LINKEDIN APILinkedIn Post Search API
Search LinkedIn posts by keyword, sorted by relevance or newest first and optionally limited to a recent time window. Each result includes the post text, author, link and reaction, comment and share counts.
- Endpoint
- POST /linkedin/search/posts
- Price
- 1 credit per result
- SDK
- client.linkedin.searchPosts()
- MCP tool
- linkedin_search_posts
curl -X POST "https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/search/posts" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $BRIDGLY_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "keyword": "AI agents", "sortOrder": "date_posted", "datePosted": "past-week", "count": 10}'import osimport requestsresponse = requests.post( "https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/search/posts", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['BRIDGLY_KEY']}"}, json={ "keyword": "AI agents", "sortOrder": "date_posted", "datePosted": "past-week", "count": 10, },)data = response.json()const response = await fetch("https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/search/posts", { method: "POST", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BRIDGLY_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "keyword": "AI agents", "sortOrder": "date_posted", "datePosted": "past-week", "count": 10 }),});const data = await response.json();import { Bridgly } from "@bridgly/sdk";const client = new Bridgly({ apiKey: "bgly_YOUR_KEY" });const res = await client.linkedin.searchPosts({ keyword: "AI agents", sortOrder: "date_posted", datePosted: "past-week", count: 10});if (res.type === "success") { console.log(res.data);}What does the LinkedIn Post Search API return?
LinkedIn post search API: search posts by keyword, newest first or by relevance, from the last day, week or month, with author, link and engagement counts. 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.
keywordstringrequired- Keyword(s) to search LinkedIn for, e.g. "openai", "software engineer", "fintech".
countinteger · 1–10 · default 10- Number of results to return (1–10). Defaults to 10.
sortOrderenum- Result ordering: "date_posted" for newest-first, "relevance" for LinkedIn ranking.
- date_posted | relevance
datePostedenum- Restrict to posts published within a recent window.
- past-24h | past-week | past-month
Example response
{ "timeMs": 1840, "creditsCost": 1, "data": { "posts": [ { "urn": "string", "shareUrn": "string", "url": "string", "text": "string", "postedAgo": "string", "author": { "name": "string", "headline": "string", "profileUrl": "string", "profileUrn": "string", "memberUrn": "string", "imageUrl": "string" }, "socialCounts": { "numLikes": 0, "numComments": 0, "numShares": 0, "reactionTypeCounts": [ { "reactionType": "string", "count": 0 } ] }, "content": { "type": "article", "title": "string", "subtitle": "string", "url": "string", "imageUrl": "string" } } ], "keyword": "string", "totalResultCount": 0 }}What can you build with the LinkedIn Post Search API?
Social listening
Track every post that mentions your brand, product or competitor.
Find buying intent
Catch posts asking for recommendations in your category as they are published.
Research trends
Collect a week of posts on a topic and summarize what people are saying.
LinkedIn Post Search API questions
How can I monitor LinkedIn for mentions of my brand or a keyword?
Search the keyword with sortOrder set to date_posted and datePosted set to past-24h, and run it daily. Each post comes back with its text, author, link and reaction, comment and share counts.
Is there an API to search LinkedIn posts?
Yes. LinkedIn’s official API does not offer keyword search of posts; here you send a keyword and get the matching posts as JSON.
Can I find people talking about a problem my product solves?
Yes. Search the phrases people use when they have the problem, then reach out to the authors or read the replies with the LinkedIn Post Comments API.
How do I get more than 10 results from a LinkedIn post search?
Each call returns up to 10 posts. Send the same search again with start set to 10, then 20 and so on, to get the next ones.
How do I use the LinkedIn Post Search API?
Send a POST request to https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/search/posts with keyword in the JSON body and your API key in the Authorization header. In the TypeScript SDK, call client.linkedin.searchPosts(). AI agents connected to Bridgly over MCP can call the linkedin_search_posts tool.
How much does the LinkedIn Post Search API cost?
Costs 1 credit per result returned, with a minimum of 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.
More LinkedIn endpoints
The same API key works on every endpoint. See all LinkedIn API endpoints.
- LinkedIn Post API→LinkedIn post scraper API: get one post as JSON by its URN, with author, text, images, any shared article or job, reaction, comment and share counts.
- LinkedIn Post Comments API→LinkedIn comments scraper API: get the comments on any LinkedIn post as JSON, with each comment’s text, author name, time posted and like and reply counts.
- LinkedIn Post Reactions API→LinkedIn post likes scraper API: list who reacted to any LinkedIn post, with each person’s name, headline, profile URL and reaction type, as JSON.
- LinkedIn Product Search API→LinkedIn products API: search software products listed on LinkedIn by keyword, with category, maker, description, top features, integrations and customers.
Try the LinkedIn Post Search API
100 free credits on business email, no card. Your first call takes a minute.