Search people on LinkedIn

Q: Can I try it without signing up?

Yes. Add demo=true and leave the key out, or press Send request in the playground on this page. The demo answers with a real answer about Charles Leclerc, captured once a week, in exactly the shape a live call returns, whatever you ask, and charges nothing.

Q: What does it return?

A list of linkedin_member objects. Its fields are named after the words LinkedIn prints, since LinkedIn has no official data API. A field is null when LinkedIn does not show it, never missing. Every field is described on this page.

Q: How do I get more than one page?

Pass meta.next_cursor back as cursor, and stop when it is null. Each page is a call, priced the same. A cursor lasts as long as the answer it belongs to is cached.

Q: Can an AI agent call it?

Yes: it is the MCP tool search_linkedin_people on our MCP server, with the same parameters, answer and price. Without a key, the tool answers from the demo.

Find people by name, title, company, school or place. With source=public (the default), LinkedIn's own people search: it finds people well by name, but hides many other results as "LinkedIn Member", and those are left out. With source=sales_navigator, Sales Navigator's lead search: every match, with each person's current roles, at a higher price. 10 a page, or 25 with Sales Navigator. Give at least one of query, first_name, last_name, title, current_company, past_company, school or location. Use linkedin/profile on a result for the whole profile.

7–170credits

GEThttps://api.scrapefield.com/v1/linkedin/people

Try itno key needed7–170 credits on a real call · 0 here

https://api.scrapefield.com/v1/linkedin/people

In your code

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "query": "data engineer"
});

const res = await fetch(`https://api.scrapefield.com/v1/linkedin/people?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SCRAPEFIELD_KEY}` },
});

const { data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

Parameters

Parameter	What it does
`query` string	Words to search for, as in LinkedIn's search box.
`first_name` string	Their first name, as their profile gives it.
`last_name` string	Their last name, as their profile gives it.
`title` string	Words in their current title, e.g. "head of data".
`current_company` string	Where they work now: a company page URL or `company_id`. Several, comma-separated.
`past_company` string	Where they worked before, as `current_company`.
`school` string	Where they studied: a school page URL or its id. Several, comma-separated.
`location` string	A place name, e.g. "Berlin" or "Germany".
`source` string	`public` is LinkedIn's people search; `sales_navigator` is Sales Navigator's lead search, which hides no one and gives current roles, at a higher price. public · sales_navigator, default public
`cursor` string	The `meta.next_cursor` from the previous page. Omit for the first page.
`fresh` boolean	Skip the cache and fetch now. Charged normally. Not available on trial credits — buy any pack to unlock it. default false

Response

Returns an array of linkedin_member — or, with source, linkedin_lead for sales_navigator. This is the demo’s answer, the one the playground above returns, in full rather than abbreviated — including the fields that come back null, because a field is null when the platform does not show it and you should know which ones those are before you build on them. A call with your key returns the account you ask for.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "person",
      "vanity_name": "ines-aydin-430344",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ines-aydin-430344/",
      "full_name": "Ines Aydin",
      "headline": "Product Designer at Lantern",
      "location": "Copenhagen, Germany",
      "services": []
    },
    {
      "type": "person",
      "vanity_name": "tomas-marchetti-387254",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-marchetti-387254/",
      "full_name": "Tomas Marchetti",
      "headline": "Founder at Ravel",
      "location": "Brooklyn, Portugal",
      "services": []
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_7f3ac1e94b2d40f8a1c6e5d2",
    "credits_charged": 7,
    "credits_remaining": 74218,
    "cached": false,
    "fetched_at": "2026-09-20T09:12:03Z",
    "next_cursor": "eyJwIjoxLCJzIjoiYTNmOSJ9"
  }
}

Fields of `linkedin_member`

A person or a company in a list: a post's reactors, a comment's author, a people search's results. Named after the words LinkedIn prints, since LinkedIn has no official data API.

Field	What it is
`type` string, one of	A company page can comment and react as itself. person · company
`vanity_name` string · or null	The public name in the URL: after `/in/` for a person, after `/company/` for a company. `null` where LinkedIn gives only an id.
`url` URL	Their page. Where LinkedIn lists a person by member id, as it does a post's reactors, this is a member-id link (`/in/ACoAA…`).
`full_name` string · or null	The person's name, or the company's.
`headline` string · or null	The line under the name. For a company, LinkedIn prints its follower count here.
`location` string · or null	As printed. `null` in most lists.
`services` array of strings	What they offer, for someone found by linkedin/services. Empty in other lists.

Fields of `linkedin_lead`

A person from Sales Navigator's lead search: every match, with their current roles. Named after the words LinkedIn prints, since LinkedIn has no official data API.

Field	What it is
`vanity_name` string · or null	The public name after `/in/`. `null` where Sales Navigator gives only a member id.
`url` URL	Their profile. Sales Navigator often gives a member-id link (`/in/ACwAA…`) instead of a public name.
`first_name` string · or null	The given name.
`last_name` string · or null	The family name.
`full_name` string · or null	First and last name together.
`location` string · or null	As printed.
`profile_picture_url` URL · or null	The profile photo.
`premium` boolean · or null	Whether they pay for LinkedIn Premium.
`open_profile` boolean · or null	Whether anyone can message them, connected or not.
`current_positions` array of objects	What they do now, as Sales Navigator lists it.
`current_positions[].title` string · or null	The job title, as printed.
`current_positions[].company` object	The employer.
`current_positions[].company.name` string · or null	As the listing prints it.
`current_positions[].company.url` URL · or null	The company page, where it has one.
`current_positions[].company_id` string · or null	LinkedIn's numeric id for the employer.
`current_positions[].start_date` string · or null	`YYYY-MM`, or `YYYY` where only a year is given.
`current_positions[].description` string · or null	What they wrote about the role.

What it costs

7 credits (170 for source=sales_navigator) per successful call, whether we fetch it or serve it from cache — you pay for the answer, not for how we produced it. Responses are cached for 1 day and a cached one tells you when the data was actually fetched. A call we fail costs 0 and is refunded automatically.

On the smallest pack that is $5.46 per 1,000 calls; on the largest, $3.08. The full table.

Questions

How much does the LinkedIn people search API cost?

From 7 to 170 credits a call, depending on what you ask for: $5.46 to $132.60 per 1,000 calls on the smallest pack, $3.08 to $74.77 on the largest. A call that fails costs nothing, and the refund is automatic. A cached answer costs the same as a fresh one. Credits are bought in packs and never expire; there is no subscription.

Do I need a LinkedIn account, a login or cookies?

No. You need a key from us and nothing from LinkedIn. We never take a customer's login, cookies or session, at any price, and no account of yours is ever at risk.

Can I try it without signing up?

Yes. Add demo=true and leave the key out, or press Send request in the playground on this page. The demo answers with a real answer about Charles Leclerc, captured once a week, in exactly the shape a live call returns, whatever you ask, and charges nothing.

How fresh is the data?

An answer is kept for up to 1 day, and a cached one says when it was fetched, in meta.fetched_at. Add fresh=true to fetch it again now, at the same price; it needs any purchase, not the trial.

What does it return?

A list of linkedin_member objects. Its fields are named after the words LinkedIn prints, since LinkedIn has no official data API. A field is null when LinkedIn does not show it, never missing. Every field is described on this page.

How do I get more than one page?

Pass meta.next_cursor back as cursor, and stop when it is null. Each page is a call, priced the same. A cursor lasts as long as the answer it belongs to is cached.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes: it is the MCP tool search_linkedin_people on our MCP server, with the same parameters, answer and price. Without a key, the tool answers from the demo.