LinkedIn Followers API

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Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra LinkedIn Followers endpoint (linkedin/followers).

Endpoint contract:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to linkedin and action to followers, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
  - username: Specifies the username handle from a LinkedIn /in/ profile path or a full personal profile URL for person_profile, or an account path for followers.
- Optional parameters:
  - channel: The followers action accepts an account path input, though the required username parameter takes precedence. This action returns a follower count object and does not export channel member lists.
- Returns one object. Main fields: id, username, url, follower_count, following_count, post_count, like_count, connection_count (Number of connections (person_profile,…), precision.
- Example request body:
{
  "platform": "linkedin",
  "action": "followers",
  "params": {
    "username": "company/openai"
  }
}
- Price: $0.56 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.

Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.

Request parameters

Code samples

curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "linkedin",
  "action": "followers",
  "params": {
    "username": "company/openai"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "linkedin",
  "action": "followers",
  "results": {
    "id": "company/openai",
    "username": "company/openai",
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/（已隐去）",
    "follower_count": 11788468,
    "precision": "exact",
    "platform": "linkedin"
  },
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.

FAQ

Errors and billing

401

Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.

422

Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.

402

Insufficient balance. Top up first.

429

The account's per-minute request limit was reached (all of its API keys count together; a key's own lower limit applies first). Wait for Retry-After and try again; a rate package in the console raises the limit.

503

Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.

200 empty

The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).

Official references

Used only to check objects and terms. They do not imply authorization or endorsement of EveryInfra by the platform.

• LinkedIn Official Documentation: Distinction Between Following and Connecting ↗

  Following allows users to view public content, whereas Connecting establishes a mutual 1st-degree connection. Accordingly, `follower_count` and `connection_count` should be interpreted separately rather than combined into a single network size metric.

  Checked 2026-09-04

• LinkedIn User Agreement: Public Identity Profiles Remain Subject to Terms of Use ↗

  Profile and network information remains governed by the User Agreement, access restrictions, and privacy requirements. Parameter and field descriptions on this site do not serve as proof of platform authorization or contact permission.

  Checked 2026-09-04