LinkedIn Company API
Returns a LinkedIn company page: company name, description, follower count, headquarters location, website, and logo.
GET /v1/linkedin/companyLast updated November 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
When to use the LinkedIn Company API
Use it to look up a company by its page URL, and to get the numeric company_id that the other company endpoints need.
From the API reference
Returns public information about a LinkedIn company page. Canonical fields carry the identity and reach: author.id (the numeric company_id the other /company/* endpoints take), username, display_name, bio (the company description), avatar_url (logo), followers, location (flattened HQ), and verified. The complete **About tab** rides in author.ext: website, public_phone (the phone number the page lists), employee_count and employee_count_range, founded_year, specialities[], industries[], headquarters (structured {country, city, geographic_area, line1, line2, postal_code}), locations[] (every office LinkedIn lists, with lat/long), hashtags[], cover_url, and page_active. Fields a page has not filled in come back null rather than omitted, so founded_year is null on a company that never set a founding date and public_phone is null on a page that lists no phone. Add include=about for the two About-tab fields the plain call does not reliably carry: company_type (LinkedIn's "Type", for example "Public Company" or "Privately Held") and tagline (the page's one-line slogan). The plain call sometimes carries them too, when a backup source answered, so do not rely on it for them. funding is mapped too, but LinkedIn returned an empty funding block for every company measured on 2026-08-11, so do not depend on it.
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What can you do with the Company API?
The Company endpoint gives you structured LinkedIn data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
# GET /v1/linkedin/company: Metered: holds 5 credits per call up front and refunds what the call does not use. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
# --max-time 31: this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
# --retry 3: retries timeouts, 429 and 5xx, honoring Retry-After.
# -o response.json keeps only the final attempt's body.
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
IDEMPOTENCY_KEY=$(od -An -N16 -tx1 /dev/urandom | tr -d ' \n')
curl -sS --max-time 31 --retry 3 -o response.json \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/company?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fmicrosoft%2F" && cat response.json# GET /v1/linkedin/company: Metered: holds 5 credits per call up front and refunds what the call does not use. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
import os
import random
import time
import uuid
import requests
API_KEY = os.environ.get("SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
TIMEOUT_S = 31 # this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
MAX_RETRIES = 3
URL = "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/company"
def backoff(attempt):
# Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
return 2 ** attempt * (0.5 + random.random() / 2)
def socialcrawl(params):
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
idempotency_key = str(uuid.uuid4())
for attempt in range(MAX_RETRIES + 1):
try:
res = requests.get(
URL,
params=params,
headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY, "Idempotency-Key": idempotency_key},
timeout=TIMEOUT_S,
)
body = res.json()
except (requests.RequestException, ValueError):
# A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise
time.sleep(backoff(attempt))
continue
if body["success"]:
return body
error = body["error"]
# Branch on error["type"], never on the message text.
if error["type"] == "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND":
return None # refunded: nothing to read
retry_after = res.headers.get("Retry-After")
# SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
permanent = error["type"] == "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" and retry_after is None
if not error.get("retryable") or permanent or attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise RuntimeError(f"{error['type']}: {error['message']} (request_id {body['request_id']})")
# Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
time.sleep(float(retry_after) if retry_after else backoff(attempt))
params = {
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/",
}
body = socialcrawl(params)
if body is not None:
print(body["data"])// GET /v1/linkedin/company: Metered: holds 5 credits per call up front and refunds what the call does not use. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
// Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
const API_KEY = process.env.SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY ?? "YOUR_API_KEY";
const TIMEOUT_MS = 31_000; // this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
const MAX_RETRIES = 3;
type Page = { next_cursor: string | null; has_more: boolean };
type SocialCrawlResponse =
| { success: true; data: any; pagination?: Page; credits_used: number; request_id: string }
| { success: false; error: { type: string; message: string; retryable: boolean }; request_id: string };
const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
// Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
const backoffMs = (attempt: number) => 2 ** attempt * 1000 * (0.5 + Math.random() / 2);
async function socialcrawl(url: URL) {
// One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID();
for (let attempt = 0; ; attempt++) {
let res: Response;
let body: SocialCrawlResponse;
try {
res = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"x-api-key": API_KEY,
"Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
},
signal: AbortSignal.timeout(TIMEOUT_MS),
});
body = (await res.json()) as SocialCrawlResponse;
} catch (error) {
// A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if (attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) throw error;
await sleep(backoffMs(attempt));
continue;
}
if (body.success) return body;
// Branch on error.type, never on the message text.
if (body.error.type === "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND") return null; // refunded: nothing to read
const retryAfter = res.headers.get("Retry-After");
// SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
const permanent = body.error.type === "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" && retryAfter === null;
if (!body.error.retryable || permanent || attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) {
throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message} (request_id ${body.request_id})`);
}
// Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
await sleep(retryAfter ? Number(retryAfter) * 1000 : backoffMs(attempt));
}
}
const url = new URL("https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/company");
url.searchParams.set("url", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/");
const body = await socialcrawl(url);
if (body) console.log(body.data);Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | Yes | Full URL of the LinkedIn company page |
| include | No | Set to `about` (one token only) to add the page's company type (`author.ext.company_type`, for example "Public Company") and tagline (`author.ext.tagline`) when the plain call returned without them. 3 extra credits, kept only when one of the two comes back; a page that sets neither is refunded. Adds about 7 to 18 seconds when a lookup runs; read `data.hydration` for the credits held and kept and the time. (about) |
What does the LinkedIn Company API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "linkedin",
"endpoint": "/v1/linkedin/profile",
"data": {
"author": {
"id": "williamhgates",
"username": "williamhgates",
"display_name": "Bill Gates",
"avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQF-RYZP55jmXA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/B56ZRi8g.aGsAc-/0/1736826818808?e=1785974400&v=beta&t=N85D86MRjsX6n0VL-gTtB00I-Wp2OVv2TlubmOaqOOI",
"bio": "Chair, Gates Foundation and Founder, Breakthrough Energy",
"verified": null,
"followers": null,
"following": null,
"posts_count": null,
"likes_count": null,
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates",
"location": "Seattle, Washington, United States, United States",
"private": null,
"joined_at": null,
"ext": {
"urn": "ACoAAA8BYqEBCGLg_vT_ca6mMEqkpp9nVffJ3hc",
"is_top_voice": true,
"is_premium": true
}
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": null,
"content_category": "other",
"estimated_reach": null
}
},
"credits_used": 5,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the LinkedIn Company API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
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