Update Settings

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

import requests

url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}"

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/squids/{squid_hash}', 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/squids/{squid_hash}",
  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/squids/{squid_hash}"

	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/squids/{squid_hash}")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}")

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

squids

{squid_hash}

Update Settings

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

import requests

url = "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}"

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/squids/{squid_hash}', 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/squids/{squid_hash}",
  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/squids/{squid_hash}"

	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/squids/{squid_hash}")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/{squid_hash}")

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

Configure your LinkedIn Profile Scraper squid settings. The main configurable option is email enrichment, which uses lobstr.io’s enrichment service to find email addresses for the profiles you scrape.

Headers

string

required

Your API authentication token. Value: Token YOUR_API_KEY

string

required

Request body format. Value: application/json

Scraper Parameters

Set these parameters in the params object:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
email_enrichment	boolean	true	Enable email enrichment to find email addresses for profiles (9 credits per profile where an email is found)

Squid Settings

Configure general squid settings:

Setting	Type	Description
name	string	Display name for your squid configuration
concurrency	integer	Number of parallel scraping threads (default: 1)
export_unique_results	boolean	Export only unique results (deduplicated)
to_complete	boolean	Run until all tasks complete
no_line_breaks	boolean	Remove line breaks from results

Email Enrichment

When email enrichment is enabled, lobstr.io will attempt to find the email address associated with each LinkedIn profile. Pricing: 9 credits per profile enriched. No email found = 0 credits charged. The enrichment service returns:

email: The discovered email address (if found)
email_status: Validation status of the email (valid, invalid, catch-all, etc.)

Email enrichment is enabled by default. Disable it before running if you don’t need email data to avoid unexpected credit usage.

If you don’t need email addresses, disable enrichment to reduce costs: set email_enrichment to false.

Backward compatibility: The old function name email is still accepted but deprecated. Migrate to email_enrichment.

Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/squids/YOUR_SQUID_HASH" \
  -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "LinkedIn Profile Scraper (1)",
    "concurrency": 1,
    "export_unique_results": true,
    "to_complete": false,
    "no_line_breaks": true,
    "params": {
      "email_enrichment": true
    }
  }'

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"

# Update scraper settings
response = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/squids/{squid_id}",
    headers=headers,
    json={
        "name": "LinkedIn Profile Scraper (1)",
        "concurrency": 1,
        "export_unique_results": True,
        "to_complete": False,
        "no_line_breaks": True,
        "params": {
            "email_enrichment": True  # 9 credits per profile with email found
        }
    }
)

data = response.json()
print(f"Settings updated: {data['name']}")
print(f"Email enrichment: {data['params']['email_enrichment']}")

Response

201

{
  "name": "LinkedIn Profile Scraper (1)",
  "concurrency": 1,
  "export_unique_results": true,
  "to_complete": false,
  "no_line_breaks": true,
  "params": {
    "email_enrichment": true
  }
}

Add Tasks Get Results

​Headers

​Scraper Parameters

​Squid Settings

​Email Enrichment

​Code Examples

​Response

Headers

Scraper Parameters

Squid Settings

Email Enrichment

Code Examples

Response