LinkedIn public post API
A public post: full text, author, date, reactions and comment counts, media.
GETapi.socialscrape.io/v1/linkedin/post
- Cost
- 1 credit
- Cached repeats
- 0 creditssend max_age_days, results kept 30 days
- Failed requests
- 0 credits
- Status
- Betashape may still gain fields
Video, images, shared article and the top public comments. Also reads /feed/update/urn:li:activity:... and Pulse (/pulse/...) article URLs.
You send url.
Request
Send your key in the x-api-key header.
curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/linkedin/post" \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffweiner08_seeing-lots-of-content-about-dolly-parton-activity-7499148115615350784-j-4g'Python
import os
import requests
params = {
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffweiner08_seeing-lots-of-content-about-dolly-parton-activity-7499148115615350784-j-4g",
}
res = requests.get(
"https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/linkedin/post",
headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
params=params,
timeout=60,
)
body = res.json()
if body["ok"]:
print(body["data"])
else:
print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/linkedin/post");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffweiner08_seeing-lots-of-content-about-dolly-parton-activity-7499148115615350784-j-4g",
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (body.ok) {
console.log(body.data);
} else {
console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}n8n
{
"nodes": [
{
"name": "SocialScrape LinkedIn public post",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"typeVersion": 4.2,
"position": [
0,
0
],
"parameters": {
"method": "GET",
"url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/linkedin/post",
"sendQuery": true,
"queryParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "url",
"value": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffweiner08_seeing-lots-of-content-about-dolly-parton-activity-7499148115615350784-j-4g"
}
]
},
"sendHeaders": true,
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{
"name": "x-api-key",
"value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
}
]
}
}
}
],
"connections": {}
}Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | url | yes | Post URL (linkedin.com/posts/... or /feed/update/urn:li:activity:...). |
Every request also accepts trim, raw and max_age_days.
Response
Sample from a recorded response, shortened. Values are public data, not yours.
Status 200Sample
{
"ok": true,
"credits_charged": 1,
"credits_remaining": 4999,
"cached": false,
"cached_at": null,
"request_id": "req_3768a1a3b6231426babb47c5",
"data": {
"object": "post",
"platform": "linkedin",
"id": "7499148115615350784",
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffweiner08_seeing-lots-of-content-about-dolly-parton-activity-7499148115615350784-j-4g",
"type": "image",
"author": {
"id": null,
"handle": "jeffweiner08",
"name": "Jeff Weiner",
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffweiner08",
"avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4D03AQFM3Y2r-OEStw/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/0/1515623804984?e=2147483647...",
"verified": null
},
"title": null,
"text": "Seeing lots of content about Dolly Parton across multiple channels over the last few days and rightfully so. She was an extraordinary human being who touched...",
"published_at": "2026-08-28T16:57:18.173000Z",
"duration_seconds": null,
"language": null,
"hashtags": null,
"mentions": null,
"stats": {
"views": null,
"likes": 1517,
"comments": 92,
"shares": null,
"saves": null,
"dislikes": null
},
"media": {
"thumbnail_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D22AQGsur-TYHOG2A/feedshare-shrink_800/B4DaBJTeTNHcAg-/0/1787936237012?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=nmcyX8WnAPYbyktHjuHRQ6XUI...",
"video_url": null,
"audio_url": null,
"image_urls": [
"https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D22AQGsur-TYHOG2A/feedshare-shrink_800/B4DaBJTeTNHcAg-/0/1787936237012?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=nmcyX8WnAPYbyktHjuHRQ6XUI..."
],
"width": null,
"height": null
},
"song": null,
"location": null,
"is_pinned": null,
"is_sponsored": null,
"extra": {
"age_label": "2mo",
"author_followers": 10353618,
"author_headline": "Founding Partner Next Play Ventures; Former CEO / Executive Chairman at LinkedIn",
"headline": "Seeing lots of content about Dolly Parton across multiple channels over the last few days and rightfully so.",
"published_at_source": "page",
"source": "logged_out_public_view"
}
},
"cursor": null,
"has_more": null
}Fields
One Post in data.
A field the platform does not give is null, never made up. Extra platform details are in extra.
| Field | Type | Always | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
object | "post" | ||
platform | Platform | yes | |
id | string | yes | |
url | string or null | ||
type | "video" or "short" or "reel" or "image" or "carousel" or "story" or "live" or "clip" or "text" or "link" or "tweet" or "pin" or "community_post" or "episode" or "unknown" | ||
author | Author or null | ||
title | string or null | ||
text | string or null | ||
published_at | string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null | ||
duration_seconds | number or null | ||
language | string or null | ||
hashtags | string[] or null | ||
mentions | string[] or null | ||
stats | Stats |
Show the other 6 fields
Full field list in the reference for this endpoint and the data models. Errors are listed under Errors.
Questions
Which errors can it return?
invalid_params (do not retry), unsupported_url (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.
Is there an SDK call for it?
The preview Python client has client.linkedin.post(...) and the TypeScript client client.linkedin.post(). Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. The packages are not published yet; plain HTTP works today in any language.
Can an AI agent call it?
Yes. The MCP server reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.