# KiteEndpoints LinkedIn Data API

> KiteEndpoints LinkedIn Data API is a paid API for AI agents from kite-endpoints.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.14/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Retrieves LinkedIn profile or company data by submitting a lookup request and returning structured profile information

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-endpoints.vercel.app/api/linkedin-data
- Price: $0.14/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-linkedin-data-api-118d79ac
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0QFd_ngBMULc1d5znM0yu

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability kiteendpoints-linkedin-data-api-118d79ac -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the LinkedIn profile data for Sarah Chen at Acme Corp — I need her job title, current employer, and professional background for a sales lead I'm researching?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need programmatic access to LinkedIn profile or company data without managing your own LinkedIn scraping infrastructure. It is best suited for sales lead enrichment, recruiting pipelines, competitive research, or CRM data population where per-request pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.14 USDC is more cost-effective than maintaining a subscription scraping service. Prefer this over manual lookup when processing individual profiles on demand within an automated agent workflow.

## Known failure modes

- Profile not found or private — returns empty result or error if the target profile is private or does not exist
- Invalid input — missing or malformed profile URL/identifier causes a bad request error
- Rate limiting — excessive requests may be throttled or rejected
- LinkedIn anti-scraping measures — LinkedIn may block data retrieval for certain profiles intermittently
- Stale data — returned profile data may not reflect the most recent LinkedIn updates

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a structured object containing LinkedIn profile or company data, which may include name, headline, job title, current employer, work experience, education, skills, connection count, location, and other publicly available profile fields depending on the lookup type.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-linkedin-data-api-118d79ac/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-endpoints.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-endpoints.vercel.app/llms.txt)