Profile Scraper API: Extract Profile & Company Data

Real-time data for name, location, followers, company size & many more using our Profile Scraper API. Scrape both company & individual profiles at scale without the hassle of getting blocked.

GET / profile
{
    "fullName": "Richard Branson",
    "first_name": "Richard",
    "last_name": "Branson",
    "public_identifier": "rbranson",
    "headline": "Founder at Virgin Group",
    "location": "United Kingdom",
    "followers": "20M followers",
    "connections": "500+ connections",
    "about": "Tie-loathing adventurer, philanthropist & troublemaker, who believes in turning ideas into reality. Otherwise known as Dr Yes at Virgin!",
    "experience": [
        {
            "position": "Founder",
            "company_name": "Virgin Group",
            "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/virgin/",
            "location": "United Kingdom",
            "starts_at": "1970",
            "ends_at": "Present",
            "duration": "55 years"
        }
    ],
    "education": [
        {
            "school": "Stowe School",
            "degree": "",
            "field_of_study": "",
            "starts_at": "1964",
            "ends_at": "1967"
        }
    ],
    "certification": [],
    "awards": []
}

How It Works Behind the API

</> Get
import requests

url = "https://api.scrapingdog.com/profile/"

params = {
    "api_key": "5eaa61a6e562fc52fe763tr516e4653",
    "type": "profile",
    "id": "rbranson"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
else:
    print(f"Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}")

Profile Scraper API Response (Structured JSON Data)

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  • Person Identity

    fullNamefirst_namelast_namepublic_identifierheadlinelocation
  • Network & About

    followersconnectionsabout
  • Experience

    positioncompany_namecompany_urlstarts_atends_atduration
  • Education & Awards

    schooldegreefield_of_studycertificationawards
  • Company Profile

    company_nameindustrycompany_sizeheadquartersfoundedspecialties
  • Company Meta

    universal_name_idtaglinetypewebsiteemployee_countdescription

Scrapingdog vs Manual Profile Scraping

Without a Profile Scraper API

Scraping profiles by hand means fighting login walls, rotating burner accounts, and rebuilding parsers every time the DOM shifts.

  • Login Walls & Auth Challenges

    LinkedIn gates profiles behind sign-in, security checkpoints, and captchas that throttle or ban accounts within a few hundred views.

  • Burner Accounts Get Flagged

    Cookie-based scraping needs logged-in accounts that LinkedIn detects, restricts, and bans, killing your pipeline mid-run.

  • Profile & Company DOM Drift

    Experience, education, and company-size sections render dynamically and change layout often, so parsers silently return empty fields.

  • Stale, Non-Compliant Data

    Caching profiles to dodge blocks leaves you with outdated headlines, and risks scraping non-public data you should not touch.

With Scrapingdog Profile Scraper API

One GET request with a profile id returns clean, public profile or company JSON, with no accounts, cookies, or parsing.

  • Reliable Data Accuracy

    Names, headlines, locations, follower counts, experience, and company size come back structured and field-mapped every call.

  • Enhanced Decision-Making

    Feed fresh talent and firmographic signals into your CRM, ATS, or enrichment model to power sourcing and ABM decisions.

  • Operational Efficiency

    No cookies and no account pool means you can enrich profiles in the millions per day with stable performance.

  • Public-Data & Privacy Compliant

    Only publicly available profile and company data is extracted, returned as ready-to-use JSON that drops into your stack.

Profile Scraper API Features That Make Scraping Easy

  • Get Fresh Data in Real Time

    We don't store data; we scrape it in real time, enabling you to get the freshest possible profile and company data.

  • No Cookies, Scrapes at Scale

    We don't use your cookies or any LinkedIn account, so you can extract profiles in the millions per day.

  • GDPR Compliant Data

    All data is extracted ethically from public profiles and is compliant with privacy laws.

  • Premium Proxies Beat the Captcha

    Set premium to true and we route through residential proxies to bypass captchas and security checkpoints.

  • Webhook for Hard Profiles

    Use the webhook parameter to defer a scrape by minutes, raising the success rate on protected profiles.

  • Person & Company in One API

    Switch type between profile and company to pull individual or organization data from the same endpoint and key.

What you can build with a Profile Scraper API

  • Talent Acquisition

    Recruiters find and analyze candidates by job title, interests, and work history to streamline hiring.

  • Market Research

    Gather competitive intelligence and industry trends by scraping detailed company profiles for strategic decisions.

  • Lead Generation

    Sales teams target leads by extracting profiles of decision-makers and key personnel at relevant companies.

  • Business Development

    Build business networks by identifying partners, clients, and stakeholders through profiles and company data.

  • Data Enrichment

    Update existing datasets with the latest profile and company information to keep your records accurate.

  • Academic Research

    Collect data on professionals and organizations for studies on employment trends and industry analysis.

Built for teams of every size and background

  • Recruiters & Sourcers
  • Talent Intelligence Teams
  • Sales & ABM Teams
  • HR-Tech Platforms
  • Lead Enrichment Tools
  • Staffing Agencies
  • People-Data Startups
  • RevOps Teams
  • Market Researchers
  • Backend Developers
  • Investment & Diligence Analysts
  • Growth Marketers

Get Started with Our Profile Scraper API in Minutes

  1. 1

    Create free account

    Sign up and get 200 free credits to start testing the API.

  2. 2

    Get Your API Key

    Access your unique API key from the dashboard to authenticate every request.

  3. 3

    Send Your First Request

    Call /profile with type=profile and a profile id, or type=company with a company id.

  4. 4

    Receive Structured Data

    Get clean JSON with name, headline, location, followers, experience, and company firmographics.

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Trusted by Developers worldwide

4.8 TrustScore on Trustpilot
  • Profile Scraper API from Scrapingdog is great. We've tried various other APIs but they failed to reach our expectations and caused problems. But with ScrapingDog scraping seems like a piece of cake.

    Dismatics Software

    India

  • I searched for a product like this to scrape data from Amazon and profile. The interface and the API they provide are easy to use.

    Teo Miscia

    Italy

  • Great for scraping public profiles of both people and companies.

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    India

  • Reliable, and simple to use! It’s also inexpensive and has packaged solutions for every need (Google, LinkedIn). Highly recommend.

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    France

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The API can be used to extract data from profiles, both individual & company.

  • Scraping publicly available data is legal. However, if you scrape private information using a dedicated account, it would be considered illegal. Scrapingdog's Profile Scraper API only scrapes publicly available information.

  • Yes, however, the process is not scalable. We have built a guide wherein we have scraped profiles using Python.

  • No, this API cannot extract jobs data. However, we have a Jobs Search API which can help you scrape jobs.

  • Each API request consumes a certain number of credits based on the dedicated API you're using. For example, each Profile Scraper request costs 50 credits (100 if the profile is protected).

  • No, Scrapingdog's Profile Scraper doesn't use Sales Navigator, and it doesn't use your account or anybody's account for that matter.

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