LINKEDIN API

LinkedIn Education API

List every education entry on a LinkedIn member's profile. Each entry includes the school with its link and logo, degree, field of study, dates, grade, activities and description. Page on with the `nextStart` from the previous response.

Endpoint
POST /linkedin/get-profile-education
Price
1 credit per request
SDK
client.linkedin.getProfileEducation()
MCP tool
linkedin_get_profile_education
Terminal
curl -X POST "https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/get-profile-education" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $BRIDGLY_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"publicId": "williamhgates",
"count": 10
}'
[ REQUEST AND RESPONSE ]

What does the LinkedIn Education API return?

LinkedIn education API: list the schools on a LinkedIn profile, with degree, field of study, dates, grade, activities and the school link and logo. Every response has the same envelope: the result in data, plus timeMs and the creditsCost of the call.

Request body

startinteger
Number of results to skip. Defaults to 0.
publicIdstringrequired
The member public identity, or the profile link itself, e.g. "williamhgates" or "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates".
countinteger · 1–100 · default 10
Number of results to return (1–100). Defaults to 10.

Example response

200 OK · application/json
{
"timeMs": 1840,
"creditsCost": 1,
"data": {
"nextStart": 0,
"education": [
{
"school": "string",
"schoolId": "string",
"schoolUrl": "string",
"schoolLogoUrl": "string",
"degree": "string",
"fieldOfStudy": "string",
"startDate": "string",
"endDate": "string",
"grade": "string",
"activities": "string",
"description": "string"
}
]
}
}
[ USE CASES ]

What can you build with the LinkedIn Education API?

Screen candidates

Check degrees and fields of study before a first call.

Find alumni

Spot people who studied at the same school as you or your team.

Enrich lead records

Add education history to the people already in your CRM.

[ FAQ ]

LinkedIn Education API questions

How do I get the education of a LinkedIn profile?

Send the slug after /in/ in their profile link as publicId. Each entry has the school, its link and logo, the degree, field of study, start and end dates, grade, activities and description.

Are all schools returned?

Yes. Up to 100 entries come back per call, and nextStart picks up where a page ended.

How do I use the LinkedIn Education API?

Send a POST request to https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/get-profile-education with publicId in the JSON body and your API key in the Authorization header. In the TypeScript SDK, call client.linkedin.getProfileEducation(). AI agents connected to Bridgly over MCP can call the linkedin_get_profile_education tool.

How much does the LinkedIn Education API cost?

Costs 1 credit per request. Credits cost $2.00 per 1,000 on pay-as-you-go and as low as $1.00 per 1,000 at volume. New accounts on a business email start with 100 free credits, and failed requests are never charged.

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