LinkedIn Post

Fetches a single LinkedIn post or article, returning the title, headline, full description text, author info with follower count, publication date, like count (reactions), comment count, and individual comments.

1 credit / request

Open Playground

GET /v1/linkedin/post Try it

LinkedIn Post
GET /v1/linkedin/post

Fetches a single LinkedIn post or article, returning the title, headline, full description text, author info with follower count, publication date, like count (reactions), comment count, and individual comments.

Authentication: x-api-key
Example URL: https://api.datawake.ai/v1/linkedin/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpulse%2Fbeing-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred%2F

Parameters:
- url (query · string · required) = https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/being-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred/

Overview

WakeScrap exposes this LinkedIn endpoint as a live-data API. The platform keeps the documented request and response shape stable while unifying auth, request tracking, and credits billing.

Required params: url.

Headers

x-api-key string required

Your Wake API access key.

Example:

YOUR_API_KEY

Query Parameters

url string required

The URL of the LinkedIn post to get

Example:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/being-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred/


              curl 'https://api.datawake.ai/v1/linkedin/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpulse%2Fbeing-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred%2F' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'


              const response = await fetch("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/linkedin/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpulse%2Fbeing-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred%2F", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);


              import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/linkedin/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpulse%2Fbeing-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred%2F",
    headers={
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
)

print(response.json())


              $ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/linkedin/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpulse%2Fbeing-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred%2F",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;


              client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.datawake.ai/v1/linkedin/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpulse%2Fbeing-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred%2F", nil)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
    panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()

body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))


              HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.datawake.ai/v1/linkedin/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpulse%2Fbeing-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred%2F"))
    .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .header("Accept", "application/json")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());


              {
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/being-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred",
  "name": "Being a Father Has Made me a Better Leader, and Vice Versa",
  "headline": "It's not all that unique to be a 26-year-old founder in Silicon Valley. What was far more surprising to people in 2017 when I joined the S17 Y Combinator cohort is that I already h...",
  "commentCount": 17,
  "likeCount": 210,
  "datePublished": "2020-06-21T14:35:59.000+00:00",
  "description": "It's not all that unique to be a 26-year-old founder in Silicon Valley. What was far more surprising to people in 2017 when I joined the S17 Y Combinator cohort is that I already h...",
  "author": {
    "name": "Austen Allred",
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/austenallred",
    "followers": 30863
  },
  "comments": [
    {
      "author": "Jeremy M.",
      "text": "Austen, thanks for sharing!",
      "linkedinUrl": "https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeremymurray"
    }
  ],
  "moreArticles": [
    {
      "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/note-outcomes-data-lambda-school-austen-allred",
      "title": "A Note About Outcomes Data at Lambda School",
      "datePublished": "Feb 24, 2020",
      "description": "Due to some recent online media, there’s been some confusion recently about student outcomes at Lambda School - which…",
      "reactionCount": 168,
      "commentCount": 15
    }
  ]
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "One or more required parameters are missing or invalid."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "Invalid or missing x-api-key header."
  }
}


              {
  "error": {
    "code": "insufficient_credits",
    "message": "This request requires available credits before execution."
  }
}