Collecting profiles from LinkedIn posts
Collect profiles of people who reacted to or commented on selected LinkedIn posts. Woodpecker saves the profiles, reaction types, and comments to a new list.
You do not need a connected LinkedIn account to use this workflow. The separate LinkedIn accounts endpoint lists accounts available for other LinkedIn actions.
How collection works
- Start collection. Submit LinkedIn post URLs and choose whether to collect comments, reactions, or both.
- Check progress. Use the returned collector IDs to check the status of the request. Processing is asynchronous and typically takes 5–10 minutes.
- Use the results. Woodpecker saves the collected profiles and engagement data to a new list. Open the list in Woodpecker to work with the results, enrich the leads and add them to campaigns.
The list will contain LinkedIn Profile URL, LinkedIn Post, Reaction, and Comment text columns. Lists are available in the Woodpecker app but are not exposed as a separate public API resource yet. Learn how Lists work in Woodpecker.
This request can use account credits. Collecting profiles from reactions costs 1 credit per 100 profiles (0.01 credit per profile), while collecting profiles from comments costs 3 credits per 100 profiles (0.03 credit per profile). Credits are used only for profiles that are successfully collected. GET endpoints used to check collection status do not use credits.
Available endpoints
| Endpoint | Method and path | Use it to |
|---|---|---|
| Collect profiles from posts | POST /rest/v2/linkedin/post_profiles_collectors/enqueue | Create a List and start one or more collection jobs |
| List collection jobs | GET /rest/v2/linkedin/post_profiles_collectors | List recent collection jobs and check their statuses |
| Get a collection job | GET /rest/v2/linkedin/post_profiles_collectors/{uid} | Get the details and status of a collection job |
| LinkedIn accounts | GET /rest/v2/linkedin_accounts | List accounts associated with your Woodpecker account available for LinkedIn campaign actions |