# Search Profiles — LinkupAPI for LinkedIn

> Search for LinkedIn people. See the documentation

- Key: `linkupapi-search-profiles`
- Type: Action (Read-only)
- Version: 1.0.0
- App: LinkupAPI for LinkedIn (`linkupapi`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/linkupapi.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/linkupapi/actions/search-profiles
- Hints: read-only · open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/linkupapi/actions/search-profiles/search-profiles.mjs

## Description

Search for LinkedIn people. [See the documentation](https://docs.linkupapi.com/api-reference/v2/profiles/search-people)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `accountId` | `string` | Yes | The persistent account identifier (e.g. acc_abc123). Run Connect Account to create one, or List Accounts to look up existing account IDs. |
| `keyword` | `string` | No | Free-text keyword to search people by (e.g. name, title, or company). |
| `firstName` | `string` | No | Filter by first name. |
| `lastName` | `string` | No | Filter by last name. |
| `title` | `string` | No | Filter by current job title. |
| `companyName` | `string` | No | Filter by current company name. |
| `location` | `string[]` | No | Geographic locations to filter, passed as an array of strings, e.g. ["San Francisco, CA", "Paris, France"]. |
| `companyUrl` | `string[]` | No | LinkedIn company URLs to filter (passed as an array). Eg. https://www.linkedin.com/company/stripe/ |
| `pastCompany` | `string[]` | No | Filter by past companies, passed as an array of LinkedIn company URLs. |
| `schoolUrl` | `string[]` | No | Filter by schools, passed as an array of LinkedIn school URLs. |
| `industry` | `string[]` | No | Filter by industries, passed as an array of strings. |
| `network` | `string[]` | No | Filter by network degree, passed as an array (e.g. ["F"] for 1st, ["S"] for 2nd, ["O"] for 3rd+). |
| `connectionOf` | `string` | No | Return people who are connections of this profile (LinkedIn profile URN or public identifier). |
| `followerOf` | `string` | No | Return people who are followers of this profile (LinkedIn profile URN or public identifier). |
| `fetchInvitationState` | `boolean` | No | Whether to include each result's connection/invitation state. |
| `totalResults` | `integer` | No | Maximum number of results to return. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
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 accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_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",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
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**

```bash
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"
    }
  }'
```

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