Visit a LinkedIn profile

Simulates visiting a LinkedIn profile to trigger the "Who Viewed Your Profile" notification for the target user. This sends the necessary telemetry events that LinkedIn uses to track profile views.

POST/profile/visit

Authentication requiredProfiles

Code Examples

curl -X POST 'https://api.connectsafely.ai/linkedin/profile/visit' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <your_api_key>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"profileId":"john-doe-123"}'

Parameters

No parameters.

Request Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
`profileId`	string	Yes	LinkedIn vanity name/profile ID of the user to visit (e.g., "john-doe-123")
`accountId`	string	No	LinkedIn account ID to use for the visit. If not provided, uses the default account.

Example

{
  "profileId": "john-doe-123"
}

Responses

Status	Description
200	Profile visit registered successfully
400	Failed to visit profile - could not extract profile URN or send telemetry
401	Unauthorized - Invalid or missing authentication
500	Server error - Failed to get LinkedIn credentials or internal error

200 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean	Whether the profile visit was successful
`profileId`	string	The profile ID that was visited
`profileUrn`	string	The extracted profile URN (ACoAA format)
`numericMemberId`	number	The numeric member ID extracted from the profile URN
`message`	string	Success or status message
`accountId`	string	LinkedIn account ID that performed the visit

200 Example

{
  "success": true,
  "profileId": "john-doe-123",
  "profileUrn": "ACoAAF7lRPsBwzO9AMvoBVVioq4MmyJUyfiXEqY",
  "numericMemberId": 1592083707,
  "message": "Profile visit registered successfully",
  "accountId": "696ce9e780e0483585e4e553"
}

400 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`success`	boolean
`error`	string
`profileUrn`	string
`accountId`	string

400 Example

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Failed to fetch profile URN",
  "accountId": "696ce9e780e0483585e4e553"
}

401 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`error`	string

401 Example

{
  "error": "Unauthorized"
}

500 Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`error`	string

500 Example

{
  "error": "Failed to get LinkedIn credentials",
  "success": false
}

Code Examples

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