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Retrieve member profile from LinkedIn
Retrieve member profile from LinkedIn
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Written by Bassem Khalifa
Updated over a year ago

Retrieve the details of a member profile fro m LinkedIn.

Application

  • LinkedIn

Inputs (what you have)

Name

Description

Data Type

Required?

Example

Profile link

Link to the profile to retrieve details for.

URL

Yes

Retrieve ‘About Profile’?

Retrieve data from 'About this profile'.

True/False

No

True

Retrieve certifications?

Retrieve certifications for the profile.

True/False

No

False

Retrieve skills?

Retrieve skills for the profile.

True/False

No

True

Retrieve courses?

Retrieve courses for the profile.

True/False

No

False

Retrieve experience?

Retrieve positions for the profile.

True/False

No

True

Retrieve organizations?

Retrieve organizations for the profile.

True/False

No

False

Retrieve education?

Retrieve educations for the profile .

True/False

No

True

Retrieve languages?

Retrieve languages for the profile.

True/False

No

False

Retrieve honors?

Retrieve honors for the profile.

True/False

No

True

Retrieve interests?

Retrieve top voices and companies from the interests section of the profile including 'See more' page?

True/False

No

False

Retrieve recommendations?

Retrieve received and given recommendations for the profile including 'See more' page?

True/False

No

True

Note: the value of inputs can either be a set value in the configuration of the Wrk Action within the Wrkflow, or a variable from the Data library section. These variables in the Data library section are the outputs of previous Wrk Actions in the Wrkflow.

Outputs (what you get)

Name

Description

Data Type

Required?

Example

Is creator?

Indicates whether the user is a creator

True/False

Yes

True

Skills

An array of skills or expertise areas of the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "name": "Business Development", "category": "INDUSTRY_KNOWLEDGE", "insights": ["LinkedIn Skill Assessment badge"], "endorsements_count": 256 }]

Full name

The full name of the LinkedIn user

Text(short)

Yes

Strati Georgopoulos

Recommendations

Recommendations received and given by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

See example structure below.

Followings count

The number of users or entities followed by the user

Integer

Yes

687

Followers count

The number of followers of the user

Integer

Yes

10369

Profile photo

The user's profile photo

File

Yes

Honors

An array of honors received by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "title": "Best SAM subsidiary team award", "description": "Best Practice award for a Software Asset Management project in SMB", "issuer": "Microsoft", "issued_on": "2020-01-01" }]

LinkedIn profile ID

The linkedIn profile identifier

Text(short)

Yes

ACoAAAAK870Bd6yR_NZfTZeo7zFQd61oPbdwhCY

Associated industries

An array of industries associated with the user

Text(Long)

Yes

["Marketing & Advertising"]

Open to

An array of preferences or services the user is open to

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "type": "SERVICE_PROVIDER", "description": "Project Management", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/services/page/94035531895233b656" }]

Primary locale

The user's primary locale

Text(Short)

Yes

en-US

Summary

A summary or description of the user's professional background and expertise

Text(Long)

Yes

◄ The Go-To Executive Recruiter for Hard to Find Talent ► A passionate entrepreneur who gets a rush from helping others succeed, be it a small business or Fortune 500 company, Strati excels in serving his clients’ needs to overcome barriers to growth through Executive Search & Placement that produce results.

Is memorialized?

Indicates whether the user's profile is memorialized

True/False

Yes

True

Location

The name of the user's location or city

Text(Short)

Yes

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Background photo

The user's profile background image

File

Yes

Featured items

An array of featured items on the user's profile

Text(Long)

Yes

Volunteer experiences

An array of volunteer experiences of the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "role": "Member of interview panel board, Сareer Trainer", "description": "Selected finalists for UGRAD scholarships as member of interview panel board Trained alumni of the program on job search and career management issues ", "cause": "Member of interview panel board, Сareer Trainer", "company": { "id": "67120423", "username": "strati-georgopoulos", "profile_type": "member", "name": "Strati Georgopoulos" }, "from_date": "2020-08-01", "to_date": "2020-09-01" }]

Is premium?

Indicates whether the user has a premium LinkedIn account

True/False

Yes

True

Maiden name

The user's maiden name

Text(Short)

Yes

Teoculos

Positions

An array of positions or job roles held by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "title": "Regional HR (Recruitment and T&D)", "description": "• Mentored and coached HR generalists in Omsk, St-Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod • Recruited and trained sales teams for stores ensuring non stop process of onboarding ", "company_logo_url": "http://example.com", "country_name": "Russia", "location_name": "Nizhny Novgorod", "from_date": "2020-01-01", "to_date": "2020-03-01" }]

Is Influencer?

Indicates whether the user is an influencer

True/False

Yes

True

ID

The unique identifier of the LinkedIn user

Integer

Yes

67120423

Patents

An array of patents held by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "name": "Messaging system with circumstance configuration framework", "issued_date": "2020-01-01" }]

Country

The name of the user's country

Text(Short)

Yes

Canada

Educations

An array of educational qualifications of the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "school_name": "Microsoft Academy for College Hires", "activities": "Successfully passed over 20 classroom trainings related on presentation and communication skills, sales techniques, Microsoft products and business acumen together with other 100+ MACHs from EMEA. ", "grade": "Second class Honours", "from_date": "2020-01-01", "to_date": "2020-05-01", "company_logo_url": "http://example.com" }]

Connections count

The total number of connections of the user

Integer

Yes

500

Certifications

An array of certifications earned by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "name": "CPCC - Certified Professional Career Coach", "authority": "Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches", "url": "https://cpcc-careercoach.com/", "issued_date": "2020-01-01", "expires_date": "2023-01-01" }]

Interests top voices

An array of interests in top voices followed by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "id": "67120423", "username": "strati-georgopoulos", "profile_type": "member", "name": "Strati Georgopoulos" }]

Birth date

The user's birth date

Date

Yes

5/13/1987

Projects

An array of projects or initiatives the user has been involved in

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "title": "GR8TAPP", "description": "Angular, PHP, SCSS, API, ZOHO, Joomla, MySQL, Yii2, Grunt", "url": "http://gr8tapp.com/", "contributors": [{ "id": "67120423", "username": "strati-georgopoulos", "profile_type": "member", "name": "Strati Georgopoulos" }], "from_date": "2015-03-15", "to_date": "2015-06-01" }]

Courses

An array of courses completed by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "name": "Professional Training & Coaching", "number": "101" }]

Headline

The headline or professional tagline of the user

Text(Short)

Yes

Executive Search🔷Creating Social Impact🔷Click FOLLOW for daily Wisdom & Inspiration

LinkedIn Sales Navigator profile ID

The LinkedIn Sales Navigator profile identifier

Text(short)

Yes

ACwAAAAK870B81p_cSw1bIBvaG64FM_iil1Dq-U

Creator websites

An array of websites or links associated with the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "text": "Member of interview panel board, Сareer Trainer", "url": "https://example.com" }]

About profile

Information about the user's LinkedIn profile

Text(Long)

Yes

{"joined": "2014","contact_information": "Updated over 1 year ago","profile_photo": "Updated less than 1 year ago"}

Organizations

An array of organizations the user has been a part of

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "name": "Member of interview panel board, Сareer Trainer", "description": "Selected finalists for UGRAD scholarships as member of interview panel board Trained alumni of the program on job search and career management issues ", "position_held": "Сareer Trainer", "from_date": "2020-01-01", "to_date": "2020-03-01" }]

Test scores

An array of test scores achieved by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "name": "GMAT", "description": "Q48 (80%) V44 (97%) AWA 5.5 (77%) Total 98%", "score": "750", "test_date": "2020-08-01" }]

Languages

An array of languages known by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "name": "English", "proficiency": "LIMITED_WORKING" }]

Publications

An array of publications authored or co-authored by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "name": "Financial time series forecasting: semantic analysis of economic news", "description": "The paper proposes a method of financial time series forecasting taking into account the semantics of news. For the semantic analysis of financial news the sampling of negative and positive words in economic sense was formed based on Loughran McDonald Master Dictionary ", "url": "https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310056788_Financial_time_series_forecasting_semantic_analysis_of_economic_news", "publisher": "Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling Techniques in Economics", "authors": [{ "id": "67120423", "username": "strati-georgopoulos", "profile_type": "member", "name": "Strati Georgopoulos" }], "published_date": "2015-06-01" }]

Username

The username of the LinkedIn user

Text(short)

Yes

strati-georgopoulos

Associated hashtags

An array of hashtags associated with the user

Text(Long)

Yes

["microsoft", "microsoftlife"]

Interests companies

An array of interests in companies followed by the user

Text(Long)

Yes

[{ "id": "67120423", "username": "strati-georgopoulos", "profile_type": "member", "name": "Strati Georgopoulos" }]

Outcomes

Name

Description

Success

This status is selected in the event of the following scenarios:

  • Member profile details are successfully retrieved

Unsuccessful

This status is selected in the event of the following scenarios:

  • If we unable to retrieve the details for profile requested

Requirements

  • N/A

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