Search LinkedIn people (alias)

Alias endpoint for /search/people. Search for LinkedIn members/professionals with extensive filtering options. Ideal for recruiting, sales prospecting, and networking. Filter by name, job title, company, location, connection degree, and more. Recommended: For `connectionOf` or `followerOf` filters, prefer `search-people-v2` which natively supports these filters and returns more accurate results.

POST/people/search

Authentication requiredSearch

Code Examples

curl -X POST 'https://api.connectsafely.ai/linkedin/people/search' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your_api_key>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"accountId":"acc_12345","keywords":"","count":25,"start":0,"filters":{"firstName":"example_value","lastName":"example_value","title":"Senior Developer","company":"Acme Inc","school":"example_value","locationId":"106981407","geoUrn":"106981407","industry":["Technology"],"connectionDegree":["example_value"],"currentCompanyIds":["Acme Inc"],"pastCompanyIds":["Acme Inc"],"schoolIds":["12345"],"profileLanguage":["example_value"],"serviceCategories":["example_value"],"openToVolunteer":false,"connectionOf":["example_value"],"followerOf":["example_value"]}}'

Recommended: For connectionOf or followerOf filters, prefer search-people-v2 which natively supports these filters and returns more accurate results.

Parameters

No parameters.

Request Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
`accountId`	string	No	LinkedIn account ID to use for the search. If not provided, uses the default account.
`keywords`	string	No	Search keywords for name, title, company, or skills
`count`	number	No	Number of results to return per page
`start`	number	No	Pagination offset (0-indexed)
`filters`	object	No	Optional filters to narrow down search results

Example

{
  "accountId": "acc_12345",
  "keywords": "",
  "count": 25,
  "start": 0,
  "filters": {
    "firstName": "example_value",
    "lastName": "example_value",
    "title": "Senior Developer",
    "company": "Acme Inc",
    "school": "example_value",
    "locationId": "106981407",
    "geoUrn": "106981407",
    "industry": [
      "Technology"
    ],
    "connectionDegree": [
      "example_value"
    ],
    "currentCompanyIds": [
      "Acme Inc"
    ],
    "pastCompanyIds": [
      "Acme Inc"
    ],
    "schoolIds": [
      "12345"
    ],
    "profileLanguage": [
      "example_value"
    ],
    "serviceCategories": [
      "example_value"
    ],
    "openToVolunteer": false,
    "connectionOf": [
      "example_value"
    ],
    "followerOf": [
      "example_value"
    ]
  }
}

Responses

Status	Description
200	People retrieved successfully

200 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean
`people`	array
`totalResults`	number

200 Example

{
  "success": true,
  "people": [],
  "totalResults": 0
}