linkedin-api
LinkedIn API for Python
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No—install only if you accept significant risk. The library is dormant (645 days since last release), explicitly violates LinkedIn's Terms of Service, and may trigger account challenges or bans. No active maintenance means compatibility breaks from LinkedIn's side will go unfixed. Use only for low-stakes personal automation or when official API access is genuinely unavailable and the account risk is acceptable.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python >= 3.10.
- LinkedIn may challenge authentication with 2FA, rate-limiting, or IP-based verification; the library does not handle Challenge URLs and will fail in those cases.
- Low install friction with three common dependencies (requests, beautifulsoup4, lxml).
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, requiring only license and copyright notice retention.
last release 2024-11-07 (645 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 105,287 downloads/mo, #12,709 on PyPI
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pip install linkedin-api
from linkedin_api import Linkedin
api = Linkedin('user@example.com', 'password')
profile = api.get_profile('profile-slug')
connections = api.get_profile_connections('profile-id')- Whether LinkedIn's Terms of Service enforcement against this library has changed since last release
- Current rate-limit thresholds and whether Challenge detection has been improved
- Compatibility with recent LinkedIn UI or authentication changes not yet reflected in the codebase
What it is and what it does
linkedin-api is a Python wrapper around LinkedIn's internal Voyager API endpoints, allowing you to programmatically search profiles, retrieve contact information, manage connections, send and read messages, and interact with job postings and posts—all without needing LinkedIn's official developer API access. It works by authenticating with a valid LinkedIn user account and replicating the HTTP requests the LinkedIn website makes internally.
The library uses requests, beautifulsoup4, and lxml to handle HTTP communication and HTML parsing. It requires Python 3.10 or later. The project explicitly warns that it is not officially supported by LinkedIn and may violate LinkedIn's Terms of Service, so use carries legal and account-risk considerations. Maintenance is dormant as of the fact sheet date, meaning no active development or support is occurring.
Use it for
- Bulk extract profile data and contact information for recruitment or sales prospecting workflows
- Automate connection requests and message sending for outreach campaigns
- Search and monitor job postings on LinkedIn programmatically for job aggregation or alerting
- Build internal tools to retrieve and analyze your own network and connection data
- Integrate LinkedIn profile lookups into third-party applications without official API approval
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
No—install only if you accept significant risk.
The library is dormant (645 days since last release), explicitly violates LinkedIn's Terms of Service, and may trigger account challenges or bans. No active maintenance means compatibility breaks from LinkedIn's side will go unfixed. Use only for low-stakes personal automation or when official API access is genuinely unavailable and the account risk is acceptable.
Install
linkedin-api on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with three common dependencies (requests, beautifulsoup4, lxml). Maintenance is dormant—last release was 645 days ago—so expect no active bug fixes or feature updates.
Requires Python >= 3.10. LinkedIn may challenge authentication with 2FA, rate-limiting, or IP-based verification; the library does not handle Challenge URLs and will fail in those cases.
License in practice
MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, requiring only license and copyright notice retention.
Quickstart
pip install linkedin-api
from linkedin_api import Linkedin
api = Linkedin('user@example.com', 'password')
profile = api.get_profile('profile-slug')
connections = api.get_profile_connections('profile-id')Verify before relying
- Whether LinkedIn's Terms of Service enforcement against this library has changed since last release
- Current rate-limit thresholds and whether Challenge detection has been improved
- Compatibility with recent LinkedIn UI or authentication changes not yet reflected in the codebase
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <4.0,>=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesrequestsbeautifulsoup4lxml |
| Maintenance | Dormant 645 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 105,287 / month, #12,709 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12 |
Evidence: linkedin_api-2.3.1-py3-none-any.whl
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