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LinkedIn Username Profile Checker API: Bulk Profiles

Check LinkedIn public profiles by username or profile URL and return profile photo, name, headline, location, country, company, follower count, about, languages, education and work experience. Profiles that do not exist or are set to private are returned as not activated. The task uses the standard asynchronous batch workflow.

Input format

Upload a text file with one LinkedIn username per line. The public-profile slug, @slug and full linkedin.com/in/<slug> URLs are all accepted; values are matched case-insensitively.

williamhgates
@satyanadella
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-smith-1a2b3c4/

Create a task

POST https://api.numberchecker.ai/v1/tasks

Terminal window
curl --location 'https://api.numberchecker.ai/v1/tasks' \
--header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--form 'file=@"./input.txt"' \
--form 'task_type="linkedin_username"'

The API returns a task ID. Keep this ID and use it to poll the task status.

Upload response

{
"task_id": "d4g8o46p2jvh04o9uolg",
"status": "pending",
"total": 5000,
"estimated_amount": {
"amount": "0.500000",
"currency": "USD"
},
"message": "Task created successfully"
}

Check task status

POST https://api.numberchecker.ai/v1/gettasks

Terminal window
curl --location 'https://api.numberchecker.ai/v1/gettasks' \
--header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--form 'task_id="d4g8o46p2jvh04o9uolg"'

Poll until status becomes exported. Do not treat pending or processing as a completed result.

Processing response

{
"task_id": "d4g8o46p2jvh04o9uolg",
"status": "processing",
"total": 5000,
"success": 2500,
"failure": 0
}

Exported response

{
"task_id": "d4g8o46p2jvh04o9uolg",
"status": "exported",
"total": 5000,
"success": 5000,
"failure": 0,
"result_url": "https://example-link-to-results.zip",
"actual_amount": {
"amount": "2.000000",
"currency": "USD"
}
}

Result Fields

FieldDescriptionExample
usernameInput username or profile URL exactly as submitted.williamhgates
activatedWhether a public profile was found for the username (no also covers private and non-existent profiles).yes
avatarWhether the profile has a real photo (yes/no).yes
avatar_urlProfile photo URL (non-expiring).https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/…
nameFull name.Bill Gates
headlineProfile headline.Chair, Gates Foundation
locationLocation text as shown on the profile.Seattle, Washington, United States
countryISO country code derived from the location.US
companyCurrent company.Gates Foundation
followersFollower count.40653538
aboutAbout section text.Chair of the Gates Foundation. …
badgesVerification labels, e.g. Creator, Top Voice.Creator, Top Voice
languagesLanguages, ;-separated.English;German
current_titleCurrent job title when not hidden by the owner.Co-chair
educationJSON list of {organization,start,end}.[{“organization”:“Harvard University”,“start”:1973,“end”:1975}]
experienceJSON list of {organization,start,end}.[{“organization”:“Gates Foundation”,“start”:2000}]
maskedFields the owner’s visibility settings hid, ;-separated.jobTitle;worksFor

Result file handling

Download the file from result_url only after the task is exported. Preserve the returned column names when processing the file downstream.

Response fields

FieldDescription
created_atTimestamp when the task was created.
updated_atTimestamp of the latest task status update.
task_idUnique task identifier.
statuspending, processing, exported, or failed.
totalTotal input values processed.
successValues processed successfully.
failureValues that failed processing.
result_urlDownload URL when the task is exported.
actual_amountFinal settled amount, when available.
estimated_amountEstimated amount returned when the task is created.

Status codes

StatusDescription
200Request successful.
202Task created successfully and estimated charge applied.
400Invalid file, unsupported task type, or too few valid entries.
401Missing or invalid API key.
402Insufficient account balance.
403Product not available for your account (discontinued or whitelist-only); contact support.
404Task not found.
413Uploaded file is too large.
500Internal server error; retry later.
503Product temporarily unavailable (paused for maintenance); nothing is charged, retry later.

Operational notes

  • The task is asynchronous; use the task ID for status polling.
  • Check product-specific input limits before uploading.
  • Failed rows are reported in the exported result and reflected in the task counters.
  • The fields above are based on the current live sample and may change when the upstream export schema changes.