LinkedIn Email Finder & Data API

This endpoint enables you to extract data from any LinkedIn profile in real-time, as well as all the data from the company page, and also find a valid verified email from the lead, in a clean JSON output with extracted details and the verified email, in one request.

You also have the option to only fetch the real-time profile data, with an average response time of 3 seconds.

The input parameter is a LinkedIn URL. You can use either a Sales Navigator encrypted URL or a standard LinkedIn URL.

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This API fetches data in real-time, resulting in a 100% hit-rate. We do not rely on a database.
You will be charged 1 credit per request (only if the profile was successfully scrapped), and we will perform an email search for free.
You won't be charged for duplicate extraction (twice the same URL in the same month).

Endpoint

POST https://api.prospeo.io/linkedin-email-finder

curl -X POST \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -H "X-KEY: your_api_key" \
 -d '{
   "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe/"
   }' \
 "https://api.prospeo.io/linkedin-email-finder"

Parameters

Parameter	Example value	Description
`url` ^required	`https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe` `https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACwAABlrwXsBEZMJdq4` `https://www.linkedin.com/sales/lead/ACwAAA-EHrwXsBEZMXS-jsKAwu,NAME_SEARCH,pehn`	The LinkedIn URL of the person. This can be a Sales Navigator encrypted ID or a standard LinkedIn URL.
`profile_only` ^optional	`true`	This option allows you to specify you only need the data from the LinkedIn profile, but no in-depth company details and no email. This will reduce the response time.

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See our Response time section to better understand the implication of using profile_only for lower latency.

Response

The response will contain a JSON object. Check if the error property is false. If it is true, refer to the section below to handle the error message.

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The below response contains all the data we return when profile_only is not set, or is false.

{
    "error": false,
    "response": {
		"email": {
            "email": "[email protected]",
            "email_anon_id": "G4G4IQEMMB",
            "email_status": "VALID",
            "email_type": "professional"
        },
        "first_name": "Mandy",
        "last_name": "Sarault",
        "full_name": "Mandy Sarault",
        "gender": "male",
        "job_title": "Fleet Manager at Voyago/Transdev - Ottawa",
        "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandy-sarault-example",
        "summary": "Experienced Senior Legal Counsel for Crypto and Blockchain companies. Highly specialised in obtaining crypto & payment licenses, ensuring crypto services in the EU, UK, USA, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Proven track record of managing Legal teams.",
        "premium": false,
        "skills": "AML Compliance, International Private Law",
        "current_job_year": 2020,
        "current_job_month": 7,
        "picture": "https://assets-prospeo.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/lead_YZ2Z0B9CCT276PCRMFCW.jpg",
        "location": {
            "country": "Canada",
            "country_code": "CA",
            "state": "Ontario",
            "city": "Ottawa",
            "timezone": "America/Toronto",
            "timezone_offset": "-4.0",
            "postal_code": null,
            "raw": "Greater Ottawa Metropolitan Area"
        },
        "company": {
            "name": "Voyageur Transportation Services",
            "is_catch_all": false,
            "size": "1001-5000",
            "logo": "https://assets.prospeo.io/company/ZAVWIX5PTA8K15C6LVJY.jpg",
            "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/voyagomobility",
            "website": "http://www.voyago.ca",
            "common_email_pattern": null,
            "industry": "Transportation/Trucking/Railroad",
            "founded_in": 1979,
            "description": "Better Together. Voyago is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transdev, The Mobility Company, and together we're Canada's leading passenger mobility service...",
            "location": {
                "country": "Canada",
                "country_code": "CA",
                "state": "Ontario",
                "city": "London",
                "timezone": "America/St_Johns",
                "timezone_offset": "-2.5",
                "postal_code": "N5V 4L3",
                "address": "573 Admiral Court"
            }
        },
        "work_experience": [
            {
                "company": {
                    "id": 12993966,
                    "name": "Mercuryo",
                    "logo": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4D0BAQFn5oy3BFhGhA/company-logo_400_400/0/1655383994389?e=1701907200&v=beta&t=M0eWHR6b4IcN8MgFZVnJlztvv-UxG4BWXsi5rmLKqBU",
                    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/mercuryo-io/",
                    "employees": {
                        "start": 51,
                        "end": 200
                    }
                },
                "date": {
                    "start": {
                        "month": 7,
                        "day": null,
                        "year": 2020
                    },
                    "end": {
                        "month": null,
                        "day": null,
                        "year": null
                    }
                },
                "profile_positions": [
                    {
                        "location": null,
                        "date": {
                            "start": {
                                "month": 6,
                                "day": null,
                                "year": 2021
                            },
                            "end": {
                                "month": null,
                                "day": null,
                                "year": null
                            }
                        },
                        "company": "Mercuryo",
                        "description": "Provided legal support for:\n- Expansion of Mercuryo to the United States market, Canada, Latin America\n- Obtaining crypto licenses for various jurisdictions\n- Closing a $7.5M Series A funding led by Target Global\n- Conclusion of partnerships with Binance, 1inch, Ledger, Nexo and others for products as Cryptocurrency Widget, Acquiring & Crypto-Acquiring, Over-the-Counter deals\n- Conclusion of Sponsorship Agreements with LaLiga and Swansea City FC\n\nGeneral Duties:\n- Providing full legal support to Mercuryo for conducting its activity all over the world - Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements in the countries of operations\n- Keeping Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, etc. up to date\n- Drafting and administering all contracts\n- Carrying out research and preparing legal opinions on regulatory changes in crypto and payments industries - Coordinating foreign legal consultants on corporate law matters\n- Performing AML & KYC/KYB checks\n- Undergoing onboarding procedures in financial institutions",
                        "title": "Senior Legal Counsel (Crypto & Blockchain)",
                        "employment_type": "Full-time"
                    },
                    {
                        "location": "Москва, Россия",
                        "date": {
                            "start": {
                                "month": 7,
                                "day": null,
                                "year": 2020
                            },
                            "end": {
                                "month": 5,
                                "day": null,
                                "year": 2021
                            }
                        },
                        "company": "Mercuryo",
                        "description": null,
                        "title": "Legal Counsel (Crypto & Blockchain)",
                        "employment_type": "Full-time"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "education": [
            {
                "date": {
                    "start": {
                        "month": null,
                        "day": null,
                        "year": 2014
                    },
                    "end": {
                        "month": null,
                        "day": null,
                        "year": 2018
                    }
                },
                "school": {
                    "name": "Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia MGIMO",
                    "logo": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C560BAQGozQ0DGW-n8g/company-logo_400_400/0/1519871841758?e=1701907200&v=beta&t=mXozpFXnB_mvDXq-5qpCV3y4OKskb58W4JiMMl7G-hM",
                    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%82-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B4-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D0%BC%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE-/"
                },
                "degree_name": "Bachelor's degree",
                "field_of_study": "International Private and Civil Law"
            }
        ],
        "languages": {
            "primary_locale": {
                "country": "RU",
                "language": "ru"
            },
            "supported_locales": [
                {
                    "country": "RU",
                    "language": "ru"
                }
            ],
            "profile_languages": []
        }
    }
}

Property	Type	Description
`error`	boolean	Indicates if an error has occurred. If `false`, the request was successful. If `true`, an error has occurred.
`email`	object	Contains information about the found email. This object is not present if `profile_only` was set to `true`.
`email.email`	string	The email that was found.
`email.email_status`	string	The status of the found email. Can be `VALID`, `CATCH_ALL` or `NOT_FOUND`.
`email.email_type`	string	The type of the found email. For this endpoint, it's always `professional`.
`first_name`	string	The first name of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`last_name`	string	The last name of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`full_name`	string	The full name of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`gender`	string	The gender of the LinkedIn profile owner, determined by AI.
`job_title`	string	The job title of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`summary`	string	The about section of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`skills`	string	The skills of the LinkedIn profile owner, separated by commas.
`premium`	string	A boolean representing if the LinkedIn profile owner is premium.
`linkedin`	string	The LinkedIn URL of the profile owner.
`entity_urn`	string	The LinkedIn entity URN of the profile owner (Sales Navigator ID).
`picture`	string	This is an URL hosted by ourselves of the profile picture of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`work_experience`	object	The complete work experience history of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`education`	object	The complete education history of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`languages`	object	The list of advertized spoken languages of the LinkedIn profile owner, as well as its configured locale.
`current_job_year`	object	The year when the current job of the LinkedIn profile owner was started.
`current_job_month`	object	The month when the current job of the LinkedIn profile owner was started.
`location`	object	The location of the LinkedIn profile owner. All values are cleaned, standardized and consistent.
`location.country`	string	The country of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`location.country_code`	string	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the profile owner's country.
`location.state`	string	The state of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`location.city`	string	The city of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`location.timezone`	string	The timezone of the LinkedIn profile owner.
`location.timezone_offset`	string	The timezone offset of the LinkedIn profile owner. Useful for optimizing cold emailing time.
`location.postal_code`	string	The postal code of the LinkedIn profile owner. May be `null` if not available.
`location.raw`	string	The raw location string as it appears on the LinkedIn profile.
`company`	object	Contains in-depth real-time data about the company where the LinkedIn profile owner works. This object is not present if `profile_only` was set to `true`.
`company.name`	string	The name of the company.
`company.is_catch_all`	boolean	Indicates if the company's domain is a catch-all domain.
`company.size`	string	The size of the company.
`company.logo`	string	The URL to the company logo.
`company.linkedin`	string	The LinkedIn URL of the company.
`company.website`	string	The company's website URL.
`company.common_email_pattern`	string	The common email pattern used by the company, if any.
`company.industry`	string	The industry in which the company operates.
`company.founded_in`	integer	The year the company was founded.
`company.description`	string	A brief description of the company.
`company.location`	object	The location of the company. All values are cleaned and standardized.
`company.location.country`	string	The country where the company is located.
`company.location.country_code`	string	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the company.

Specific error codes

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If you can't find the error message on this list, check our general error message.

Error code	Message	Meaning
`400`	`INVALID_LINKEDIN_URL`	Invalid LinkedIn URL format.
`400`	`UNREACHABLE_LINKEDIN_URL`	The LinkedIn URL is valid but the profile cannot be accessed, for example, a private profile.

Rate limit

The rate limits are:

60 calls per minute
5 calls per second (burst allowance)

When the limit is reached, we will return a 429 error code.

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If you need your rate limit to be increased, feel free to contact us at [email protected]. The rate limit can easily be increased to 15+ requests per second (1000+ per minute).

Response time

With profile_only omitted or set to false: on average, a request takes 10 seconds, but can extend up to 20 seconds, as we are fetching a lot of real-time data.

With profile_only set to true: on average, a request takes 3 seconds, but can extend up to 6 seconds in rare cases. The response will not contains the email object nor the company object.

When performing a standard request without the optional profile_only parameter, the response time for this request depends on several factors. We first extract information from LinkedIn in real-time, which includes both the user profile and company profile. We then initiate an email finding process that goes deep.

If a given lead doesn't have a company website, for instance, we'll attempt to find it using Google. If a lead has a catch-all email, we'll make several deep attempts to verify it, using novel approaches instead of standard SMTP pinging.

The quality of our JSON response is pristine, providing a comprehensive view of a person's LinkedIn profile, company profile, and email address, all in one request.

We recommend not setting a timeout for our requests.

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Rest assured that we have established hard limits on our response time. There's no need to worry about your system hanging indefinitely while waiting for our response.