Search API Documentation

This section describes the data you can expect from each returned search. The same profile data structure will be returned from multiple profile collection endpoints as described below. Credit usage is dependent on the endpoint used.

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LinkedIn People Search

Uses 1 Search Credit.

This endpoint retrieves a single page for a LinkedIn People search.

HTTP Request

GET https://api.lix-it.com/v1/li/linkedin/search/people

URL Parameters

Required parameters

url

The url-encoded LinkedIn search URL

Optional parameters

viewer_id

The LinkedIn ID of the account you would like to view this profile as

sequence_id

A randomly generated string by you that is used to maintain collection settings between requests. See the section on Sequence IDs for more informations

Here is an example of an LinkedIn People Search API call in Python:

import requests

url = "<https://api.lix-it.com/v1/li/linkedin/search/people?viewer_id=alfie-lambert&url=https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=lix&origin=SWITCH_SEARCH_VERTICAL&sid=%40%2Co>"

payload={}
headers = {
  'Authorization': lix_api_key
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

This call will return JSON, structured like this:

{
  "searchResponse": {
    "people": [ Person ],
    "paging": { "count": 25, "start": 0, "total": 1000 },
  },
}

LinkedIn Job Search

Uses 1 Search Credit.

This endpoint retrieves a single page for a LinkedIn Job search.

HTTP Request

GET https://api.lix-it.com/v1/li/linkedin/search/jobs

URL Parameters

Required parameters

url

The url-encoded LinkedIn search URL

Optional parameters

viewer_id

The LinkedIn ID of the account you would like to view this profile as

sequence_id

A randomly generated string by you that is used to maintain collection settings between requests. See the section on Sequence IDs for more informations

Here is an example of a Jobs Search API call in Python:

import requests

url = "<https://api.lix-it.com/v1/li/linkedin/search/jobs?viewer_id=alfie-lambert&url=https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=3436671233&keywords=lix>"

payload={}
headers = {
  'Authorization': lix_api_key
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

This call will return JSON, structured like this:

{
  "searchResponse": {
    "people": [ JobPosting ],
    "paging": { "count": 10, "start": 0, "total": 1000 },
  },
}

LinkedIn Posts Search

Uses 1 Search Credit.

This endpoint retrieves a single page for a LinkedIn Job search.

HTTP Request

GET https://api.lix-it.com/v1/li/linkedin/search/jobs

URL Parameters

Required parameters

url

The url-encoded LinkedIn search URL

Optional parameters

viewer_id

The LinkedIn ID of the account you would like to view this profile as

sequence_id

A randomly generated string by you that is used to maintain collection settings between requests. See the section on Sequence IDs for more informations

Here is an example of a Posts Search API call in Python:

import requests

url = "<https://api.lix-it.com/v1/li/linkedin/search/posts?viewer_id=alfie-lambert&url=https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/CONTENT/?keywords=lix&origin=SWITCH_SEARCH_VERTICAL&sid=V2J>"

payload={}
headers = {
  'Authorization': lix_api_key
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

This call will return JSON, structured like this:

{
  "searchResponse": {
    "posts": [ Post ],
    "paging": { "count": 10, "start": 0, "total": 1000 },
  },
}

Sales Navigator Leads Search

Uses 1 Search Credit.

This endpoint retrieves a single page for a LinkedIn Job search.

HTTP Request

GET https://api.lix-it.com/v1/li/sales/search/people

URL Parameters

Required parameters

url

The url-encoded LinkedIn search URL

Optional parameters

viewer_id

The LinkedIn ID of the account you would like to view this profile as

sequence_id

A randomly generated string by you that is used to maintain collection settings between requests. See the section on Sequence IDs for more informations

Here is an example of a Sales Navigator Leads Search API call in Python:

import requests
import urllib.parse

linkedin_url = "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(spellCorrectionEnabled%3Atrue%2CrecentSearchParam%3A(id%3A2154062338%2CdoLogHistory%3Atrue)%2Ckeywords%3Alix)&sessionId=GumqcP8vR0aPVWr3cNR74A%3D%3D"

# encode the URL
linkedin_url = urllib.parse.quote(linkedin_url, safe='')

url = "https://api.lix-it.com/v1/li/sales/search/people?url=" + linkedin_url

payload={}
headers = {
  'Authorization': lix_api_key
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.json())

This call will return JSON, structured like this:

{
  "searchResponse": {
    "people": [ Person ],
    "paging": { "count": 25, "start": 0, "total": 2500 },
  },
  "meta": {
    "sequenceId": "jAkFkdjfi19kFdf"
  }
}