of posts returned
`total`	integer	Total number of posts available

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/linkedin/company/posts?url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/visualsoft-uk-ltd&page=1" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/linkedin/company/posts",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/visualsoft-uk-ltd",
        "page": 1
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7437505720176144385",
      "text": "Exciting news from our team...",
      "date": "2024-03-11 14:32:25",
      "author": "Visualsoft | Shopify Plus Partner",
      "author_description": "16,391 followers",
      "author_image": "https://media.licdn.com/...",
      "author_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/visualsoft-uk-ltd/posts",
      "likes": 13,
      "comments": 0,
      "shares": 5,
      "reactions": {
        "like": 10,
        "empathy": 3
      },
      "is_repost": false,
      "images": [],
      "video": {
        "thumbnail": "https://media.licdn.com/...",
        "duration": 102166
      },
      "links": ["https://www.linkedin.com/company/sportsshoes-com/"],
      "urn": "urn:li:activity:7437505720176144385",
      "sentiment": {
        "emotions": {
          "joy": 40,
          "trust": 55,
          "fear": 0,
          "surprise": 10,
          "sadness": 0,
          "disgust": 0,
          "anger": 0,
          "anticipation": 30
        },
        "dominant_emotion": "trust",
        "emotional_intensity": 5,
        "polarity": "positive"
      }
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "count": 10,
  "total": 462
}