LinkedIn Post Details

Get detailed information about a specific LinkedIn post including engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares), author details, images, and embedded links.

Endpoint

GET /v1/linkedin/post

Price: $0.002 per request Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`url`	Yes	LinkedIn post URL (max 500 characters)
`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
`url`	string	Canonical post URL
`text`	string	Full post text content
`date`	string	Publication date and time
`author`	string	Author name
`author_description`	string	Author description (e.g. follower count)
`author_image`	string	Author profile image URL
`author_url`	string	Author profile URL
`likes`	integer	Number of likes
`comments`	integer	Number of comments
`shares`	integer	Number of shares
`reactions`	object	Breakdown of reaction types and counts
`is_repost`	boolean	Whether the post is a repost
`images`	array	Array of image URLs attached to the post
`links`	array	Links embedded in the post
`urn`	string	LinkedIn URN identifier
`source`	string	`"LinkedIn"`
`domain`	string	`"linkedin.com"`
`sentiment`	object/null	Emotion analysis results. Only present when `get_sentiment=true`. Returns `null` if analysis fails.
`sentiment.emotions`	object	Plutchik emotion scores (0-100) for: `joy`, `trust`, `fear`, `surprise`, `sadness`, `disgust`, `anger`, `anticipation`.
`sentiment.dominant_emotion`	string	The emotion with the highest score.
`sentiment.emotional_intensity`	integer	Overall emotional intensity on a scale of 0-10.
`sentiment.polarity`	string	Overall sentiment polarity: `positive`, `negative`, or `neutral`.

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/linkedin/post?url=https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7219434359085252608" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/linkedin/post",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7219434359085252608"
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7219434359085252608",
  "text": "Excited to share our latest project on AI...",
  "date": "2024-07-15 10:30:00",
  "author": "Jane Smith",
  "author_description": "1,234 followers",
  "author_image": "https://media.licdn.com/...",
  "author_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janesmith/",
  "likes": 142,
  "comments": 23,
  "shares": 8,
  "reactions": {
    "like": 100,
    "celebrate": 25,
    "support": 17
  },
  "is_repost": false,
  "images": [
    "https://media.licdn.com/..."
  ],
  "links": [],
  "urn": "urn:li:activity:7219434359085252608",
  "source": "LinkedIn",
  "domain": "linkedin.com",
  "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"
  }
}