LinkedIn Open Profile Status

🔎 Check LinkedIn profile status

Check public LinkedIn person profiles from full URLs or vanity names. Sales teams, recruiters, and researchers get separate Open Profile and #OpenToWork statuses, confidence, reasons, and available profile details in one dataset. When public data is not enough, the Actor returns unknown instead of guessing.

Use cases

• Check two separate profile signals for one submitted person with LinkedIn Open Profile Status.
• Check whether a submitted person can receive free InMail with LinkedIn Open Profile Checker.
• Review public fields returned for a known person with LinkedIn Profile Scraper.
• Look up a public profile from a URL or vanity name with LinkedIn Profile Lookup.
• Check the public job-search badge for a submitted profile with LinkedIn Open To Work.

📊 Review statuses and public profile details

Each dataset row stays tied to one submitted person profile. Required fields include the resolved profileUrl, openProfileStatus, and openToWorkStatus. The two status objects each include a status, confidence, and reason. Other public fields appear when available, including a name, headline, location, summary, work history, education, languages, recommendations, volunteering, audience counts, and an influencer indicator.

▶️ Check profiles from URLs or vanity names

1. Add one or more full LinkedIn person-profile URLs or vanity names.
2. Start the Actor and open the default dataset.
3. Read each status, confidence, reason, and available public profile detail.

⚙️ Input

Add at least one full LinkedIn person-profile URL or vanity name. You can use both forms in the same run.

Input fields

Field	Type	What it does
profileUrls	array of strings	Full LinkedIn person-profile URLs or vanity names to check.

Example input

This input is copied from the public input of a successful current-beta default-input run.

{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella"
  ]
}

🧾 Output

The Output tab links to the default dataset.

Output link

Field	Type	What it does
dataset	string	Link to the saved LinkedIn profile status results.

Each dataset row uses the shape below. The required row fields are profileUrl, openProfileStatus, and openToWorkStatus. Other fields are returned when public data includes them. Optional arrays can be empty or absent.

Dataset row

Field	Type	What it does
profileUrl	string (URL)	Resolved public LinkedIn profile URL.
vanityName	string	Public profile vanity name, when available.
fullName	string	Public name shown on the profile, when available.
headline	string	Public profile headline, when available.
summary	string	Public profile summary, when available.
location	string	Public profile location, when available.
openProfileStatus	object	Open Profile or free InMail status for the person.
openProfileStatus.status	string	open, not_open, or unknown, based on available public evidence.
openProfileStatus.confidence	string	Evidence strength for the Open Profile status. An unknown status uses low confidence.
openProfileStatus.reason	string	Human-readable reason for the Open Profile status.
openToWorkStatus	object	Public #OpenToWork status for the person. It is separate from Open Profile.
openToWorkStatus.status	string	open, not_open, or unknown, based on available public evidence.
openToWorkStatus.confidence	string	Evidence strength for the #OpenToWork status. An unknown status uses low confidence.
openToWorkStatus.reason	string	Human-readable reason for the #OpenToWork status.
experience	array of objects	Public employment history entries, when available.
experience[].title	string	Public job title for an employment entry, when available.
experience[].companyName	string	Public company name for an employment entry, when available.
experience[].companyUrl	string (URL)	Public company page URL for an employment entry, when available.
experience[].location	string	Public location for an employment entry, when available.
experience[].startDate	string	Public start date shown for an employment entry, when available.
experience[].endDate	string	Public end date shown for an employment entry, when available.
education	array of objects	Public education entries, when available.
education[].schoolName	string	Public school name for an education entry, when available.
education[].schoolUrl	string (URL)	Public school page URL for an education entry, when available.
education[].degree	string	Public degree for an education entry, when available.
education[].fieldOfStudy	string	Public field of study for an education entry, when available.
education[].description	string	Public description for an education entry, when available.
education[].startDate	string	Public start date shown for an education entry, when available.
education[].endDate	string	Public end date shown for an education entry, when available.
languages	array of objects	Public language entries, when available.
languages[].name	string	Public language name.
languages[].proficiency	string	Public proficiency level, when available.
recommendations	array of objects	Public recommendations shown on the profile, when available.
recommendations[].text	string	Public recommendation text.
recommendations[].authorName	string	Public recommendation author name, when available.
recommendations[].authorProfileUrl	string (URL)	Public profile URL of the recommendation author, when available.
volunteering	array of objects	Public volunteering entries, when available.
volunteering[].organizationName	string	Public organization name for a volunteering entry, when available.
volunteering[].role	string	Public role for a volunteering entry, when available.
volunteering[].cause	string	Public cause for a volunteering entry, when available.
volunteering[].description	string	Public description for a volunteering entry, when available.
volunteering[].startDate	string	Public start date shown for a volunteering entry, when available.
volunteering[].endDate	string	Public end date shown for a volunteering entry, when available.
audience	object	Public audience counts for the person, when available.
audience.followerCount	integer	Public follower count, when LinkedIn provides a number.
audience.connectionCount	integer	Public connection count, when LinkedIn provides a number.
account	object	Public account indicators for the person, when available.
account.isInfluencer	boolean	Whether the public profile shows an influencer indicator.

Example dataset row

This complete row is from the successful current-beta run with devsecopsvince.

{
  "profileUrl": "https://uk.linkedin.com/in/devsecopsvince",
  "vanityName": "devsecopsvince",
  "fullName": "Vincent K.",
  "summary": "Senior cyber security leader with 20+ years of experience delivering large‑scale secure…",
  "location": "Little Hadham, England, United Kingdom",
  "openProfileStatus": {
    "status": "unknown",
    "confidence": "low",
    "reason": "The credential-free public profile response does not expose the member's Open Profile or free-InMail setting."
  },
  "openToWorkStatus": {
    "status": "open",
    "confidence": "high",
    "reason": "The public profile explicitly identifies the person as Open To Work."
  },
  "experience": [
    {
      "companyName": "Open to Work",
      "location": "Greater London, England, United Kingdom"
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "schoolName": "University of Exeter",
      "schoolUrl": "https://uk.linkedin.com/school/university-of-exeter",
      "startDate": "2023-09",
      "endDate": "2025-11"
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "name": "English"
    }
  ],
  "volunteering": [
    {
      "organizationName": "ST Thomas Of Canterbury Primary School",
      "role": "Chair of Governors and DPO",
      "startDate": "Mar 2016",
      "endDate": "Present",
      "cause": "Education"
    }
  ],
  "audience": {
    "followerCount": 2000
  }
}

💳 Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. The current price is $0.00045 for one Open Profile status returned for a submitted LinkedIn profile. The optional profile details and separate Open to Work status are part of the saved row, not this charged event.

🔌 Integrations

Open the default dataset in Apify or use its API to read the saved JSON rows. Export the dataset in formats offered by Apify for review or downstream workflows.

❓ FAQ

What does unknown mean?

It means the public profile did not provide enough evidence to decide. The Actor returns unknown instead of guessing.

Are Open Profile and Open to Work the same?

No. Open Profile describes the public Open Profile or free InMail signal. Open to Work describes the public #OpenToWork badge. The Actor returns them in separate status objects.

Can I use a vanity name instead of a full URL?

Yes. Add a LinkedIn person-profile URL or a vanity name such as satyanadella to profileUrls.

Does the Actor need a LinkedIn login or cookies?

No. It uses credential-free public access, so you can submit public profile targets without a LinkedIn login or cookies.

Can I submit several profiles in one run?

Yes. Add one or more targets to profileUrls. Each returned row stays associated with its resolved profile URL.

Does it find profiles for me?

No. Submit each URL or vanity name yourself. The Actor does not search LinkedIn or discover profiles.

What public profile details can I get?

When available, rows can include the person's name, headline, summary, location, work history, education, languages, recommendations, volunteering, audience counts, and account indicators.

Does it send messages or change profile settings?

No. It reads public profile data and status signals. It does not send messages or change LinkedIn settings.

📝 Changelog

v0.0 (22-09-2026)

• Initial release.

🆘 Support

For issues, questions, or feature requests, file a ticket and I'll fix or implement it in less than 24h 🫡

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