LinkedIn API for company and people data
Look up companies and the decision makers inside them, for lead research and enrichment. LinkedIn's own Community Management API is gated behind a partner approval that most teams never get; this reads public company pages instead.
- Endpoints for LinkedIn
- 34
- Free to start
- 500 requests
- Paid from
- $69/ 30 days
One request, no application
Send a key, get an answer. Every endpoint on this page uses the same header, the same envelope and the same error codes as the other six platforms.
curl "https://api.playersells.com/v2/accounts/linkedin/microsoft" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PLAYERSELLS_API_KEY"What the LinkedIn API returns
- company name, slug and description
- employee count and size band
- industry and country code
- website and logo URL
- decision-maker contacts where available, under a separate scope
Where the data comes from
Our own LinkedIn collector, live since August 2026, reading public company pages. Rate limited hard on purpose: LinkedIn blocks anything that reads company pages quickly, so this surface is capped at four reads a minute across all callers and that ceiling is not negotiable.
What this API cannot do
- This is the most sensitive surface we sell. Contact data sits behind its own scope, is not granted by default, and is only available on the top plans.
- Four reads a minute, shared across every caller. That is LinkedIn's practical ceiling, not ours, and exceeding it gets the source to block us rather than to slow us down.
- Company data is not exposed through the catalog check endpoint the other six platforms share, because republishing it in bulk is not something we are willing to do.
- What you may lawfully do with contact data depends on your jurisdiction and your use case. That is a question for your own counsel, not for us.
LinkedIn endpoints
6 built specifically for LinkedIn, plus 28 that cover every platform.
Specific to LinkedIn
| Endpoint | What it does | Scope |
|---|---|---|
GET/accounts/{platform}/{handle} | Check one account against our catalog | directory:read |
GET/accounts/{platform}/{handle}/livelive | Check one account live, at the source | scrape:live |
GET/accounts/resolve | Find one handle on every platform at once | directory:read |
GET/leads/linkedin/companies | LinkedIn company records, filterable | leads:read |
GET/leads/linkedin/companies/{id} | One company with socials, contacts and decision makers | leads:read |
GET/leads/linkedin/people | Named people and decision makers | leads:read |
Across all platforms
| Endpoint | What it does | Scope |
|---|---|---|
GET/accounts/platforms | What a check can answer, per platform | directory:read |
POST/accounts/check | Check up to 50 accounts at once | directory:read |
GET/directory | Catalog capability map | directory:read |
GET/scrape/status | Live backend health and capacity | scrape:live |
GET/insights/audience | Who follows an account, and what they have in common | insights:read |
GET/research/findings | Findings the research engine is willing to state | research:read |
GET/research/findings/{id} | One finding with its full test history | research:read |
GET/research/runs | Research pass history | research:read |
GET/research/events | The research changelog | research:read |
GET/engines | Operational health of every insight engine | engines:read |
GET/engines/{key} | One engine in detail | engines:read |
GET/marketplace/listings/{id} | Get one public listing | marketplace:read |
GET/marketplace/stats | Platform totals | marketplace:read |
GET/marketplace/leaderboard | Best-selling sellers | marketplace:read |
GET/marketplace/pricing | Live fee schedule and boost packages | marketplace:read |
GET/tools | List every analysis tool | tools:use |
POST/tools/valuationlive | Value an X account | tools:use |
POST/tools/shadowban-checklive | Check an X account for visibility filtering | tools:use |
POST/tools/follower-auditlive | Audit an X account's followers for fakes | tools:use |
POST/tools/engagement-calculatorlive | Measure an X account's engagement rate | tools:use |
POST/tools/best-posting-timelive | Find when an X account should post | tools:use |
POST/tools/algorithm-scorelive | Score an X account against the ranking signals | tools:use |
POST/tools/bio-optimizerlive | Score and rewrite an X bio (AI) | tools:use |
POST/tools/profile-roastlive | Roast and fix an X profile (AI) | tools:use |
POST/tools/tweet-analyzerlive | Analyze a single X post | tools:use |
POST/tools/mention-checkerlive | See who is mentioning an X account | tools:use |
POST/tools/growth-simulator | Project how long a follower target takes | tools:use |
GET/tools/profile-piclive | Fetch an X profile picture URL | tools:use |
LinkedIn API questions
Do I need to be a LinkedIn Marketing Developer Platform partner?
No. LinkedIn's own APIs require partner approval that most companies are never granted. This reads public company pages, so an API key with the right scope is all it takes.
Why is LinkedIn so much slower than the other platforms?
Because LinkedIn blocks fast readers, and a block costs everyone. Company pages are heavy and the source is intolerant, so the ceiling is four reads a minute shared across all callers. Every other platform here is faster by an order of magnitude.
Is contact data included in every plan?
No. It carries its own scope, it is never granted by default, and it is only available on Scale and Enterprise. Ask for it deliberately or you will not have it.
The same API, on six other platforms
One key, one envelope, one bill. Reading a second platform is a different path, not a different integration.