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.

Endpoint

GET /v1/linkedin/person/posts

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

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`url`	Yes	LinkedIn profile URL or public slug — e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates` or just `williamhgates` (max 500 characters)
`page`	No	Page number, 1-5 (default: 1). 20 posts per page — returns up to ~100 of the person’s most recent posts.
`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 the person’s 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 headline (e.g. job title or follower count)
`posts[].author_image`	string	Author profile image URL
`posts[].author_url`	string	Author profile URL
`posts[].likes`	integer	Total number of reactions
`posts[].comments`	integer	Number of comments
`posts[].shares`	integer	Number of reposts/shares
`posts[].reactions`	object	Breakdown of reaction types and counts
`posts[].is_repost`	boolean	Whether the post is a repost or quote-reshare
`posts[].images`	array	Array of image URLs
`posts[].video`	object/null	Video content with `thumbnail` and `duration` (ms)
`posts[].article`	object/null	Shared article with `title`, `subtitle`, `url`, `description`
`posts[].urn`	string	LinkedIn post URN identifier
`posts[].source`	string	`"LinkedIn"`
`posts[].domain`	string	`"linkedin.com"`
`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

Example Request

cURL

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

Python

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
}