LinkedIn People Search API with Filters (Classic + Sales Navigator)

// OVERVIEW

What it does

Search LinkedIn for people with structured filters instead of a URL.

Filter by location, industry, company, and keywords on Classic, and add function, role, seniority, tenure, and company headcount on Sales Navigator.

Returns one page of up to 100 matching people.

Ideal for building precise, ICP-shaped prospect lists.

// PARAMETERS

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
`profileId`	string	Required	Connected LinkedIn profile. From List Profiles. A Sales Navigator profile is required for api sales_navigator.
`api`	string	Required	Which search engine to use: classic (LinkedIn Classic) or sales_navigator (Sales Navigator, requires a connected Sales Navigator profile).
`keywords`	string	Optional	Boolean keyword query for skills and technologies, e.g. Node.js AND Vue AND ("full stack" OR full-stack).
`location`	array or object	Optional	LOCATION (classic) or REGION (Sales Navigator). Resolve IDs first with Lookup Search Parameter.
`industry`	array or object	Optional	INDUSTRY (classic) or SALES_INDUSTRY (Sales Navigator).
`company`	array or object	Optional	COMPANY IDs (classic) or company names include/exclude (Sales Navigator).
`function`	object	Optional	Sales Navigator only. DEPARTMENT include/exclude IDs.
`role`	object	Optional	Sales Navigator only. JOB_TITLE or free text include/exclude.
`seniority`	object	Optional	Sales Navigator only. Levels like cxo, vice_president, director, owner/partner.
`tenure`	array	Optional	Sales Navigator only. Years in role, min/max bands.
`company_headcount`	array	Optional	Sales Navigator only. Company size bands, min/max.
`network_distance`	array	Optional	Connection degree: 1, 2, 3, or GROUP.
`profile_language`	array	Optional	Two-letter language codes.
`limit`	number	Optional	Results per page, up to 100.
`cursor`	string	Optional	Pagination cursor from the previous page.

// OUTPUT SHAPE

Example JSON output

{
  "items": [
    {
      "provider_id": "ACoAA...",
      "name": "Jane Doe",
      "headline": "VP Sales at Acme",
      "company": "Acme",
      "location": "San Francisco",
      "profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-doe"
    }
  ],
  "cursor": "eyJwYWdlIjoy..."
}

// INVOCATION

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// CONSTRAINTS

Limits & status

Up to 100 results per page, paginate with cursor. Sales Navigator search requires an active Sales Navigator subscription on the connected profile. Automatic rate limiting.

// USED IN

Playbooks using this Action

Turn hiring signals into outbound leads
When a company posts a job for a role you sell around, it is telling you it has a new priority, a fresh budget, and a pain. That is one of the strongest buying signals in B2B. The trouble is that job posts are scattered across LinkedIn, most are from recruiting agencies and staffing firms you do not want, and the person who posted is a recruiter, not the decision-maker you need to reach. Working this by hand does not scale, and by the time you get to a post it is often stale.

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