LinkupAPI for LinkedIn ACTION
Search Profiles
Search for LinkedIn people. See the documentation
- Action
- Read only
- API key
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's LinkupAPI for LinkedIn account once, then configure and run Search Profiles from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "linkupapi-search-profiles",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
linkupapi: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
accountId: "Account ID",
keyword: "Keyword",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "linkupapi-search-profiles",
"configured_props": {
"linkupapi": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"accountId": "Account ID",
"keyword": "Keyword"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "linkupapi",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "linkupapi-search-profiles",
arguments: {
accountId: "Account ID",
keyword: "Keyword",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
accountId Account ID | string | The persistent account identifier (e.g. acc_abc123). Run Connect Account to create one, or List Accounts to look up existing account IDs. Required |
keyword Keyword | string | Free-text keyword to search people by (e.g. name, title, or company). Optional |
firstName First Name | string | Filter by first name. Optional |
lastName Last Name | string | Filter by last name. Optional |
title Title | string | Filter by current job title. Optional |
companyName Company Name | string | Filter by current company name. Optional |
location Locations | string[] | Geographic locations to filter, passed as an array of strings, e.g. ["San Francisco, CA", "Paris, France"]. Optional |
companyUrl Company URLs | string[] | LinkedIn company URLs to filter (passed as an array). Eg. https://www.linkedin.com/company/stripe/ Optional |
pastCompany Past Companies | string[] | Filter by past companies, passed as an array of LinkedIn company URLs. Optional |
schoolUrl School URLs | string[] | Filter by schools, passed as an array of LinkedIn school URLs. Optional |
industry Industries | string[] | Filter by industries, passed as an array of strings. Optional |
network Network | string[] | Filter by network degree, passed as an array (e.g. ["F"] for 1st, ["S"] for 2nd, ["O"] for 3rd+). Optional |
connectionOf Connection Of | string | Return people who are connections of this profile (LinkedIn profile URN or public identifier). Optional |
followerOf Follower Of | string | Return people who are followers of this profile (LinkedIn profile URN or public identifier). Optional |
fetchInvitationState Fetch Invitation State | boolean | Whether to include each result's connection/invitation state. Optional |
totalResults Total Results | integer | Maximum number of results to return. Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- linkupapi-search-profiles
- Version
- 1.0.0
- App
- LinkupAPI for LinkedIn
- Authentication
- API key
- Read-only
- Yes
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗