LinkedIn & Sales Navigator Search API: People, Companies, Posts, Jobs

// OVERVIEW

What it does

Run a LinkedIn or Sales Navigator search by URL and get clean, structured rows back.

Works for People, Companies, Posts, and Jobs on both Classic and Sales Navigator.

Paste a search URL, and Periodix Actions returns the matching results with automatic rate limiting.

This is the core of any LinkedIn lead generation or list-building workflow.

// PARAMETERS

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
`profileId`	string	Required	The connected LinkedIn profile to run the search from. Get it from List Profiles.
`searchUrl`	string	Required	A LinkedIn or Sales Navigator search URL. The result shape depends on the URL type (People, Companies, Posts, or Jobs).
`limit`	number	Required	Maximum number of results to return (up to 2500).
`callbackUrl`	string	Optional	Webhook URL to receive the search result when it is ready

// OUTPUT SHAPE

Example JSON output

{
  "resultId": "res_01H..."
}

// INVOCATION

How to call

Resource: SearchOperation: Search

POST/v1/actions/linkedin-search/v1

curl -X POST https://actions.periodix.net/api/v1/actions/linkedin-search/v1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "profileId": "prf_01H...",
    "searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=...",
    "limit": 100
  }'

const res = await fetch("https://actions.periodix.net/api/v1/actions/linkedin-search/v1", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    profileId: "prf_01H...",
    searchUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=...",
    limit: 100,
  }),
});
const data = await res.json(); // { resultId: "..." }
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://actions.periodix.net/api/v1/actions/linkedin-search/v1",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={
        "profileId": "prf_01H...",
        "searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=...",
        "limit": 100,
    },
)
print(res.json())  # {"resultId": "..."}

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
String body = "{\"profileId\":\"prf_01H...\",\"searchUrl\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=...\",\"limit\":100}";
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://actions.periodix.net/api/v1/actions/linkedin-search/v1"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body))
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	body := []byte(`{"profileId":"prf_01H...","searchUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=...","limit":100}`)
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://actions.periodix.net/api/v1/actions/linkedin-search/v1", bytes.NewBuffer(body))
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	out, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(out))
}

<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://actions.periodix.net/api/v1/actions/linkedin-search/v1");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type: application/json",
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
        "profileId" => "prf_01H...",
        "searchUrl" => "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=...",
        "limit" => 100,
    ]),
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

Example response

{
  "resultId": "res_01H..."
}

// CONSTRAINTS

Limits & status

Up to 2500 results per search. Automatic LinkedIn rate limiting is handled for you. Results count against your plan (1,000 included on pay-as-you-go, unlimited on Unlimited).

// USED IN

LinkedIn & Sales Navigator Search API: People, Companies, Posts, Jobs

What it does

Inputs

Example JSON output

How to call

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Example response

Limits & status

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