Search service categories

Search LinkedIn service-category ids by name, for `POST /search/people` `filters.serviceCategories`. 1. `POST /search/service-categories` with `{ "keywords": "Fina" }` returns `{ "serviceCategoryId": "826", "name": "Financial Analysis" }`. 2. `POST /search/people` with `{ "filters": { "serviceCategories": ["826"] } }`. The ids are opaque and not guessable (Financial Analysis is `826`, Accounting is `71`), and LinkedIn answers an unrecognised id with 200 and zero results rather than an error — so without this lookup a wrong id is indistinguishable from "nobody matched". Returns up to 10 matches in LinkedIn's ranking order. Rate limit: no per-account search quota is enforced on this lookup — only the general 30-calls-per-minute velocity limit. Resolve an id once and reuse it rather than looking it up on every request.

POST/search/service-categories

Authentication requiredSearch

Code Examples

curl -X POST 'https://api.connectsafely.ai/linkedin/search/service-categories' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your_api_key>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"keywords":"software engineer"}'

Search LinkedIn service-category ids by name, for POST /search/people filters.serviceCategories.

POST /search/service-categories with { "keywords": "Fina" } returns { "serviceCategoryId": "826", "name": "Financial Analysis" }.
POST /search/people with { "filters": { "serviceCategories": ["826"] } }.

The ids are opaque and not guessable (Financial Analysis is 826, Accounting is 71), and LinkedIn answers an unrecognised id with 200 and zero results rather than an error — so without this lookup a wrong id is indistinguishable from "nobody matched". Returns up to 10 matches in LinkedIn's ranking order.

Rate limit: no per-account search quota is enforced on this lookup — only the general 30-calls-per-minute velocity limit. Resolve an id once and reuse it rather than looking it up on every request.

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	Yes	Service category name to search for (e.g., "Fina", "Marketing", "Accounting")

Example

{
  "keywords": "software engineer"
}

Responses

Status	Description
200	Service categories retrieved successfully
400	Bad Request - Missing required keywords parameter
401	Unauthorized
500	Failed to search service categories

200 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean
`serviceCategories`	array
`count`	number	Number of categories returned

200 Example

{
  "success": true,
  "serviceCategories": [
    {
      "name": "Financial Analysis",
      "serviceCategoryId": "826"
    },
    {
      "name": "Financial Reporting",
      "serviceCategoryId": "219"
    }
  ],
  "count": 2
}

400 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean
`error`	object

400 Example

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "issues": [
      {
        "code": "invalid_type",
        "expected": "string",
        "received": "undefined",
        "path": [
          "keywords"
        ],
        "message": "Required"
      }
    ],
    "name": "ZodError"
  }
}

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