LinkedInget/about-this-profile

About The Profile

Profile APIs
Cost / request

$0.01

Response format

JSON

Protocol

REST

About this endpoint

Get the 'About' section and summary information for a LinkedIn profile. Returns the professional summary text that users write to describe their career, expertise, and goals. Useful for quick profile screening and natural language analysis of professional positioning.

Use cases

Screen candidates by analyzing their professional summary
Extract expertise keywords from profile about sections
Feed LLMs with professional context for personalized outreach

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
usernamequerystringrequiredDefault: williamhgates

Responses

200

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "properties": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "success": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "type": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        },
        "message": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "type": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        },
        "data": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "type": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "properties": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "Contact information": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "type": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "Joined": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "type": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "Profile photo": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "type": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "isVerified": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "type": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Agent / Developer Schema

Machine-readable formats for integrating this endpoint into AI agents and toolchains.

{
  "operationId": "About_The_Profile",
  "method": "get",
  "path": "/about-this-profile",
  "summary": "About The Profile",
  "description": "Get profile verification details, profile’s joined, contact information updated, and profile photo updated date",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "username",
      "in": "query",
      "required": true,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "default": "williamhgates"
      }
    }
  ],
  "responses": [
    {
      "statusCode": "200",
      "description": "200",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "type": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "properties": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "success": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "type": {
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "message": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "type": {
                        "type": "string"
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "data": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "type": {
                        "type": "string"
                      },
                      "properties": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "Contact information": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "type": {
                                "type": "string"
                              }
                            }
                          },
                          "Joined": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "type": {
                                "type": "string"
                              }
                            }
                          },
                          "Profile photo": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "type": {
                                "type": "string"
                              }
                            }
                          },
                          "isVerified": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                              "type": {
                                "type": "string"
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "example": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "success": {
                "type": "boolean"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "data": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "Contact information": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "Joined": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "Profile photo": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "isVerified": {
                    "type": "boolean"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Pricing

$0.01per successful request

Credits are deducted from your agntdata balance on each successful API call. Failed requests (4xx/5xx) are not charged.

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