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LinkedIn Post

2 credits

Fetch a LinkedIn post with comments.

POST/api/v1/tools/linkedin/post

Parameters

urlstringrequired

Full LinkedIn post URL (e.g. "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7443280380897562624").

maxCommentsnumber

Maximum number of comments to return. Must be a positive integer. Defaults to 200. Upper bound is determined by your plan.

fieldsstring[]

Fields to include per comment. Omit for defaults: urn, text, createdAt, likeCount, replyCount, parentUrn, author. Available fields: urn, text, createdAt, likeCount, replyCount, parentUrn, author. Use ["*"] for all fields.

Response Schema

dataobject

LinkedIn post result

postobject

Post metadata

commentsobject[]

Array of comment objects.

countnumber

Number of comments returned

totalCommentsnumber | null

Total comment count reported by LinkedIn

truncatedboolean

True if more comments exist than were returned. Only present when truncation occurred.

metaobject

Request metadata

toolstring

Tool name (linkedin-post)

creditsUsednumber

Credits consumed (2)

requestIdstring

Unique request ID

Request

curl -X POST https://scraper.run/api/v1/tools/linkedin/post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sc_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7443280380897562624",
    "maxComments": 50
  }'

Response Example

{
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "id": "urn:li:activity:7443280380897562624",
      "author": "Sarah Chen",
      "text": "Thrilled to share that our team just shipped a major product update. After months of user research and iteration, we focused on three key improvements.",
      "createdAt": "2026-04-08T10:00:00.000Z",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7443280380897562624",
      "likes": 892,
      "comments": 64
    },
    "comments": [
      {
        "id": "cmt_001",
        "parentId": "urn:li:activity:7443280380897562624",
        "author": "James Rivera",
        "text": "Congratulations to the whole team. The new onboarding flow is a huge improvement.",
        "createdAt": "2026-04-08T10:45:00.000Z",
        "likes": 12
      }
    ],
    "count": 1,
    "totalComments": 64,
    "truncated": true
  },
  "meta": {
    "tool": "linkedin-post",
    "creditsUsed": 2,
    "requestId": "req_abc123"
  }
}