LinkedInget/search-people

Search People

Profile APIs
Cost / request

$0.01

Response format

JSON

Protocol

REST

About this endpoint

Search LinkedIn's professional network with keyword, company, title, and location filters. Returns paginated results with profile summaries. This powers talent sourcing, lead discovery, and market research workflows where you need to find people matching specific professional criteria. Combine with profile endpoints for deep enrichment of search results.

Use cases

Source candidates matching specific role and skill requirements
Discover sales leads at target companies by title and seniority
Map out teams and organizational structures at competitor companies
Build audience segments for targeted professional content

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
firstNamequerystringoptional
geoquerystringoptionalplease follow this to find location idDefault: 103644278,101165590
keywordTitlequerystringoptional
startquerystringoptionalit could be one of these; 0, 10, 20, 30, etc.Default: 0
lastNamequerystringoptional
companyquerystringoptionalCompany name
keywordSchoolquerystringoptional
keywordsquerystringoptionalDefault: max
schoolIdquerystringoptional

Responses

200

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "total": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "items": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "fullName": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "headline": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "summary": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "profilePicture": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "location": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "profileURL": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "username": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Agent / Developer Schema

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

{
  "operationId": "Search_People",
  "method": "get",
  "path": "/search-people",
  "summary": "Search People",
  "description": "Search profiles by a keyword.\nYou may see less than 10 results per page. This is because not return all profiles as public, sometimes hiding profiles and these profiles appear in the result. The endpoint automatically filters these profiles from the result",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "firstName",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "geo",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "default": "103644278,101165590"
      },
      "description": "please follow this to find location id"
    },
    {
      "name": "keywordTitle",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "start",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "default": "0"
      },
      "description": "it could be one of these; 0, 10, 20, 30, etc."
    },
    {
      "name": "lastName",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "company",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Company name"
    },
    {
      "name": "keywordSchool",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "keywords",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "default": "max"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "schoolId",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "responses": [
    {
      "statusCode": "200",
      "description": "200",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "success": {
                "type": "boolean"
              },
              "message": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "data": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "total": {
                    "type": "integer"
                  },
                  "items": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "items": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "properties": {
                        "fullName": {
                          "type": "string"
                        },
                        "headline": {
                          "type": "string"
                        },
                        "summary": {
                          "type": "string"
                        },
                        "profilePicture": {
                          "type": "string"
                        },
                        "location": {
                          "type": "string"
                        },
                        "profileURL": {
                          "type": "string"
                        },
                        "username": {
                          "type": "string"
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "example": {
            "success": true,
            "message": "",
            "data": {
              "total": 1000,
              "items": [
                {
                  "fullName": "Max Lopez",
                  "headline": "Retired!! Ex Network Engineer",
                  "summary": "",
                  "profilePicture": "",
                  "location": "Miami, FL",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-lopez-7605972",
                  "username": "max-lopez-7605972"
                },
                {
                  "fullName": "Max Borges",
                  "headline": "President",
                  "summary": "Current: President at Max Borges Agency",
                  "profilePicture": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C5103AQFcJuzITg30Sg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1516244431418?e=1716422400&v=beta&t=blcfS-4axNvmr69VGCTZukn8SIFbRC9DWC7vi4WHNIU",
                  "location": "Miami, FL",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-borges-3ab2781",
                  "username": "max-borges-3ab2781"
                },
                {
                  "fullName": "Max Brackett",
                  "headline": "CIO/CTO/CISO",
                  "summary": "Past: ..., PEO at Max Brackett Technology",
                  "profilePicture": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C5603AQH76ckRWmqmmw/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1517687003262?e=1716422400&v=beta&t=ZBAFxxdBBn7iZQBPf3qIVwEJEPQkvnWEccnwh2oNnkE",
                  "location": "Miami, FL",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxbrackett",
                  "username": "maxbrackett"
                },
                {
                  "fullName": "Max Padilla",
                  "headline": "President at MP Aircraft Enterprises, Inc.",
                  "summary": "",
                  "profilePicture": "",
                  "location": "Miami, FL",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-padilla-12209646",
                  "username": "max-padilla-12209646"
                },
                {
                  "fullName": "Max Herbst",
                  "headline": "BS Political Science at Florida Atlantic University",
                  "summary": "",
                  "profilePicture": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4E03AQELm1pruJqCGA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1707776110320?e=1716422400&v=beta&t=_LViMG69I2kD8E2UwPmgfkhk5dr-LftEwJbtoLLxziI",
                  "location": "Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-herbst-4a97b61b4",
                  "username": "max-herbst-4a97b61b4"
                },
                {
                  "fullName": "Max Wahba",
                  "headline": "Founder & CEO at Techsalerator",
                  "summary": "",
                  "profilePicture": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D4E03AQHkRCX1GAfueg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1710174223104?e=1716422400&v=beta&t=5ytwgZvLem0vcH22hgNBttV1aWvRtqz5gnJqrkXSLOs",
                  "location": "Miami, FL",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-wahba-ba3604154",
                  "username": "max-wahba-ba3604154"
                },
                {
                  "fullName": "Max Ball",
                  "headline": "Co Founder @ Lofty (Y Combinator S19)",
                  "summary": "",
                  "profilePicture": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C5603AQFmMcXaYaBgaw/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1623906529733?e=1716422400&v=beta&t=cDDybeoK0wChJvS3uCth8enp-uMWq3yE4IehB49IYg8",
                  "location": "Miami, FL",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxball",
                  "username": "maxball"
                },
                {
                  "fullName": "Rene-Max Landrin",
                  "headline": "Passionate and Driven Entry-Level Security Analyst | Dedicated to Safeguarding Digital Assets | Cybersecurity Enthusiast Ready to Make an Impact",
                  "summary": "",
                  "profilePicture": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03AQEHE--DY_GuXw/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1583883592966?e=1716422400&v=beta&t=pjDBQZzt5vjeUa7u4L8kffvB4-ejBlWToYjKA2P0P-o",
                  "location": "Miami, FL",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rene-max",
                  "username": "rene-max"
                },
                {
                  "fullName": "Max Solomianyi",
                  "headline": "E-commerce and Digital Marketing Manager with over 15 years of hands-on experience. Skilled in leading teams and growing sales across different e-commerce marketplaces and platforms.",
                  "summary": "",
                  "profilePicture": "",
                  "location": "Miami, FL",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-solomianyi-9986792b7",
                  "username": "max-solomianyi-9986792b7"
                },
                {
                  "fullName": "Max Maurer",
                  "headline": "Founder at Ghast Games Studio",
                  "summary": "",
                  "profilePicture": "100_100/0/1688972718991?e=1716422400&v=beta&t=k2LeS8PRSLNECGuK6tn6Dwmwaz3zCrFJZLw1uEv8rsM",
                  "location": "Cape Coral, FL",
                  "profileURL": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-maurer-58a941282",
                  "username": "max-maurer-58a941282"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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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