# LinkedIn Profile Posts Archive API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin/profile-posts-archive)

> Returns a LinkedIn member's posts from their own feed, which is how it reaches history that the standard lanes cannot. Each post carries the text, media, the exact publish timestamp, and the full engagement breakdown including share counts. **CHECK THE CHEAP LANES FIRST.** /v1/linkedin/profile/posts returns up to 100 posts for a flat 5 credits and is the whole history for most members; /v1/linkedin/search/posts with `from_member` walks a public index for a few hundred more at 5 credits a page. Come here only when you need depth neither of those reached. **Pricing is metered at 2 credits per post RETURNED**, so a member who has posted fewer than your `limit` costs less than you asked for, and an empty archive costs nothing. Reposts and quote posts are excluded, so every row you are charged for is one the member wrote. `limit` accepts 1 to 200 in a single call.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/linkedin/profile/posts/archive` costs 5 credits per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | yes | The member's LinkedIn profile URL, for example https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/. |
| `limit` | no | How many posts to return, 1 to 200 (default 20). You are charged 2 credits for each post actually returned, not for the limit you asked for. |

## Code example

```bash
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/profile/posts/archive?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fwilliamhgates%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

See the full LinkedIn API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing