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LinkedIn Profile Comments API
Returns the comments a LinkedIn member left on other people's posts, with the comment text, the post it sits under, and the timestamp.
GET /v1/linkedin/profile/commentsLast updated November 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
When to use the LinkedIn Profile Comments API
Use it to track someone's activity in other conversations; post/comments returns the comments on one specific post.
From the API reference
Lists the comments a LinkedIn member has left on posts, newest first, as one fixed window of up to 20: each with the comment text, its time and reactions, and the post it was left on (text, media, author and engagement). When the primary source is momentarily rate-limited, a second source answers with the same comments in the same order, with the same text, dates and counts, but each image, logo and avatar list carries one size (the largest), a video's duration, aspect_ratio, stream sizes and thumbnail dimensions are null, the post author's first_name and last_name are null, and post.created_at is the post's exact time rather than an estimate from LinkedIn's relative label; data._warnings says so.
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What can you do with the Profile Comments API?
The Profile Comments 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/profile/comments: 5 credits per call. 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 29: 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 29 --retry 3 -o response.json \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/profile/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwilliamhgates%2F" && cat response.json# GET /v1/linkedin/profile/comments: 5 credits per call. 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 = 29 # this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
MAX_RETRIES = 3
URL = "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/profile/comments"
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/in/williamhgates/",
}
body = socialcrawl(params)
if body is not None:
print(body["data"])// GET /v1/linkedin/profile/comments: 5 credits per call. 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 = 29_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/profile/comments");
url.searchParams.set("url", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/");
const body = await socialcrawl(url);
if (body) console.log(body.data);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. |
Example Response
What does the LinkedIn Profile Comments 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/comments",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"urn": "user_e1d58d",
"comment": "Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted).",
"created_at": "2026-10-01T20:26:09.831Z",
"activity": {
"num_likes": 7,
"num_comments": 1,
"num_shares": null,
"reaction_counts": [
{
"count": 6,
"type": "LIKE"
},
{
"count": 1,
"type": "APPRECIATION"
}
]
},
"post": {
"id": "7511054514007736320",
"post_type": "ugc",
"text": "Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted).",
"content": {
"images": null,
"video": {
"thumbnail": [
{
"width": 360,
"height": 640,
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"expires_at": 1791561600000
},
{
"width": 720,
"height": 1280,
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"expires_at": 1791561600000
}
],
"duration": "Sample comment text (redacted).",
"aspect_ratio": "Sample comment text (redacted).",
"streams": [
{
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"expires_at": 1791561600000,
"size": 0,
"width": 720,
"height": 1280,
"bit_rate": 515954
},
{
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"expires_at": 1791561600000,
"size": 0,
"width": 640,
"height": 1138,
"bit_rate": 387401
}
]
},
"document": null,
"article": null,
"celebration": null,
"poll": null,
"event": null
},
"activity": {
"num_likes": 187,
"num_comments": 9,
"num_shares": 26,
"reaction_counts": [
{
"count": 156,
"type": "LIKE"
},
{
"count": 14,
"type": "EMPATHY"
}
]
},
"author": {
"id": "user_0693ab",
"urn": "user_0aed2a",
"url": "https://example.com/user_33d481",
"public_identifier": "user_c1c344",
"avatar": [
{
"width": 100,
"height": 100,
"url": "https://example.com/user_b5136c",
"expires_at": 1792627200000
},
{
"width": 200,
"height": 200,
"url": "https://example.com/user_9d37db",
"expires_at": 1792627200000
}
],
"first_name": "user_a6b54c",
"last_name": "user_3fae11",
"full_name": "user_e5bc9f",
"description": "Sample comment text (redacted).",
"account_type": "user"
},
"created_at": "2026-09-30T15:47:58.832Z",
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"share_urn": "user_2c66ac"
},
"is_edited": false
},
{
"urn": "user_9d1a5b",
"comment": "Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted).",
"created_at": "2026-09-25T22:03:41.169Z",
"activity": {
"num_likes": 110,
"num_comments": 7,
"num_shares": null,
"reaction_counts": [
{
"count": 103,
"type": "LIKE"
},
{
"count": 4,
"type": "PRAISE"
}
]
},
"post": {
"id": "7508911500368068609",
"post_type": "ugc",
"text": "Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted). Sample comment text (redacted).",
"content": {
"images": null,
"video": {
"thumbnail": [
{
"width": 1564,
"height": 720,
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"expires_at": 1791561600000
},
{
"width": 782,
"height": 360,
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"expires_at": 1791561600000
}
],
"duration": "Sample comment text (redacted).",
"aspect_ratio": "Sample comment text (redacted).",
"streams": [
{
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"expires_at": 1791561600000,
"size": 0,
"width": 1564,
"height": 720,
"bit_rate": 425072
},
{
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"expires_at": 1791561600000,
"size": 0,
"width": 1390,
"height": 640,
"bit_rate": 310087
}
]
},
"document": null,
"article": null,
"celebration": null,
"poll": null,
"event": null
},
"activity": {
"num_likes": 443,
"num_comments": 51,
"num_shares": 31,
"reaction_counts": [
{
"count": 301,
"type": "LIKE"
},
{
"count": 73,
"type": "EMPATHY"
}
]
},
"author": {
"id": "user_598a25",
"urn": "user_a378f4",
"url": "https://example.com/user_dd0445",
"public_identifier": "user_f1e691",
"avatar": [
{
"width": 100,
"height": 100,
"url": "https://example.com/user_499581",
"expires_at": 1792627200000
},
{
"width": 200,
"height": 200,
"url": "https://example.com/user_4e6930",
"expires_at": 1792627200000
}
],
"first_name": "user_421f20",
"last_name": "user_570f39",
"full_name": "user_087cd2",
"description": "Sample comment text (redacted).",
"account_type": "user"
},
"created_at": "2026-09-25T15:47:58.832Z",
"url": "https://example.com/redacted",
"share_urn": "user_968bf7"
},
"is_edited": false
}
],
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 5,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 20
},
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"source": "captured",
"captured_at": "2026-10-02T15:47:57.175Z",
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
API Details
How does the LinkedIn Profile Comments 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()[ .JSON ]
{
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}FAQ
Have a question? We got answers
Find answers to frequently asked questions about SocialCrawl's API, pricing, and capabilities.
Contact usHow do I get the comments a LinkedIn member has left?
Send a GET request to /v1/linkedin/profile/comments with the member's LinkedIn profile URL in the url parameter. The response returns the comments the member left on other people's posts, each with the comment text, timestamp, and a reference to the parent post.
What fields come back for each comment?
Each entry returns the comment text, the time it was posted, and a reference to the parent post the member commented on. This traces where a person engages, not just what they publish themselves.
How many of a member's comments do I get?
The full window LinkedIn publishes, in the one call. This surface has no continuation token, so there is no second page to fetch and the endpoint rejects cursor and page rather than silently re-serving the first page.
How much does the LinkedIn Comments API cost?
Each page costs 5 credits on the advanced tier, regardless of how many comments come back. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card, enough for 20 pages before you upgrade.
Why pull a member's comments for social selling?
A prospect's comments are a strong engagement signal: they show which topics, people, and companies a lead actively interacts with. Use them to time outreach, find warm openings, and prioritize accounts that are already engaging in your space.
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