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LinkedIn data API.

Get profiles, company pages, posts, transcripts, jobs, and job listings through seven documented endpoints.

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  • Failed requests cost 0 credits
GETapi.tapline.sh/v1/linkedin/profile
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{
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  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates",
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  "publicIdentifier": "williamhgates",
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  "name": "Bill Gates",
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  "headline": "Chair, Gates Foundation and Founder, Breakthrough Energy",
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  "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQF-RYZP55jmXA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/B56ZRi8g.aGsAY-/0/1736826818802?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=bKWfN6UwwtiCqFWsG7rBELbd48qJOAMLdxhBzzkJV0k",
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  "location": "Seattle, Washington, United States",
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  "followers": 40729975,
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  "connections": "8",
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  "about": "Chair of the Gates Foundation. Founder of Breakthrough Energy. Co-founder of Microsoft. Voracious reader. Avid traveler. Active blogger.",
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  "recentPosts": [
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    {
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      "title": "Raj has seen global health from so many different angles, so his perspective is one worth paying attention to right now. I'm looking forward to reading this.",
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      "activityType": "Bill Gates shared this",
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      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_raj-has-seen-global-health-from-so-many-different-activity-7516880561307836416-xlKx",
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      "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E22AQG2dKa8lGBDZw/feedshare-image-high-res/B4EaE1tOynH4AU-/0/1791902412248?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=6xfeLRYruJxyac4ovvmU23zRX3hEgbbkURVu56aZ_-E"
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    },
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    {
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      "title": "It was great to be back in Kemmerer, Wyoming, today to see the progress on TerraPower’s Natrium plant. We’ll need more abundant, reliable, clean energy to power the decades ahead, and next-generation nuclear technology like what’s being built here in Kemmerer will play an important role in making that possible.",
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      "activityType": "Bill Gates shared this",
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      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_it-was-great-to-be-back-in-kemmerer-wyoming-activity-7516684739454484480-vuhP",
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      "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E22AQHw93Bf5rePdw/feedshare-image-high-res/B4EaFCg7D7JgAU-/0/1792117289506?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=GQ1rTY9m868B5AM_GQmjNdbjp69jIzm7NkTxZ6AoYTQ"
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    }
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  ],
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  "experience": [
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    {
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      "@type": "Organization",
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      "name": "Gates Foundation",
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      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/gates-foundation",
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      "location": null,
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      "member": {
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        "@type": "OrganizationRole",
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        "title": "Co-chair",
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        "description": null,
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        "startDate": 2000,
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        "endDate": null
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      }
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    },
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    {
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      "@type": "Organization",
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      "name": "Breakthrough Energy",
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      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/breakthrough-energy",
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      "location": null,
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      "member": {
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        "@type": "OrganizationRole",
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        "title": "Founder",
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        "description": null,
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        "startDate": 2015,
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        "endDate": null
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      }
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    }
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  ],
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  "articles": [
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    {
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      "headline": "For an affordable climate win, look to the sky",
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      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/affordable-climate-win-look-sky-bill-gates-eoj7e",
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      "author": "Bill Gates",
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      "datePublished": "2026-10-12T20:10:59.000+00:00",
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      "image": null,
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      "articleBody": "When I was growing up in Seattle, planes were everywhere. Boeing was the biggest employer in the area, and it felt like…",
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      "likeCount": 3669
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    },
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    {
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      "headline": "AI, equity, and the choice we can’t delay",
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      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-equity-choice-we-cant-delay-bill-gates-d1gte",
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      "author": "Bill Gates",
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      "datePublished": "2026-09-17T15:18:20.000+00:00",
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      "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E12AQFwjr3EOC2slQ/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280/B4EaCvyLnRKAAQ-/0/1789655564567?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=LlizryNgZ1ezXY4ev0mnp5KI3svHbPVgHXT5gNgHwdM",
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      "articleBody": "Explore the full 2026 Goalkeepers Report Earlier this year, I met Gaudence Ngendahayo, a community health worker in…",
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      "likeCount": 3003
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    }
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  ],
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  "activity": [
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    {
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      "title": "It was an honor to host Gov. Brad Little, Gov. Mark Gordon, Gov. Spencer Cox, Sen. James Risch, Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. John Curtis, and Dr. Michael Goff from the Office of Nuclear Energy | U.S. Department of Energy alongside our chairman Bill Gates at Kemmerer Unit 1 today.

We toured the progress in our one-of-a-kind Sodium Test and Fill Facility, as well as the latest construction on the Natrium® plant.

At TerraPower, we’re bringing together innovative technology and industry expertise to build the world’s next chapter in nuclear energy. Our first plant is a true public-private partnership, and today I was humbled with the strong support this project receives from leaders in Wyoming and across the Mountain West.",
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      "activityType": "Bill Gates liked this",
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      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christopher-levesque-9ab1326a_it-was-an-honor-to-host-gov-brad-little-activity-7516631145330065408-87ND",
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      "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5622AQH6SvwPHyjLRA/feedshare-shrink_800/B56aFBwMMUHEAc-/0/1792104515955?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=OgxFjXEQvTbu6KrTBjdCEmh1wRLjBz2feQB6H2tkvOo"
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    },
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    {
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      "title": "We were honored to host Chairman Bill Gates and elected officials Gov. Brad Little, Gov. Mark Gordon, Gov. Spencer Cox, Sen. James Risch, Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. John Curtis, and Dr. Michael Goff from the Office of Nuclear Energy | U.S. Department of Energy at the Kemmerer Unit 1 construction site today.

As the home of America’s next nuclear power plant, our first Natrium® plant is building the future of new nuclear technology for the country.
Learn more about the Natrium plant:
https://lnkd.in/eJga-AGR",
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      "activityType": "Bill Gates liked this",
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      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/terrapower_we-were-honored-to-host-chairman-bill-gates-activity-7516610033699246080-3fmt",
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      "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E22AQFQgKJRLC6d7g/feedshare-shrink_800/B4EaFBc_OUI0Ak-/0/1792099482769?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=lClSOZl6yvxzDfZrRZZjZsJdDM07KKng9Eb99vNCWbY"
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    }
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  ],
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  "education": [
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    {
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      "@type": "EducationalOrganization",
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      "name": "Harvard University",
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      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/harvard-university",
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      "location": null,
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      "member": {
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        "@type": "OrganizationRole",
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        "title": null,
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        "description": null,
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        "startDate": 1973,
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        "endDate": 1975
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      }
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    },
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    {
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      "@type": "EducationalOrganization",
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      "name": "Lakeside School",
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      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/lakeside-school",
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      "location": null,
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      "member": {
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        "@type": "OrganizationRole",
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        "title": null,
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        "description": null,
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        "startDate": null,
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        "endDate": null
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      }
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    }
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  ],
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  "publications": [],
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  "projects": [],
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  "recommendations": [],
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  "similarProfiles": [
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    {
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      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/melindagates",
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      "name": "Melinda French Gates",
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      "subtitle": "Pivotal",
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      "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQEnhirBBhb5kg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/B56ZSvzPngHQAo-/0/1738116234633?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=CJsw_1nBY752oUvhnHiyi_9w1PlcCFX57XArUwG-UTQ"
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    },
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    {
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      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyleralterman",
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      "name": "Tyler Alterman",
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      "subtitle": "Fractal University",
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      "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D03AQHicg8rnDPxbQ/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/0/1697125959281?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=koiklkCOBUyMZu-fLcEnUBpGJe982FNl1vKIXsYrang"
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    }
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  ],
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  "websites": [
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    {
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      "label": "Blog",
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      "url": "https://gatesnot.es/sourcecode-li"
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    }
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  ]
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}

LinkedIn API endpoints.

Get a profile, company page, post, transcript, job search, or job listing.

GETProfile2 credits
GETCompany Page1 credit
GETCompany Posts1 credit
GETPost or Article1 credit
GETVideo Transcript1 credit
GETJobs Search1 credit
GETJob Posting1 credit

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LinkedIn API questions.

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No. Send a LinkedIn URL or search filters with your Tapline API key. Tapline maintains the integration and returns the data.

Name, headline, location, follower count, About, experience and education with job titles and degrees, recent posts, articles, publications, projects, recommendations, websites, and the similar profiles LinkedIn lists. Some employers and role descriptions arrive masked the way LinkedIn shows them.

Ten posts per page, newest first, up to seven pages (70 posts). Each post carries its text, reaction and comment counts, the author, and isRepost, which is true when the author is not the page itself.

Keywords, a location or LinkedIn geo ID, distance in miles, posting window, company IDs, and Easy Apply. Each page has ten jobs; use pagination.next_cursor for the next page, up to the 1,000 results LinkedIn returns for a search. Search cards carry no salary; the job posting endpoint returns it when the employer publishes a pay range.

A member profile costs 2 credits. Every other endpoint costs 1 credit. Credits are charged when Tapline reaches the target and receives a valid response about the requested resource. This includes responses showing that the resource is private, restricted, unavailable, or does not exist. Requests that fail because Tapline is blocked by the target, times out, or encounters an internal error cost 0 credits. New accounts include 100 free credits.

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