Scrape LinkedIn post details
Extract detailed information from a LinkedIn post URL including content, author, engagement metrics, and media. Uses caching to reduce API calls. Supports both authenticated and public scraping with proxy rotation for reliability.
/posts/scrapeScrape LinkedIn post details
Extract detailed information from a LinkedIn post URL including content, author, engagement metrics, and media. Uses caching to reduce API calls. Supports both authenticated and public scraping with proxy rotation for reliability.
Code Examples
curl -X POST 'https://api.connectsafely.ai/linkedin/posts/scrape' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your_api_key>' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"postUrl":"https://linkedin.com/posts/example-post"}'Parameters
No parameters.
Request Body
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
postUrl | string | Yes | Full LinkedIn post URL to scrape |
accountId | string | No | LinkedIn account ID for authenticated scraping (gets more data than public) |
useCache | boolean | No | Whether to use cached results if available |
maxCacheAge | number | No | Maximum age of cached data in hours before refresh |
maxProxyRetries | number | No | Number of proxy rotation attempts on failure |
forceRefresh | boolean | No | Force fresh scrape ignoring cache |
dumpHtml | boolean | No | Debug: save raw HTML response to file |
dumpPath | string | No | Debug: file path to save HTML dump |
Example
{
"postUrl": "https://linkedin.com/posts/example-post"
}Responses
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| 200 | Post details scraped successfully |
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