> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lobstr.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Add Tasks

> Add tasks to your LinkedIn Search Scraper squid

export const AccountSyncRequired = ({platform}) => <Note>
    This scraper requires a synced {platform} account. <a href="/docs/link-account-to-squid">Link one to your squid</a> before running.
  </Note>;

Add search URLs to your **LinkedIn Search Scraper** squid.

<AccountSyncRequired platform="LinkedIn" />

<Note>Crawler ID: `0424cc372bc39cd81341b4a800203525`</Note>

## Headers

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required>
  Your API authentication token. Value: `Token YOUR_API_KEY`
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="Content-Type" type="string" required>
  Must be application/json. Value: `application/json`
</ParamField>

## Body

<ParamField body="squid" type="string" required>
  Hash ID of your squid.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="tasks" type="array" required>
  Array of task objects.
</ParamField>

## Task Fields

<ParamField body="tasks[].url" type="string" required>
  A LinkedIn search results URL: people (`https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=...`), companies (`.../search/results/companies/?keywords=...`) or posts (`.../search/results/content/?keywords=...`). Filters already present in the pasted URL are kept and applied. LinkedIn caps every search at about 1,000 results — use several searches to slice a bigger query.
</ParamField>

## Code Examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  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": [
        {"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=software%20engineer"}
      ]
    }'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  response = requests.post(
      "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks",
      headers={
          "Authorization": "Token YOUR_API_KEY",
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      json={
          "squid": "YOUR_SQUID_HASH",
          "tasks": [
              {"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=software%20engineer"}
          ],
      },
  )
  print(response.json())
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

```json 200 theme={null}
{"duplicated_count": 0, "tasks": [{"id": "TASK_HASH", "is_active": true, "params": {"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=software%20engineer"}, "object": "task"}]}
```