Developer Pillar · No-Cookie LinkedIn Profile, Company, People & Jobs REST API
The LinkedIn API for Developers — Zero Cookies, $0.40/1K.
Skip the 6-month LinkedIn Partner API review and brittle li_at session cookies. Query real-time public LinkedIn profiles, corporate domains (stripe.com), employee directories, executive posts, and active job openings over clean REST JSON.
Never-Expiring Credits
Start from $25 one-time PAYG or $19/mo (+5% Crypto bonus). $0 idle fees.
Zero li_at Cookie Risk
100% server-side multi-provider routing. Zero risk to employee accounts.
$0.40–$1.00 per 1K Profiles
Save 90%–99% vs Proxycurl ($10–$20/1K) and PDL ($100+/1K). 0 charge on 404.
2,000 Free Credits on Signup
200 profile/company lookups free immediately (verified 1x per developer).
Production Integration · Runnable Code & Verbatim Gateway Response
Two lines of Python. Clean, deterministic JSON.
import os
import requests
API_KEY = os.environ["B2B_API_KEY"]
BASE_URL = "https://api.linkedindataapi.com"
# 1) Enrich a LinkedIn person profile without any li_at cookie (10 Credits = $0.001 base)
profile = requests.get(
f"{BASE_URL}/v1/profile",
params={"username": "satyanadella"},
headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
timeout=15,
).json()
print(profile["data"]["full_name"], "->", profile["data"]["headline"])
# 2) Resolve any corporate domain into full LinkedIn company firmographics (10 Credits)
company = requests.get(
f"{BASE_URL}/v1/company",
params={"domain": "stripe.com"},
headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
timeout=15,
).json()
print(company["data"]["name"], "|", company["data"]["company_size"], "|", company["data"]["headquarters"]){
"status": "ok",
"data": {
"username": "satyanadella",
"full_name": "Satya Nadella",
"headline": "Chairman and CEO at Microsoft",
"location": "Redmond, Washington, United States",
"country": "US",
"member_id": "urn:li:member:19186432",
"about": "As Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, I define my mission and that of my company as empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.",
"experience": [
{
"title": "Chairman and CEO",
"company": "Microsoft",
"company_slug": "microsoft",
"location": "Redmond, WA",
"start_date": "2014-02",
"end_date": null,
"is_current": true
}
],
"education": [
{
"school": "University of Chicago Booth School of Business",
"degree": "MBA",
"field_of_study": "Business Administration",
"start_year": 1994,
"end_year": 1997
}
],
"skills": [
"Cloud Computing",
"Enterprise Software",
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Distributed Systems",
"Executive Leadership"
]
},
"freshness": {
"cached": true,
"source_fetched_at": "2026-11-04T19:34:38.353Z",
"age_seconds": 56
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "9f2a8b14-6c40-4d91-a217-84e1b93c5d02",
"endpoint": "/v1/profile",
"credits_charged": 10,
"latency_ms": 18,
"cache_hit": true
}
}Hard Unit-Economics Audit · Cost per 1,000 & 100,000 Enrichments
Official LinkedIn API vs Legacy Vendors vs LinkedInDataAPI.
| Provider | Access & Approval | Account / Cookie Risk | Billing Model | Effective / 1K | 100K Profiles Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedInDataAPI.com ★ | Instant API Key (10s) | Zero (100% No-Cookie) | Pay-As-You-Go ($25+) or $19/mo | $0.40 – $1.00 / 1K | $40 – $100 |
| Official LinkedIn Partner API | 3–6 Month Partner Review | OAuth Per-Member Consent Only | $10,000–$50,000/yr Enterprise | Restricted / Not Publicly Sold | $10,000+ contract |
| Proxycurl (Legacy / Shut Down) | Self-serve (Discontinued) | No-Cookie | Expiring Monthly Credits | $10.00 – $20.00 / 1K | $1,000 – $2,000 |
| People Data Labs (PDL) | Self-serve / Sales Call | Static Snapshot DB | $98/mo – $2,500+/mo | $100.00 – $280.00 / 1K | $10,000+ |
| Clearbit / HubSpot Breeze | Annual HubSpot Bundle | No-Cookie | Annual Seat + Credit Contract | $35.00 – $120.00 / 1K | $3,500 – $12,000 |
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Execute real /v1/profile, /v1/company, /v1/people/search, and /v1/jobs/search calls below.
{
"code": 0,
"status": "ok",
"msg": "success",
"provider": "https://linkedindataapi.com",
"data": {
"username": "satyanadella",
"urn": "ACoAAAAABL0B9f2c8d1e",
"full_name": "Satya Nadella",
"first_name": "Satya",
"last_name": "Nadella",
"headline": "Chairman and CEO at Microsoft",
"summary": "As Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, I define my mission and that of my company as empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.",
"current_title": "Chairman and CEO",
"current_company": "Microsoft",
"current_company_slug": "microsoft",
"country_code": "US",
"location": "Redmond, Washington, United States",
"city": "Redmond",
"state": "Washington",
"industry": "Software Development",
"avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C5603AQHHUuOSlRVA1w/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0/1579726625423",
"banner_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C5616AQG8x9_banner/0/1620000000000",
"profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella",
"follower_count": 11482900,
"connection_count": 500,
"is_creator": true,
"is_open_to_work": false,
"is_hiring": true,
"experiences": [
{
"title": "Chairman and CEO",
"company_name": "Microsoft",
"company_slug": "microsoft",
"company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft",
"location": "Redmond, Washington, United States",
"is_current": true,
"start_date": "2014-02",
"end_date": null,
"duration_months": 153,
"description": "Leading Microsoft's transformation across Azure cloud infrastructure, enterprise productivity, and Copilot AI."
},
{
"title": "Executive Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise",
"company_name": "Microsoft",
"company_slug": "microsoft",
"company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft",
"location": "Redmond, Washington, United States",
"is_current": false,
"start_date": "2011-02",
"end_date": "2014-02",
"duration_months": 36,
"description": "Built and scaled Microsoft Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server, and Developer Tools."
}
],
"educations": [
{
"school_name": "The University of Chicago Booth School of Business",
"degree": "Master of Business Administration (MBA)",
"field_of_study": "Business Administration and Management",
"start_year": 1994,
"end_year": 1997
},
{
"school_name": "University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee",
"degree": "Master of Science (M.S.)",
"field_of_study": "Computer Science",
"start_year": 1988,
"end_year": 1990
}
],
"skills": [
"Cloud Computing",
"Enterprise Software",
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Executive Leadership",
"Distributed Systems"
],
"certifications": [],
"languages": [
"English",
"Telugu",
"Hindi"
]
},
"meta": {
"cached": false,
"freshness_ts": "2026-11-04T22:00:00Z",
"credits_charged": 10
}
}LinkedIn API Frequently Asked Questions
Why use LinkedInDataAPI instead of the official LinkedIn Partner API?
LinkedIn's official Marketing, Talent, and Sales Navigator Partner APIs require multi-month partner approval, strict OAuth user-consent scopes, and enterprise minimums ($10,000+/yr), and still do not expose arbitrary public B2B profile or domain-to-company enrichment. LinkedInDataAPI gives you instant self-serve API keys in 10 seconds with pay-as-you-go pricing starting at $25 (or $19/mo).
Do I need a LinkedIn account, OAuth app, or li_at session cookie?
No. LinkedInDataAPI is 100% cookie-free and account-free. You authenticate solely with an x-api-key header against https://api.linkedindataapi.com/v1/*. Your personal or corporate LinkedIn accounts are never touched or put at risk of restriction.
What happens if a profile slug or company domain returns 404 Not Found?
Zero credits are deducted. Our Charge-Before-Return billing engine only charges credits on HTTP 200 responses containing verified, non-empty structured data. Upstream 404s, timeouts, and /v1/health or /v1/stats calls are always $0.
Is LinkedInDataAPI compatible with Proxycurl and Clearbit request patterns?
Yes. In addition to GET /v1/profile?username=... and GET /v1/company?domain=..., we support GET /api/v2/linkedin?url=... and Bearer token authentication so existing Proxycurl or Clearbit pipelines can switch base URLs in under 5 minutes.
How does the 2,000 free credit trial work?
Every newly verified developer account receives 2,000 free credits (= 200 full profile or company enrichments, or 1,000 people search items), strictly limited to once per verified developer via anti-abuse checks, with no credit card required.