Buy credits once and use them when you need them. There are no monthly tiers, and credits do not expire.
LinkedIn API LinkedIn Search API for sales and customer research
Use SocialListeningAPI to find public LinkedIn posts where people describe a problem, compare tools, or mention your market. Get newest-first post, author, engagement, publication time, and source URL data in normalized JSON.
- Find people asking for tools and recommendations
- Catch brand, competitor, and category mentions
- Send sourced post data into sales or research workflows
{
"success": true,
"platform": "linkedin",
"endpoint": "/api/v1/linkedin/search",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"id": "linkedin_post_123",
"platform": "linkedin",
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/example",
"content": {
"title": null,
"text": "A practical guide to social listening for small teams.",
"media_urls": [],
"thumbnail_url": null
},
"author": {
"id": "author_123",
"username": "alex",
"display_name": "Alex Morgan",
"avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatar.jpg",
"verified": false
},
"engagement": {
"views": 1200,
"likes": 48,
"comments": 7,
"shares": 3,
"saves": null
},
"published_at": "2026-08-05T01:30:00.000Z",
"ext": {
"author_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex",
"article_url": null
}
}
]
},
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 1
},
"raw": {
"elements": []
},
"request_id": "req_example123",
"credits_used": 2,
"credits_remaining": 98
}What does the LinkedIn Search API do?
The LinkedIn Search API searches public posts for a keyword or phrase and returns the results as JSON. Each result can include post text, author details, engagement counts, publication time, media, and the source URL. This makes it useful for topic research, brand and competitor searches, content research, and AI agents that need current LinkedIn data.
Send a GET request with your API key and a specific query, such as a brand name, product category, or customer problem. Results come back newest first in a normalized structure. Store the fields you need, then run your own classifier, report, database job, or alert outside the API.
Use SocialListeningAPI when your project needs LinkedIn search alongside other public sources without a separate integration for each one. One API key, one credit balance, and the same core response structure work across LinkedIn, X, Reddit, Facebook, Hacker News, TikTok, YouTube, and Google results. A successful LinkedIn search costs 2 credits, failed requests use no credits, and purchased credits do not expire.
Try the LinkedIn Search API
Choose cURL, Axios, or fetch. Add your API key, change the query, and send the request.
curl --get 'https://api.sociallisteningapi.com/api/v1/linkedin/search' \
--data-urlencode 'query=social listening' \
--data-urlencode 'raw=true' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'Why use SocialListeningAPI for LinkedIn search?
Search LinkedIn with the same API key, credit balance, and normalized response structure you use for X, Reddit, Facebook, Hacker News, TikTok, YouTube, and Google results.
Each API returns the same core response shape, so you do not need separate parsing code for every source.
Search public social posts, videos, profiles, Google results, and Discourse forums with one API key.
Failed requests do not use credits. A successful response uses the endpoint's listed credit cost.
Keep available post URLs beside results for review, citations, and follow-up work.
Use normalized fields in your app and inspect the raw provider response when you need more detail.
Playbooks
Put LinkedIn post search to work
Use LinkedIn search to find public posts about buying questions, hiring plans, and partnership opportunities. These playbooks show how to turn useful results into reviewed lead and account lists.
Choose the right route
SocialListeningAPI vs LinkedIn's official API
SocialListeningAPI searches public posts for any keyword. LinkedIn has no post search endpoint. For listening, its official API is limited to activity on company pages you manage.
SocialListeningAPI
Search public LinkedIn posts by keyword with one API key.
- Search by keyword or phrase
- Use one server-side API key
- Receive a normalized multi-source schema
- Pay 2 credits for a successful LinkedIn search
LinkedIn's official API
LinkedIn has no post search endpoint. You can only monitor mentions of a company page you manage.
- No public post search by keyword
- Connect a company page you administer
- Receive notifications when that page is mentioned
- Set up approved access, permissions, and webhooks
MCP integration
Give social listening powers to your chat app
Connect SocialListeningAPI to Claude or ChatGPT. Ask a question in plain language, get actual, realtime results from social media platforms, forums and serps - with source links.
Use it to get brand mentions, scope out competitors, find leads and more - all from within your chat app.
See how the MCP worksClaude · SocialListeningAPI connected
MCP toolsearch_social_posts
reddit · "social listening API cost"Public posts returned with source URLs · 1 credit
Simple credit pricing
Buy a one-time credit pack and use it across every API. Credits do not expire.
Starter
$20one time
5,000 credits A simple pack for testing the API and smaller projects.
- $0.0040 per credit
- Use credits across every API endpoint
- Credits never expire
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$100one time
40,000 credits More credits at a lower cost for apps making regular calls.
- $0.0025 per credit
- Use credits across every API endpoint
- Credits never expire
Make your first LinkedIn search request
Create an account, copy your API key, and use 100 free credits to test public post search.