Add Tasks

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.lobstr.io/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'

import requests

url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task"

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/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task', 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/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task",
  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/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task"

	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/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task")

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

squid

{squid_id}

task

Add Tasks

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.lobstr.io/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'

import requests

url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task"

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/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task', 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/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task",
  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/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task"

	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/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v2/squid/{squid_id}/task")

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 profile URLs as tasks to your squid. The scraper will extract comprehensive profile data from each LinkedIn profile you provide. You can use various LinkedIn profile URL formats, including international versions.

Headers

string

required

Your API authentication token. Value: Token YOUR_API_KEY

string

required

Request body format. Value: application/json

URL Formats

Supported URL formats: https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/ https://linkedin.com/in/username https://fr.linkedin.com/in/username/ (international) The URL must be a valid LinkedIn profile URL containing /in/ followed by the user’s identifier.

Request Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
url	string	Yes	LinkedIn profile URL to scrape

You can add profiles in bulk by making multiple API requests or using the batch upload feature.

The scraper accepts both standard and international LinkedIn profile URLs (e.g., fr.linkedin.com, de.linkedin.com).

Use Sales Navigator lead export URLs or regular LinkedIn profile URLs - both work with this scraper.

Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://api.lobstr.io/api/v2/squid/YOUR_SQUID_ID/task" \
  -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/"
  }'

import requests

API_TOKEN = "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
SQUID_ID = "YOUR_SQUID_ID"

url = f"https://api.lobstr.io/api/v2/squid/{SQUID_ID}/task"
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Token {API_TOKEN}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
data = {
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.json())

Response

200

{
  "id": "task_abc123def456",
  "squid_id": "YOUR_SQUID_ID",
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/",
  "status": "pending",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

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