# LinkedIn Profile Skills Endorsers API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin/profile-skills-endorsers)

> Lists the LinkedIn members who endorsed one of a member's skills, 20 per page, each as a canonical author: `author.username` (the profile slug, also the `id`), `display_name`, `bio` (their headline), `avatar_url` and `url`. Name the skill exactly as /v1/linkedin/profile/skills lists it, in any letter case. A skill the member does not list is a 404 at no charge, and a skill with no endorsements is an empty page. Follow `next_cursor` (or `page`) for the next 20. LinkedIn caps the endorsement count it shows at 99, but this list goes past it.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/linkedin/profile/skills/endorsers` 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/reidhoffman/. |
| `skill` | yes | The skill's name as /v1/linkedin/profile/skills lists it, for example `Entrepreneurship`. Letter case does not matter. |
| `page` | no | 1-based page of 20 endorsers. Defaults to 1. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/profile/skills/endorsers" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgrant/" \
  --data-urlencode "skill=Software Engineering" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### What does the LinkedIn Profile Skills Endorsers API return?

Returns the members who endorsed one skill on a LinkedIn profile, each with name, headline, photo, and profile URL. The response uses the same JSON envelope as every SocialCrawl endpoint, with the data, credits_used and request_id fields.

### When should I use the LinkedIn Profile Skills Endorsers endpoint?

Use it after profile/skills to see who vouches for a skill; pass the member's profile URL and the skill's name.

### How much does the LinkedIn Profile Skills Endorsers API cost?

Each call costs 5 credits, so the 100 free credits every new account gets cover 20 calls. Credits for failed or empty calls are refunded automatically, and there is no subscription.

### What parameters does the LinkedIn Profile Skills Endorsers API need?

The required parameters are url (the member's LinkedIn profile URL, for example https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidhoffman/), skill (the skill's name as /v1/linkedin/profile/skills lists it, for example Entrepreneurship). It also accepts 4 optional parameters, all listed on this page.

### How do I call the LinkedIn Profile Skills Endorsers API?

Send a GET request to https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/profile/skills/endorsers?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fadamgrant%2F&skill=Software%20Engineering with your API key in the x-api-key header. An Authorization: Bearer header works too.

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

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