LinkedIn post video transcript API reference

GET /v1/linkedin/post/transcript

The transcript of a post's video when LinkedIn shows one; otherwise AI transcription of the video's audio.

Cost: 1 credit for captions; AI transcription 1 up to 2 minutes, then 5 per started minute of the whole video
Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

Name	Type	Required	Description
`url`	URL	yes	Post URL (linkedin.com/posts/...). Accepted hosts: `linkedin.com`.
`allow_long_transcription`	boolean	no	Transcribe audio past 2 minutes with AI, at 5 credits per started minute of the whole video. Without it a longer video answers transcript_unavailable, which is free. Default `false`. Also accepted as `allowLongTranscription`.

Every request also accepts:

trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/linkedin/post/transcript" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7520503284458147840"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7520503284458147840",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/linkedin/post/transcript",9    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10    params=params,11)12body = res.json()1314if body["ok"]:15    print(body["data"])16else:17    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/linkedin/post/transcript");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7520503284458147840"4}).toString();5const res = await fetch(url, {6  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },7});8const body = await res.json();910if (body.ok) {11  console.log(body.data);12} else {13  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);14}

1{2  "nodes": [3    {4      "name": "SocialScrape LinkedIn post video transcript",5      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",6      "typeVersion": 4.2,7      "position": [8        0,9        010      ],11      "parameters": {12        "method": "GET",13        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/linkedin/post/transcript",14        "sendQuery": true,15        "queryParameters": {16          "parameters": [17            {18              "name": "url",19              "value": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7520503284458147840"20            }21          ]22        },23        "sendHeaders": true,24        "headerParameters": {25          "parameters": [26            {27              "name": "x-api-key",28              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"29            }30          ]31        }32      }33    }34  ],35  "connections": {}36}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened. Status 200.

200 OKSample response

1{2  "ok": true,3  "credits_charged": 1,4  "credits_remaining": 4999,5  "cached": false,6  "cached_at": null,7  "request_id": "req_6910d396e73caad5b83c65d1",8  "data": {9    "object": "transcript",10    "platform": "linkedin",11    "video_id": "7520503284458147840",12    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/microsoft_activity-7520503284458147840-j1lE",13    "language": "en",14    "source": "auto_captions",15    "duration_seconds": 112.0,16    "text": "Everywhere I go I don't find people saying oh can you please make an AI model more powerful? They ask what can it do for me? What can it do for my company, for my family, for our health care, for medical discovery, for fighting wildfires an...",17    "segments": [18      {19        "start": 0.13,20        "end": 3.158,21        "text": "Everywhere I go I don't find people saying oh can you"22      },23      {24        "start": 3.158,25        "end": 6.02,26        "text": "please make an AI model more powerful?"27      },28      {29        "start": 6.02,30        "end": 9.886,31        "text": "They ask what can it do for me? What can it do for my"32      }33    ],34    "available_languages": null,35    "extra": {36      "captions_format": "srt"37    }38  },39  "cursor": null,40  "has_more": null41}

Response#

A Transcript object in data.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

Code	HTTP	Retry	Meaning
`invalid_params`	400	no	A parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
`unsupported_url`	400	no	The URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
`not_found`	404	no	The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.
`transcript_unavailable`	404	no	No captions exist and AI transcription is not possible for this media.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

Example error:

1{2  "ok": false,3  "error": {4    "code": "transcript_unavailable",5    "message": "No captions exist and AI transcription is not possible for this media.",6    "retryable": false7  },8  "credits_charged": 0,9  "request_id": "req_d2a55d772fe10ed2ee0dc2a2"10}

LinkedIn Ad Library search (GET /v1/linkedin/ad-library/search)
LinkedIn Ad Library ad details (GET /v1/linkedin/ad-library/ad)
LinkedIn public person profile (GET /v1/linkedin/profile)
LinkedIn company page (GET /v1/linkedin/company)
LinkedIn company posts (GET /v1/linkedin/company/posts)
LinkedIn post search (GET /v1/linkedin/search/posts)
LinkedIn public post (GET /v1/linkedin/post)

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