# Search LinkedIn jobs > Job listings by keyword and location, optionally only recent ones or one company's. - **Request:** `GET https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/linkedin/jobs/search` - **Auth:** `x-api-key` header ([get a free key](https://lurkapi.com/login?next=/dashboard)) - **Cost:** 1 credit per call. Validation errors, `401`/`402`/`429` rejections and `5xx` failures are free; `not_found` is charged ([how charging works](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#credits)). - **MCP tool:** `linkedin_search_jobs` on `https://api.lurkapi.com/mcp` - **Freshness:** responses are cached for up to 1 hour - **Try it live:** https://lurkapi.com/docs/linkedin/search-jobs#try (no signup) - **Platform:** [LinkedIn](https://lurkapi.com/docs/linkedin.md) (linkedin.com) - **Web page:** https://lurkapi.com/docs/linkedin/search-jobs ## When to use this One page of LinkedIn's public job search: 10 listings, the page size LinkedIn's guest search serves. Pass `cursor` from the previous answer for the next 10, up to 1,000 listings. Listings carry the title, company, location and listing date; use job details for the description, criteria and applicant count. LinkedIn's guest search never reports zero matches: a query that matches nothing returns its broader suggestions (often jobs near the location), so check titles when precision matters. Without `location`, LinkedIn picks one from our servers' location in the United States. `companyId` is the `id` from the company endpoint. LinkedIn applies only the date and company filters for logged-out visitors (job type, experience level, workplace and sort are ignored), so they aren't offered. ## Parameters All parameters go in the query string. | Name | Type | Required | Default | Allowed values | Description | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `query` | string | yes | | | Job title, skill or keywords, e.g. software engineer. | `software engineer` | | `location` | string | no | | | City, region or country, e.g. United States, London or Berlin, Germany. | `United States` | | `datePosted` | string | no | `any` | `any`, `past-24h`, `past-week`, `past-month` | Only jobs listed in the past 24 hours, week or month. | | | `companyId` | string | no | | | Only this company's jobs: the numeric `id` from the company endpoint, e.g. 68529 for HubSpot. | | | `cursor` | string | no | | | The `cursor` from the previous response, for the next page. Keep every other param the same. | | ## Example request Replace `YOUR_API_KEY` with your key, or set `LURKAPI_KEY` for the code. [Get a free key](https://lurkapi.com/login?next=/dashboard). curl: ```bash curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/linkedin/jobs/search?query=software+engineer&location=United+States" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" ``` JavaScript: ```js const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "software engineer", location: "United States", }); const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/linkedin/jobs/search?${params}`, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY }, }); const data = await res.json(); if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`); console.log(data.jobs); ``` Python: ```python import os import requests res = requests.get( "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/linkedin/jobs/search", params={ "query": "software engineer", "location": "United States", }, headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["LURKAPI_KEY"]}, timeout=60, ) data = res.json() if not data["success"]: raise RuntimeError(f"{data['code']}: {data['error']}") print(data["jobs"]) ``` ## Example response A real response from this endpoint, captured from the live API and trimmed to a couple of items. Strings over 96 characters (mostly signed media URLs) are cut short and end in `…`. 200 OK (application/json): ```json { "success": true, "credits_remaining": 999997, "credits_charged": 1, "jobs": [ { "id": "4419969671", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4419969671/", "title": "Senior Software Engineer – Go (Golang)", "company": { "name": "General Motors", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/general-motors", "logo": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E0BAQEfAZWzerj03w/company-logo_10…" }, "location": "Warren, MI", "listedAt": "2026-10-04", "insight": "Actively Hiring" }, { "id": "4479305237", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4479305237/", "title": "Software Engineer I, Fullstack (Search)", "company": { "name": "Affirm", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/affirm", "logo": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C560BAQEHSbORvS_jKg/company-logo_10…" }, "location": "Salt Lake City, UT", "listedAt": "2026-10-16", "insight": "Actively Hiring" } ], "cursor": "10" } ``` ## Response fields Every field of a successful response. `[]` marks a list: `a[].b` is the `b` of each item in `a`. **nullable** fields can be `null`; **optional** fields can be missing. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `success` | `true` | Always true here; errors have `success: false`. | | `credits_remaining` | `number` | Your balance after this call. On anonymous playground calls: free tries left today. | | `credits_charged` | `number` | Credits this call cost; 0 on free endpoints. On anonymous playground calls: tries used (1). | | `jobs` | `object[]` | Listings in LinkedIn's order. | | `jobs[].id` | `string` | LinkedIn job id. Pass it to job details. | | `jobs[].url` | `string` | Public job page. | | `jobs[].title` | `string` | Job title. | | `jobs[].company` | `object` | Hiring company. | | `jobs[].company.name` | `string`, nullable | Company name. | | `jobs[].company.url` | `string`, nullable | The company's LinkedIn page. | | `jobs[].company.logo` | `string`, nullable | Company logo URL; may expire. | | `jobs[].location` | `string`, nullable | Location as LinkedIn shows it, e.g. Warren, MI or United States. | | `jobs[].listedAt` | `string`, nullable | Day the job was listed, YYYY-MM-DD. | | `jobs[].insight` | `string`, nullable | LinkedIn's note on the card, e.g. Actively Hiring or Be an early applicant. | | `cursor` | `string`, nullable | Pass as `cursor` for the next page. null on the last page. | ## Pagination Pass the response's `cursor` back as `cursor`, with the other parameters unchanged, for the next page. It's `null` on the last page. Each page costs 1 credit. The first five pages, in JavaScript: ```js let cursor = null; for (let page = 1; page <= 5; page++) { const params = new URLSearchParams({ query: "software engineer", location: "United States" }); if (cursor) params.set("cursor", cursor); const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/linkedin/jobs/search?${params}`, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY }, }); const data = await res.json(); if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`); console.log(data.jobs); cursor = data.cursor; if (!cursor) break; // last page } ``` ## Caching and freshness Responses are cached for up to 1 hour, so a repeat call within that window can return the same data. It still costs 1 credit. ## Errors Errors return `{ success: false, error, code, docs }` with the HTTP status below. Validation errors, `401`/`402`/`429` rejections and `5xx` failures are free; `not_found` is charged ([how charging works](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#credits)). [All error codes](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#errors). | Status | Code | Meaning | | --- | --- | --- | | 401 | `missing_api_key` | No API key. Send it in the `x-api-key` header. | | 401 | `invalid_api_key` | The key is unknown or was revoked. | | 402 | `insufficient_credits` | Not enough credits for this call. Buy a pack or wait for tomorrow's top-up. | | 403 | `account_suspended` | This account is suspended. Contact support@lurkapi.com. Never charged. | | 405 | `method_not_allowed` | Endpoints take GET with query params. | | 429 | `rate_limited` | Too many calls at once. Wait for the `retry-after` seconds, then retry. | | 500 | `internal_error` | Something broke on our side. Retry; 5xx errors are free. | | 502 | `upstream_error` | The platform didn't give a usable answer. Retry; 5xx errors are free. | | 503 | `upstream_busy` | All our connections to the platform are busy. Retry in a few seconds; 5xx errors are free. | | 504 | `upstream_timeout` | The platform took over 30 seconds to answer (90 for web pages). Retry; timeouts are free. | ## Use it in Claude Once LurkAPI is [connected to Claude](https://lurkapi.com/docs.md#claude), this endpoint is the `linkedin_search_jobs` tool. Ask in plain English, for example: Ask Claude: ```text Use LurkAPI's linkedin_search_jobs with query "software engineer", location "United States" and summarize what you find. ``` Claude calls `linkedin_search_jobs` with arguments like these, and each call costs 1 credit: Tool arguments: ```json { "query": "software engineer", "location": "United States" } ``` Tool results are compact to save tokens: no nulls or empty lists, one URL per image or video, transcripts as plain text unless you pass `timestamps=true`. A result over 45,000 characters comes in parts: its `_note` gives the `offset` for the rest, and later parts are free for 15 minutes. `trim=false` returns the full response. --- Previous: [LinkedIn company posts](https://lurkapi.com/docs/linkedin/company-posts.md) · Next: [LinkedIn job details](https://lurkapi.com/docs/linkedin/job.md)