Search Posts

POST /search-posts

Search for LinkedIn posts by keyword.

Pricing

5 credits per call.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
keyword	string	Yes	Search keyword
sort_by	string	No	Sort order: date or relevance (default: relevance)
date_posted	string	No	Date filter: past-24h, past-week, past-month
start	integer	No	Starting offset (default: 0)

Example Request

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.infoplug.io/search-posts' \
  --header 'X-INFOPLUG-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "keyword": "artificial intelligence",
    "sort_by": "date",
    "date_posted": "past-week"
  }'

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.infoplug.io/search-posts"
headers = {
    "X-INFOPLUG-API-KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
data = {
    "keyword": "artificial intelligence",
    "sort_by": "date",
    "date_posted": "past-week"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.json())

Node.js

const response = await fetch('https://api.infoplug.io/search-posts', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-INFOPLUG-API-KEY': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    keyword: 'artificial intelligence',
    sort_by: 'date',
    date_posted: 'past-week'
  })
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Example Response

200 OK

{
  "data": {
    "posts": [
      {
        "urn": "urn:li:activity:1234567890",
        "author_name": "John Doe",
        "author_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe/",
        "author_headline": "AI Researcher at Tech Corp",
        "text": "Exciting developments in AI...",
        "posted_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
        "reactions_count": 500,
        "comments_count": 75,
        "reposts_count": 25
      }
    ],
    "paging": {
      "start": 0,
      "count": 25,
      "total": 1000
    }
  }
}

400 Bad Request

{
  "message": "invalid_parameter",
  "parameter": "keyword",
  "details": "Keyword is required"
}

401 Unauthorized

{
  "message": "unauthorized",
  "details": "Invalid or missing API key"
}

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