SocialScrape
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Free LinkedIn profile
viewer

Paste a profile link. See the headline and experience.

Free, no signup. A limited number of lookups per visitor each hour.Need this in code? Use the API

How it works

1

Enter a name

A handle or a profile link.

2

See the profile

Name, bio and the counts.

3

Use it

Read it here, or request the same profile from the API.

Why use this tool

Free, no account

Look up a profile. No signup and no login.

Profile details

Name, bio, picture and counts.

No viewer listThe lookup is not made from an account of yours.
A handle or a linkEither one is enough.
Same result from the APIOne request returns the same profile as JSON.
Failures cost nothingOn the API, failed requests and cached repeats are free.

Where a profile helps

See who it is

Read the name, bio and counts.

Confirm a handle

Check the profile behind a name before you use it.

No account

Look someone up without signing up.

Use it in an app

The same profile is one API request.

Use this in your app

  1. Get a keySign up and get 100 free credits. No card needed.
  2. Send a requestPass the link with your key.
  3. Use the JSONThe profile comes back as fields.
See the reference 
1import os2import requests34params = {5    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/linkedin/profile",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"])
200 OKSample response
{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_7e6d1a42ebdb96f2c68b8c0e",
  "data": {
    "object": "profile",
    "platform": "linkedin",
    "id": "williamhgates",
    "handle": "williamhgates",
    "name": "Bill Gates",
    "headline": "Chair, Gates Foundation and Founder, Breakthrough Energy",
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates",
    "kind": "person",
    "bio": "Chair of the Gates Foundation. Founder of Breakthrough Energy. Co-founder of Microsoft. Voracious reader. Avid traveler. Active blogger.",
    "avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQF-RYZP55jmXA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/B56ZRi8g.aGsAY-/0/1736826818802?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=bKWfN6UwwtiCqFWsG7rBELbd48qJOAMLdxhBzzkJV0k",
    "banner_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5616AQEjhPbTCeblYg/profile-displaybackgroundimage-shrink_200_800/B56ZcytR5SGsAc-/0/1748902420393?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=a-tBeZkxzWTHWYY6MAjxt0oTEuxlW33EUkK3gm5_te4",
    "verified": null,
    "is_private": null,
    "external_url": "https://gatesnot.es/sourcecode-li",
    "links": [
      {
        "title": "Blog",
        "url": "https://gatesnot.es/sourcecode-li"
      }
    ],
    "location": "Seattle, Washington, United States",
    "category": null,
    "created_at": null,
    "stats": {
      "followers": 40766396,
      "following": null,
      "posts": null,
      "likes": null,
      "views": null
    },
    "extra": {
      "articles": [
        {
          "comments": 449,
          "image_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E12AQGy6pQI3vMmVQ/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280/B4EaFumG73HoAQ-/0/1792856849611?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=2QmmumsGYgIaGVcztnLlWnXPZtyFMqHl9yIm81SSYrg",
          "likes": 2870,
          "published_at": "2026-10-24T15:54:10Z",
          "summary": "I’ve been following the fight against polio almost daily for more than two decades, ever since I got involved in the…",
          "title": "6 things you should know on World Polio Day",
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/6-things-you-should-know-world-polio-day-bill-gates-ycree"
        },
        {
          "comments": 652,
          "likes": 4073,
          "published_at": "2026-10-12T20:10:59Z",
          "summary": "When I was growing up in Seattle, planes were everywhere. Boeing was the biggest employer in the area, and it felt like…",
          "title": "For an affordable climate win, look to the sky",
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/affordable-climate-win-look-sky-bill-gates-eoj7e"
        },
        {
          "comments": 509,
          "image_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E12AQFwjr3EOC2slQ/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280/B4EaCvyLnRKAAQ-/0/1789655564567?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=LlizryNgZ1ezXY4ev0mnp5KI3svHbPVgHXT5gNgHwdM",
          "likes": 2993,
          "published_at": "2026-09-17T15:18:20Z",
          "summary": "Explore the full 2026 Goalkeepers Report Earlier this year, I met Gaudence Ngendahayo, a community health worker in…",
          "title": "AI, equity, and the choice we can’t delay",
          "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-equity-choice-we-cant-delay-bill-gates-d1gte"
        }
      ],
      "badges": [
        "Creator",
        "Top Voice"
      ],
      "connections": "8",
      "connections_count": 8,
      "current_companies": [
        "Gates Foundation"
      ],
      "education": [
        {
          "end_year": 1975,
          "school": "Harvard University",
          "school_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/harvard-university/",
          "start_year": 1973
        },
        {
          "school": "Lakeside School",
          "school_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/lakeside-school/"
        }
      ],
      "experience": [
        {
          "company": "Gates Foundation",
          "company_slug": "gates-foundation",
          "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/gates-foundation",
          "duration": "26 years",
          "is_current": true,
          "start": "2000",
          "title": "Co-chair"
        },
        {
          "company": "Breakthrough Energy",
          "company_slug": "breakthrough-energy",
          "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/breakthrough-energy",
          "duration": "11 years",
          "is_current": true,
          "start": "2015",
          "title": "Founder"
        },
        {
          "company": "Microsoft",
          "company_slug": "microsoft",
          "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft",
          "duration": "51 years",
          "is_current": true,
          "start": "1975",
          "title": "Co-founder"
        }
      ],
      "recent_posts": [
        {
          "id": "7520966952035454976",
  ...

Questions

Can I view a private profile?

No. If the member hides their profile, the lookup fails with upstream_blocked, the same answer as when LinkedIn turns the request away. Try again later; a member who keeps answering it may have no profile. There is no login and no private view.

Is the profile photo included?

When LinkedIn serves one on the page. The sample on this page leaves the photo out; a live lookup shows it.

Is this tool free?

Yes. No account and no card. Each visitor gets a limited number of lookups an hour, so it stays free for everyone.

How do I get this data in my own app?

Send GET /v1/linkedin/profile with your key in the x-api-key header. A request costs 1 credit. A repeat of something fetched recently costs 0 credits, and failed requests are free. See the reference.