LinkedIn API endpoint
Returns the standardized product categories accepted by the products/search endpoint's category_id filter. With a keyword, returns matching categories from LinkedIn's own category search. Without one, returns every known category.
/linkedin/product/categoriesQuery parameters:
keyword (optional) — narrow results to categories matching this term. A
match is a word prefix, e.g. crm matches "Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) Software". Omit to return every known category.Notable response behavior:
categories[].id is the numeric id to pass as category_id to
/linkedin/products/search.categories[].link is the category's own public LinkedIn page.name.| Field | Filled in, of 4 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | 4 | |
| urn | 4 | |
| name | 4 | |
| universal_name | 4 | |
| link | 4 | linkedin.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| keyword | string | No | Narrow results to categories matching this term. Omit to return every known category. | ||
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/linkedin/product/categories?keyword=coffee" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"categories": [
{
"id": "1017",
"urn": "urn:li:standardizedProductCategory:1017",
"name": "Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software",
"universal_name": "customer-relationship-management-software",
"link": "https://www.linkedin.com/products/categories/customer-relationship-management-software"
},
{
"id": "1620",
"urn": "urn:li:standardizedProductCategory:1620",
"name": "Healthcare CRM Software",
"universal_name": "healthcare-crm-software",
"link": "https://www.linkedin.com/products/categories/healthcare-crm-software"
}
],
"total": 2
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/linkedin.productCategoriesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | linkedin.ProductCategoriesResponse | No | ||||
| data.categories | array | No | ||||
| data.categories[].id | string | No | 1620 | |||
| data.categories[].link | string | No | https://www.linkedin.com/products/categories/healthcare-crm-software | |||
| data.categories[].name | string | No | Healthcare CRM Software | |||
| data.categories[].universal_name | string | No | healthcare-crm-software | |||
| data.categories[].urn | string | No | urn:li:standardizedProductCategory:1620 | |||
| data.total | integer | No | 620 | |||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 429 | Rate limit exceeded | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 500 | Internal server error | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | LinkedIn upstream request failed | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/linkedin/product/categories?keyword=coffee" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"