Add Tasks

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'

import requests

url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "<authorization>",
    "Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'}
};

fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <authorization>",
    "Content-Type: <content-type>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

POST

tasks

Add Tasks

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'

import requests

url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"

headers = {
    "Authorization": "<authorization>",
    "Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': '<content-type>'}
};

fetch('https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <authorization>",
    "Content-Type: <content-type>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Add LinkedIn URLs to your LinkedIn Posts Scraper squid. Each task accepts a profile URL (collects recent posts from that member), a company URL (collects recent posts from that company), or a direct post URL (collects that single post).

Headers

Authorization

string

required

Your API authentication token. Value: Token YOUR_API_KEY

Content-Type

string

required

Request body format. Value: application/json

Request Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
squid	string	Yes	Hash of your squid configured with the LinkedIn Posts Scraper crawler
tasks	array	Yes	Array of task objects, each containing a `linkedin_url` field

Task Object

Field	Type	Required	Description
linkedin_url	string	Yes	LinkedIn profile URL, company URL, or direct post URL

Accepted URL formats:

Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/
Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/company-name/
Post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890/

This scraper requires a LinkedIn account to be linked to your squid. See Link Account to Squid.

Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks" \
  -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "squid": "YOUR_SQUID_HASH",
    "tasks": [
      {"linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/"},
      {"linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/openai/"}
    ]
  }'

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"
BASE_URL = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Token {API_KEY}"}

squid_id = "YOUR_SQUID_HASH"

payload = {
    "squid": squid_id,
    "tasks": [
        {"linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/"},
        {"linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/openai/"}
    ]
}

response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/tasks", headers=headers, json=payload)

data = response.json()
print(f"Added {len(data['tasks'])} tasks")
print(f"Duplicates skipped: {data['duplicated_count']}")

Response

200

{
  "duplicated_count": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4",
      "created_at": "2026-06-09T10:00:00.000000",
      "is_active": true,
      "params": {
        "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/"
      },
      "object": "task"
    }
  ]
}

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​Code Examples

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Headers

Request Body

Task Object

Code Examples

Response