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

> 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.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/linkedin/profile/comments` 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/comments" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How 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.

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

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How to get the comments a LinkedIn member left on other posts
- Which API returns LinkedIn user comments for social selling signals