Apify·LinkedIn

Search LinkedIn Profiles (by Name)

/harvestapi/linkedin-profile-search-by-nameasync$0.015 / result

Search for LinkedIn profiles by name with filters and extract detailed profile information, including work experience, education history, location and more. No cookies or account required. Runs as an Apify actor (20–120 s); results are dataset rows.

Charged per returned row plus the flat fee.

Input

profileScraperModestringrequired
Choose the mode for scraping LinkedIn profiles. The Short mode provides basic information, while the Full mode includes full detailed profile data.
Short, Full, Full + email search
firstNamestring
First name of the person to search for.
lastNamestring
Last name of the person to search for.
strictSearchboolean
Enabling strict search will ensure that only profiles matching both the first and last names exactly are returned. (default true)
maxPagesinteger
Maximum number of pages to scrape for each query. The actor will stop scraping when this limit is reached.
locationsarray
Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn locations. Example: `San Francisco`. LinkedIn does not always understand your text queries. For example for "UK" query it will apply "Ukraine" location, so you should use "United Kingdom" in this case. Try this out first in the location filter input of LinkedIn sear
currentCompaniesarray
Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn companies. Provide full LinkedIn URLs
pastCompaniesarray
Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn past companies. Provide full LinkedIn URLs
schoolsarray
Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn schools. Example: `Stanford University`.
currentJobTitlesarray
Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn current job titles. Example: `Software Engineer`.
industryIdsarray
Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn industry IDs. Example: `4` for 'Software Development'. Full list: `https://github.com/HarvestAPI/linkedin-industry-codes-v2/blob/main/linkedin_industry_code_v2_all_eng_with_header.csv`
maxItemsinteger
Maximum number of profiles to scrape. The actor will stop scraping when this limit is reached.

Field	Type	Required	Description
profileScraperMode	string (Short, Full, Full + email search)	yes	Choose the mode for scraping LinkedIn profiles. The Short mode provides basic information, while the Full mode includes full detailed profile data.
firstName	string	—	First name of the person to search for.
lastName	string	—	Last name of the person to search for.
strictSearch	boolean	—	Enabling strict search will ensure that only profiles matching both the first and last names exactly are returned. (default true)
maxPages	integer	—	Maximum number of pages to scrape for each query. The actor will stop scraping when this limit is reached.
locations	array	—	Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn locations. Example: `San Francisco`. LinkedIn does not always understand your text queries. For example for "UK" query it will apply "Ukraine" location, so you should use "United Kingdom" in this case. Try this out first in the location filter input of LinkedIn sear
currentCompanies	array	—	Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn companies. Provide full LinkedIn URLs
pastCompanies	array	—	Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn past companies. Provide full LinkedIn URLs
schools	array	—	Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn schools. Example: `Stanford University`.
currentJobTitles	array	—	Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn current job titles. Example: `Software Engineer`.
industryIds	array	—	Filter Profiles by these LinkedIn industry IDs. Example: `4` for 'Software Development'. Full list: `https://github.com/HarvestAPI/linkedin-industry-codes-v2/blob/main/linkedin_industry_code_v2_all_eng_with_header.csv`
maxItems	integer	—	Maximum number of profiles to scrape. The actor will stop scraping when this limit is reached.

Run it

curl -s https://sooma.dev/v1/run \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOOMA_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/harvestapi/linkedin-profile-search-by-name","input":{"profileScraperMode":"Full"}}'

Or ask your agent: it will call inspect for this schema and run it over MCP.