# LinkedIn Profile About API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin/profile-about)

> Returns LinkedIn's account-freshness panel for a member: `joined` (the month the account was created, as a label such as "May 2013"), and how recently the contact information and profile photo were updated. `is_verified` and `verification` (LinkedIn's identity verification details) appear only when LinkedIn's verification panel can be read for that member; otherwise the response carries no verification keys. **This is not the member's About/summary section**: despite the resource name, no free-text profile summary is returned. The closest public text LinkedIn publishes for a member is the headline, on `author.bio` from `/v1/linkedin/profile`. For a company's About tab, use `/v1/linkedin/company` (`author.ext`). The join date itself is already on `/v1/linkedin/profile` as `author.joined_at` (an exact date).

TL;DR: `GET /v1/linkedin/profile/about` costs 5 credits per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | yes | Full URL of the LinkedIn profile, company, or post. |
| `urn` | no | The member's opaque LinkedIn URN, as returned in `author.ext.urn` by /v1/linkedin/profile. Optional, and a pure optimisation: pass it ALONGSIDE `url` (which stays required) and this call skips the internal handle lookup, so it answers faster and consumes half the upstream rate-limit budget. Verified on the deployed API 05/09/2026. To address a member by URN alone, send the URN-form profile URL as `url`, for example https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAA8BYqEBCGLg_vT_ca6mMEqkpp9nVffJ3hc: it resolves to the same member as the public address (verified 20/10/2026 on profile/posts and profile/comments) and holds only ASCII, which helps when the public address carries an emoji or other symbol. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/profile/about" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### What does the LinkedIn Profile About API return?

GET /v1/linkedin/profile/about returns profile metadata as a single object, including the account joined date and data freshness signals for the member. Pass the member's LinkedIn profile URL in the url parameter.

### Is the About response a list or a single object?

It is a single object, not a list. One call returns one metadata record for the profile you request, so there is no pagination and no array to iterate over.

### How can I use the account joined date?

The joined date signals how established an account is, which helps flag brand-new or suspicious profiles during lead enrichment and verification. Older accounts with a long history usually carry more trust in prospecting workflows.

### How much does the LinkedIn Profile About API cost?

Each call costs 5 credits on the advanced tier. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card, enough for 20 lookups before you ever need to upgrade to a paid plan.

### How is this different from the LinkedIn Profile endpoint?

The profile endpoint returns the main public fields like name, headline, and experience. The about endpoint returns lighter metadata such as the joined date and freshness signals, which is handy when you only need account context rather than the full profile.

See the full LinkedIn API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

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