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# Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL

POST https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup
Content-Type: application/json

Reference: https://docs.futurejobs.ai/fj-sourcing-ap-is/people-scout/lookup-using-linked-in-profile-url

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: FJ Sourcing APIs
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup:
    post:
      operationId: lookup-using-linked-in-profile-url
      summary: Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL
      tags:
        - subpackage_peopleScout
      parameters:
        - name: x-fj-api-key
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: >-
                  #/components/schemas/People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn
                  Profile URL_Response_200
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                linkedin_url:
                  type: string
                  format: uri
              required:
                - linkedin_url
servers:
  - url: https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai
    description: https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai
components:
  schemas:
    ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfileCurrentEmployersItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        employer_name:
          type: string
        employer_linkedin_id:
          type: string
        employer_linkedin_description:
          type: string
        employer_logo_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        employer_company_website_domain:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        employer_company_id:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        employee_position_id:
          type: integer
        employee_title:
          type: string
        employee_description:
          type: string
        employee_location:
          type: string
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        end_date:
          description: Any type
        domains:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      required:
        - employer_name
        - employer_linkedin_id
        - employer_linkedin_description
        - employer_logo_url
        - employer_company_website_domain
        - employer_company_id
        - employee_position_id
        - employee_title
        - employee_description
        - employee_location
        - start_date
        - domains
      title: >-
        ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfileCurrentEmployersItems
    ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfileEducationBackgroundItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        degree_name:
          type: string
        institute_name:
          type: string
        institute_linkedin_id:
          type: string
        institute_linkedin_url:
          type: string
        institute_logo_url:
          type: string
        field_of_study:
          type: string
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        end_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
        - degree_name
        - institute_name
        - institute_linkedin_id
        - institute_linkedin_url
        - institute_logo_url
        - field_of_study
        - start_date
        - end_date
      title: >-
        ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfileEducationBackgroundItems
    ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfilePastEmployersItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        employer_name:
          type: string
        employer_linkedin_id:
          type: string
        employer_linkedin_description:
          type: string
        employer_logo_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        employer_company_website_domain:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        employer_company_id:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        employee_position_id:
          type: integer
        employee_title:
          type: string
        employee_description:
          type: string
        employee_location:
          type: string
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        end_date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        domains:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      required:
        - employer_name
        - employer_linkedin_id
        - employer_linkedin_description
        - employer_logo_url
        - employer_company_website_domain
        - employer_company_id
        - employee_position_id
        - employee_title
        - employee_description
        - employee_location
        - start_date
        - end_date
        - domains
      title: >-
        ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfilePastEmployersItems
    ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfile:
      type: object
      properties:
        _id:
          type: string
        person_id:
          type: integer
        __v:
          type: integer
        all_degrees:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        all_employers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        all_employers_company_id:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        all_schools:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        all_titles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        current_employers:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: >-
              #/components/schemas/ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfileCurrentEmployersItems
        education_background:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: >-
              #/components/schemas/ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfileEducationBackgroundItems
        email:
          description: Any type
        enriched_realtime:
          type: boolean
        headline:
          type: string
        languages:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        lastFetchedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        last_updated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        linkedin_flagship_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        linkedin_profile_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        location:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        num_of_connections:
          type: integer
        past_employers:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: >-
              #/components/schemas/ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfilePastEmployersItems
        profile_picture_permalink:
          type: string
          format: uri
        profile_picture_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        query_linkedin_profile_urn_or_slug:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        skills:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        summary:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        twitter_handle:
          type: string
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
        - _id
        - person_id
        - __v
        - all_degrees
        - all_employers
        - all_employers_company_id
        - all_schools
        - all_titles
        - createdAt
        - current_employers
        - education_background
        - enriched_realtime
        - headline
        - languages
        - lastFetchedAt
        - last_updated
        - linkedin_flagship_url
        - linkedin_profile_url
        - location
        - name
        - num_of_connections
        - past_employers
        - profile_picture_permalink
        - profile_picture_url
        - query_linkedin_profile_urn_or_slug
        - skills
        - summary
        - title
        - twitter_handle
        - updatedAt
      title: >-
        ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfile
    ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataRevealStatusEmail:
      type: object
      properties:
        revealed:
          type: boolean
        status:
          description: Any type
        values:
          type: array
          items:
            description: Any type
      required:
        - revealed
        - values
      title: >-
        ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataRevealStatusEmail
    ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataRevealStatusPhone:
      type: object
      properties:
        revealed:
          type: boolean
        status:
          description: Any type
        values:
          type: array
          items:
            description: Any type
      required:
        - revealed
        - values
      title: >-
        ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataRevealStatusPhone
    ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataRevealStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        email:
          $ref: >-
            #/components/schemas/ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataRevealStatusEmail
        phone:
          $ref: >-
            #/components/schemas/ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataRevealStatusPhone
      required:
        - email
        - phone
      title: >-
        ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataRevealStatus
    ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData:
      type: object
      properties:
        scoutId:
          type: string
        profile:
          $ref: >-
            #/components/schemas/ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataProfile
        revealStatus:
          $ref: >-
            #/components/schemas/ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataRevealStatus
        isExisting:
          type: boolean
      required:
        - scoutId
        - profile
        - revealStatus
        - isExisting
      title: ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData
    People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_Response_200:
      type: object
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: integer
        data:
          $ref: >-
            #/components/schemas/ApiV1WlScoutPeopleLookupPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData
        message:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
      required:
        - statusCode
        - data
        - message
        - status
      title: People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_Response_200
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-fj-api-key

```

## Examples



**Request**

```json
{
  "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "statusCode": 200,
  "data": {
    "scoutId": "6a04140e71a196dde7e6f07b",
    "profile": {
      "_id": "6a0413e62b49de32d8276b03",
      "person_id": 100650040,
      "__v": 0,
      "all_degrees": [
        "10+2",
        "Master of Computer Applications - MCA",
        "Bachelor of Science - BS"
      ],
      "all_employers": [
        "Innostax Software Labs",
        "Innostax Software Labs",
        "Innostax Software Labs"
      ],
      "all_employers_company_id": [
        1913827
      ],
      "all_schools": [
        "St. Michael's Convent School",
        "KIET Group of Institutions",
        "University of Allahabad"
      ],
      "all_titles": [
        "Project Lead",
        "Associate Software Engineer",
        "SDE 1"
      ],
      "createdAt": "2026-05-13T06:02:14.476Z",
      "current_employers": [
        {
          "employer_name": "Innostax Software Labs",
          "employer_linkedin_id": "9434948",
          "employer_linkedin_description": "Innostax is a software consulting company with focus on consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services. We enable our clients to succeed by co-creating breakthrough solutions. Experienced in designing and developing highly scalable, maintainable and performant software.  We believe that scalability and maintain-ability of code comes with great experience, and at Innostax we follow all coding best practices to deliver a very high quality code.Visit www.innostax.com to see how we help entrepreneurs and business owners create state of the art software products that succeed.",
          "employer_logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4E0BAQFHx8M3M3dkmw/company-logo_400_400/company-logo_400_400/0/1631374553932/innostax_logo?e=1778716800&v=beta&t=A_fPR6uBq5pUFG-LkL8oTyYUUZHVYXUuiAKwRZ_No_M",
          "employer_company_website_domain": [
            "innostax.com"
          ],
          "employer_company_id": [
            1913827
          ],
          "employee_position_id": 2724634054,
          "employee_title": "Project Lead",
          "employee_description": "",
          "employee_location": "Gurugram, Haryana, India",
          "start_date": "2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00",
          "domains": [
            "innostax.com"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "education_background": [
        {
          "degree_name": "10+2",
          "institute_name": "St. Michael's Convent School",
          "institute_linkedin_id": "",
          "institute_linkedin_url": "",
          "institute_logo_url": "",
          "field_of_study": "Physics and Computer Programming",
          "start_date": "2016-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
          "end_date": "2018-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
        },
        {
          "degree_name": "Master of Computer Applications - MCA",
          "institute_name": "KIET Group of Institutions",
          "institute_linkedin_id": "13720541",
          "institute_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/13720541",
          "institute_logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQGHZfZVV6Sqiw/company-logo_400_400/B56ZrpHZF6LIAY-/0/1764847620952/kiet_group_of_institutions_logo?e=1775692800&v=beta&t=if_8seVAKSN6ms6DAehAtjDYT5oCVBSJHDp4aV2ysoM",
          "field_of_study": "Computer Programming, Specific Applications",
          "start_date": "2021-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
          "end_date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
        },
        {
          "degree_name": "Bachelor of Science - BS",
          "institute_name": "University of Allahabad",
          "institute_linkedin_id": "3906455",
          "institute_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/3906455",
          "institute_logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4D0BAQHkTX74_h8Avw/company-logo_400_400/company-logo_400_400/0/1631329914613?e=1775692800&v=beta&t=7mN5PzoL6S7N4fR0Aj_6abYG_38y58_hQeykEIh59BA",
          "field_of_study": "Computer Science",
          "start_date": "2018-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
          "end_date": "2021-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
        }
      ],
      "enriched_realtime": false,
      "headline": "A Computer Science enthusiast and an AstroPhysics lover.",
      "languages": [
        "Spanish (Elementary proficiency)"
      ],
      "lastFetchedAt": "2026-05-13T06:02:54.262Z",
      "last_updated": "2026-04-26T22:07:53.834691+00:00",
      "linkedin_flagship_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186",
      "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAACvd9qoBxQtULS3bVHvg4R9XEd-sT_QMrnM",
      "location": "Gurugram, Haryana, India",
      "name": "Brahm Dev Pandey",
      "num_of_connections": 1147,
      "past_employers": [
        {
          "employer_name": "Innostax Software Labs",
          "employer_linkedin_id": "9434948",
          "employer_linkedin_description": "Innostax is a software consulting company with focus on consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services. We enable our clients to succeed by co-creating breakthrough solutions. Experienced in designing and developing highly scalable, maintainable and performant software.  We believe that scalability and maintain-ability of code comes with great experience, and at Innostax we follow all coding best practices to deliver a very high quality code.Visit www.innostax.com to see how we help entrepreneurs and business owners create state of the art software products that succeed.",
          "employer_logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4E0BAQFHx8M3M3dkmw/company-logo_400_400/company-logo_400_400/0/1631374553932/innostax_logo?e=1778716800&v=beta&t=A_fPR6uBq5pUFG-LkL8oTyYUUZHVYXUuiAKwRZ_No_M",
          "employer_company_website_domain": [
            "innostax.com"
          ],
          "employer_company_id": [
            1913827
          ],
          "employee_position_id": 2724661512,
          "employee_title": "Associate Software Engineer",
          "employee_description": "",
          "employee_location": "Gurugram, Haryana, India",
          "start_date": "2023-07-01T00:00:00+00:00",
          "end_date": "2023-12-01T00:00:00+00:00",
          "domains": [
            "innostax.com"
          ]
        },
        {
          "employer_name": "Innostax Software Labs",
          "employer_linkedin_id": "9434948",
          "employer_linkedin_description": "Innostax is a software consulting company with focus on consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services. We enable our clients to succeed by co-creating breakthrough solutions. Experienced in designing and developing highly scalable, maintainable and performant software.  We believe that scalability and maintain-ability of code comes with great experience, and at Innostax we follow all coding best practices to deliver a very high quality code.Visit www.innostax.com to see how we help entrepreneurs and business owners create state of the art software products that succeed.",
          "employer_logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4E0BAQFHx8M3M3dkmw/company-logo_400_400/company-logo_400_400/0/1631374553932/innostax_logo?e=1778716800&v=beta&t=A_fPR6uBq5pUFG-LkL8oTyYUUZHVYXUuiAKwRZ_No_M",
          "employer_company_website_domain": [
            "innostax.com"
          ],
          "employer_company_id": [
            1913827
          ],
          "employee_position_id": 2299998879,
          "employee_title": "SDE 1",
          "employee_description": "",
          "employee_location": "Gurugram, Haryana, India",
          "start_date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
          "end_date": "2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00",
          "domains": [
            "innostax.com"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "profile_picture_permalink": "https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/static/88295f379d2678a8c1b4e71b7cad5d923bac21c94c7702a102c09ffc3fd633d4.jpg",
      "profile_picture_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQH8OV10iWd3Pw/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/B56ZRQawBJGsAc-/0/1736515983160?e=1775692800&v=beta&t=1HQeSREh16x-SCmICFzBIv1Xtj6IawC2go47PpTGAW8",
      "query_linkedin_profile_urn_or_slug": [
        "brahm-dev-pandey-922582186"
      ],
      "skills": [
        "React.js",
        "Node.js",
        "HTML5",
        "Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)",
        "Front-End Development",
        "Core Java",
        "C++",
        "Dev C++",
        "Borland C++",
        "Turbo C",
        "C (Programming Language)",
        "Python (Programming Language)",
        "Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)"
      ],
      "summary": "",
      "title": "Project Lead",
      "twitter_handle": "",
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-13T06:02:54.264Z"
    },
    "revealStatus": {
      "email": {
        "revealed": false,
        "values": []
      },
      "phone": {
        "revealed": false,
        "values": []
      }
    },
    "isExisting": true
  },
  "message": "Profile already scouted",
  "status": "SUCCESS"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_example
import requests

url = "https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup"

payload = { "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186" }
headers = {
    "x-fj-api-key": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_example
const url = 'https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-fj-api-key': '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"linkedin_url\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-fj-api-key", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-fj-api-key"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"linkedin_url\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup")
  .header("x-fj-api-key", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"linkedin_url\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup', [
  'body' => '{
  "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'x-fj-api-key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("x-fj-api-key", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"linkedin_url\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift People Scout_Lookup Using LinkedIn Profile URL_example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "x-fj-api-key": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahm-dev-pandey-922582186"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://prod.api.futurejobs.ai/api/v1/wl/scout-people/lookup")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```