Get a LinkedIn person profile
linkedin_get_profileRetrieve a LinkedIn profile's overview and selected sections (about, experience, education, skills) using a profile URL, slug, or URN.
Instructions
Fetch one person's LinkedIn profile. identifier accepts a profile URL, the slug after /in/ (e.g. 'williamhgates'), or a urn:li:fsd_profile URN; URLs are cleaned automatically. Always returns the overview (name, headline, location, current position, follower counts) plus up to 2 requested sections from about|experience|education|skills at no extra cost; each section beyond 2 adds 2 credits (max 4 sections). Costs 4 credits base. If you only have a name, use linkedin_search_people first; this tool does not search. Results from linkedin_search_people with is_anonymous=true cannot be fetched here; treat them as 'someone matching this exists' and stop. Companies belong to linkedin_get_company.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| sections | No | Extra profile sections. First 2 are included in the base price. | |
| freshness | No | recent (default) serves cached data from the last few hours when available; realtime forces a live fetch for +2 credits (refunded if we fall back to cached data). Trial keys are cached-only and reject realtime with TRIAL_CAP_EXCEEDED; paying upgrades this same key to unlock it. | recent |
| identifier | Yes | Profile URL, slug (after /in/), or urn:li:fsd_profile URN. | |
| max_credits | No | Spend ceiling for this one call. The call is rejected (nothing charged) if its quote exceeds this. Only the quote is ever reserved, never this ceiling. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| usage | Yes | ||
| common | Yes | ||
| entity | Yes | ||
| platform | Yes | ||
| freshness | Yes | ||
| data_as_of | Yes | ||
| canonical_url | Yes | ||
| schema_version | Yes | ||
| platform_fields | Yes |