# LinkedIn Profile URL Finder (`dev00/linkedin-profile-finder-api`) Actor

Find LinkedIn profile URLs instantly using first name, last name, and company name.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dev00/linkedin-profile-finder-api.md
- **Developed by:** [dev00](https://apify.com/dev00) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 linkedin profile url lookups

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## LinkedIn Profile URL Finder

Find LinkedIn profile URLs instantly using first name, last name, and company name. This Actor matches target individuals against verified business profiles and social graph networks, returning the exact matched LinkedIn URL in under 2 seconds.

Perfect for sales intelligence, lead enrichment, recruitment platforms, marketing automation, CRM synchronization, and identity verification systems.

***

### ⚡ Key Features

1. **Precision Matching:**
   Resolves first name, last name, and company names to corresponding public LinkedIn URLs.

2. **Real-time lookup:**
   Provides instant matches, resolving target profiles in under 2 seconds.

3. **Enterprise Reliability:**
   Built on robust, distributed API logic with fallback resolution mechanisms.

4. **Clean JSON Format:**
   Returns a simple key-value structure of the resolved link, filtering out complex nested schemas for drop-in ease of use.

***

### 📥 Input Parameter Schema

- `first_name` (string, required): The first name of the person (e.g. `yusuf`).
- `last_name` (string, required): The last name of the person (e.g. `mehdi`).
- `company_name` (string, required): The company they work at (e.g. `microsoft`).

***

### 📤 Output Dataset Example (JSON)

When execution completes, each record is saved to the default Apify Dataset in the following format:

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "first_name": "yusuf",
  "last_name": "mehdi",
  "company_name": "microsoft",
  "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/yusufmehdi"
}
```

***

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

**Q1: What happens if a person works at a different company now?**
A1: The API matches the profile based on the parameters provided. If they have updated their profile and the previous company is listed as past experience, the search engine still resolves them successfully in most cases.

**Q2: What happens if no profile is matched?**
A2: If the query cannot be matched to a public profile, the API returns `"linkedin_url": null` with a `200 OK` status, preventing processing failures.

**Q3: Can I run bulk lookups?**
A3: The Actor processes one query per run. For bulk lookups, run runs in parallel or call the API endpoint programmatically.

***

### 🏷️ Keywords:

`linkedin profile finder`, `linkedin url finder`, `find linkedin by name`, `linkedin url resolver`, `sales intelligence api`, `lead enrichment tool`, `b2b enrichment`.

# Actor input Schema

## `first_name` (type: `string`):

The first name of the target person.

## `last_name` (type: `string`):

The last name of the target person.

## `company_name` (type: `string`):

The company name they work at.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "first_name": "yusuf",
  "last_name": "mehdi",
  "company_name": "microsoft"
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "first_name": "yusuf",
    "last_name": "mehdi",
    "company_name": "microsoft"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dev00/linkedin-profile-finder-api").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "first_name": "yusuf",
    "last_name": "mehdi",
    "company_name": "microsoft",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dev00/linkedin-profile-finder-api").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "first_name": "yusuf",
  "last_name": "mehdi",
  "company_name": "microsoft"
}' |
apify call dev00/linkedin-profile-finder-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dev00/linkedin-profile-finder-api",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/mvUIeY8iK9kBqGKFl/builds/u8lgQVAzbbu7QOoL8/openapi.json