No-Cookie LinkedIn Profile, Company & Employee Scraper API
Stop Babysitting Proxies. Scrape LinkedIn via REST.
Replace fragile Playwright scripts, residential proxy bills, and banned li_at cookies with our 4-tier multi-provider LinkedIn Scraper API. Built-in ****** asterisk-masking rejection, sub-25ms hot cache, and 120–600 RPM concurrency from $0.40 per 1,000 profiles.
From $25 Never-Expiring Pack
Pay only for HTTP 200 structured records. Credits never expire on PAYG.
Zero Cookies, Zero Extensions
Never paste your li_at token again. 4-provider automatic failover.
$0.40–$1.00 / 1K Scraped
Cheaper than raw residential proxy bandwidth alone—with parsed JSON included.
2,000 Free Credits Instant
Scrape 200 profiles/companies or 1,000 people-search leads free (1x verified).
High-Concurrency Batch Scraping · Async Python Worker + Live Output
Scrape 30,000+ profiles/hour with 25 lines of asyncio.
import asyncio
import os
import httpx
API_KEY = os.environ["B2B_API_KEY"]
HANDLES = ["satyanadella", "patrickcollison", "sama", "darioamodei", "garrytan"]
async def scrape_profile(client: httpx.AsyncClient, username: str) -> dict:
resp = await client.get(
"https://api.linkedindataapi.com/v1/profile",
params={"username": username},
headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
timeout=20.0,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
return resp.json()["data"]
async def main():
# Scrape in parallel — zero li_at cookies, zero residential proxies, zero browser RAM
async with httpx.AsyncClient(limits=httpx.Limits(max_connections=20)) as client:
profiles = await asyncio.gather(*(scrape_profile(client, h) for h in HANDLES))
for p in profiles:
print(f"{p['full_name']} | {p['headline']} | {p.get('location')}")
asyncio.run(main()){
"status": "ok",
"data": {
"name": "Stripe",
"slug": "stripe",
"domain": "stripe.com",
"company_id": "2135371",
"tagline": "Financial infrastructure for the internet.",
"website": "https://stripe.com",
"industry": "Financial Services & FinTech",
"company_size": "5,001-10,000 employees",
"headquarters": "South San Francisco, CA",
"followers_count": 1482000,
"specialties": [
"Payments",
"Financial Infrastructure",
"Developer APIs",
"Billing",
"Fraud Prevention",
"Global Payouts"
]
},
"freshness": {
"cached": true,
"source_fetched_at": "2026-11-04T19:34:38.353Z",
"age_seconds": 56
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "3db914ae-cee8-4ea6-bbbb-cf24dfede121",
"endpoint": "/v1/company",
"credits_charged": 10,
"latency_ms": 22,
"cache_hit": true
}
}Total Cost of Ownership · Scraping 50,000 LinkedIn Profiles
DIY Proxies & Bright Data vs LinkedInDataAPI.
| Scraping Approach | Infrastructure Overhead | Account Ban Risk | Throughput | Total Cost (50K Profiles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedInDataAPI Scraper Gateway ★ | 0 servers · Plain HTTPS GET | 0% (No LinkedIn Account Used) | ~18ms cache / ~1.3s live · up to 600 RPM | $20 – $50 total |
| DIY Playwright + Residential Proxies + Rented Accounts | Docker fleet + 15GB proxy bandwidth + account warmup | High (Frequent checkpoint & li_at invalidation) | 4–9s per page · constant maintenance | $380 – $950+ (+ eng hours) |
| Bright Data / Oxylabs LinkedIn Web Scraper IDE | Managed async webhook batches | 0% | 10–60s async batch delivery | $75.00 – $750.00 ($1.50–$15/1K) |
| PhantomBuster / Cookie Browser Extensions | Cloud slot tied to your personal li_at cookie | Severe (80–150 profiles/day cap before warning) | Capped at ~100/day per LinkedIn seat | Impossible at scale ($69+/mo per seat) |
LinkedIn Scraper API FAQ
Why do browser-based LinkedIn scrapers and Chrome extensions keep getting banned?
LinkedIn fingerprints TLS handshakes, residential proxy ASN rotation, DOM navigation velocity, and li_at cookie session entropy. Once a cookie triggers an automated checkpoint, the underlying LinkedIn account is restricted or permanently banned. LinkedInDataAPI eliminates browser automation completely—you send a plain HTTPS GET request and receive structured JSON.
How fast can I scrape LinkedIn profiles and companies in bulk?
Paid plans unlock 120 RPM (Starter), 300 RPM (Pro), and 600 RPM (Business) burst concurrency—allowing an async Python or Node.js worker to enrich up to 36,000 profiles per hour without managing a single proxy, CAPTCHA solver, or browser container.
Can I force a real-time live scrape instead of cached data?
Yes. Cached lookups return in ~18ms from our 7-day PostgreSQL 16 hot cache, and any paid PAYG or Monthly account can append ?refresh=true to force a fresh real-time upstream extraction on demand.
Do I pay when a scraped LinkedIn URL is dead, private, or returns 404?
Never. HTTP 404 Not Found profiles, empty skeletons, asterisk-masked upstream responses (******), and upstream errors are automatically rejected by our sanitizer and billed at 0 credits.