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1. Get your API key

Sign up at socialrouter.io and create an API key from the dashboard. Your key starts with sr_live_.

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2. Extract a LinkedIn profile

curl -X POST https://api.socialrouter.io/v1/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sr_live_your_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella",
    "type": "profile.info"
  }'

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3. Read the response

{
  "id": "ext_a1b2c3d4",
  "status": "completed",
  "source": "linkedin",
  "type": "profile.info",
  "provider": "apify",
  "credits_used": 0.0065,
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "Satya Nadella",
      "title": "Chairman and CEO at Microsoft",
      "company": "Microsoft",
      "location": "Redmond, Washington",
      "profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella",
      "source": "linkedin",
      "extracted_at": "2026-04-10T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "total": 1,
    "returned": 1,
    "next_cursor": null
  }
}
Every response follows the same structure, regardless of which provider fulfilled the request.

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What’s next

Authentication

Learn about API keys and rate limits.

Extraction types

All the data you can extract from each platform.