Follow or unfollow a LinkedIn pro...

Follow or unfollow a LinkedIn member to see their posts in your feed. Following does not require a connection. Provide either profileId (public identifier) or profileUrn (internal URN). Following builds your network visibility without sending connection requests. Rate limit: 100 actions per day.

POST/follow

Authentication requiredActions

Code Examples

curl -X POST 'https://api.connectsafely.ai/linkedin/follow' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your_api_key>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"accountId":"acc_12345","profileId":"hasam-ud-din","action":"follow"}'

Parameters

No parameters.

Request Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
`accountId`	string	No	LinkedIn account ID to use. If not provided, uses the default account.
`profileId`	string	Conditional	LinkedIn profile vanity URL slug (the part after linkedin.com/in/, e.g., "john-doe-123"). Prefer profileUrn when available. Either `profileId` or `profileUrn` must be provided.
`profileUrn`	string	Conditional	LinkedIn profile URN (e.g., "urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAABJefVoBrz2LR3f..."). Preferred over profileId. Either `profileUrn` or `profileId` must be provided.
`action`	string	No	Action to perform: follow or unfollow the profile

Example

{
  "accountId": "acc_12345",
  "profileId": "hasam-ud-din",
  "profileUrn": "urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAABcdefgh",
  "action": "follow"
}

Responses

Status	Description
200	Follow action completed successfully
400	Bad request - Missing required fields
401	Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
404	Profile not found
429	Rate limit exceeded

Rate Limit Headers

All responses include rate limit information in the headers:

Header	Description
`X-RateLimit-Action`	The action type being rate limited
`X-RateLimit-Limit`	Maximum actions allowed per period
`X-RateLimit-Used`	Actions used in current period
`X-RateLimit-Remaining`	Actions remaining
`X-RateLimit-Reset`	ISO 8601 timestamp when limit resets

200 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean
`action`	string
`profileUrn`	string	LinkedIn profile URN of the followed/unfollowed user
`message`	string

200 Example

{
  "success": true,
  "action": "follow",
  "profileUrn": "urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAA24A-MBVEvT49xpVF2gnWrhvmUIPDJshSM",
  "message": "Successfully followed user"
}

400 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`error`	string

400 Example

{
  "error": "Either profileId or profileUrn must be provided",
  "success": false
}

401 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`error`	string

401 Example

{
  "error": "Unauthorized"
}

404 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`error`	string

404 Example

{
  "error": "LinkedIn profile not found: invalid-profile-id",
  "success": false
}

429 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`error`	string
`success`	boolean

429 Example

{
  "error": "Rate limit exceeded for FOLLOW: 100/100 used. Resets at 2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "success": false
}

Follow or unfollow a LinkedIn profile