Like LinkedIn Post

LinkedIn Post Likers Extractor extracts the LinkedIn profiles of individuals who liked a specific post.

Edges is not related to LinkedIn and is not an official LinkedIn product.

API Endpoint

POST/v1/actions/linkedin-like-post/run/live

Parameters

Input Parameters

Configuration Parameters

Integration Parameters

Guide

What Like LinkedIn Post does

Like LinkedIn Post adds a reaction to a specific LinkedIn post, so your engagement lands on the target's activity feed without you opening the app. You get a single-record primitive you can fire from scoring rules, scheduled flows, or triggered ABM sequences.

It runs on the LinkedIn level and uses your connected LinkedIn session, so every like is attributable to your account.

How it works

You pass the post URN or URL and an optional reaction type. Edges signs the request with your authenticated LinkedIn session, posts the reaction, and returns a typed status payload. The action runs on Edges infrastructure with safe pacing and retries, so you do not manage cookies or throttling yourself.

The operation is synchronous — by the time the run completes, the like is visible on the post and counted in the reaction aggregation you see on LinkedIn.

When to use Like LinkedIn Post

Reach for Like LinkedIn Post when engagement is a planned play, not a whim. Liking a prospect's post a few hours before your SDR sends a first-touch message is a proven warmup signal; automating it means you can do it at the scale your pipeline requires. The action plugs into the LinkedIn messaging & outreach API workflow.

Treat this as a social-primitive: invisible on its own, powerful when combined with message sends and comment activity.

Use cases

  • Pre-outreach warmup. Like a prospect's most recent post a day before your SDR reaches out — measure reply uplift vs cold baseline.
  • Champion support. Auto-like posts from champions at customer accounts to keep the relationship visible.
  • Content re-engagement. Like posts from members of your community who recently went quiet.
  • Event promotion. Like the event host's announcement post to surface in related audiences.
  • Team coordination. Each AE auto-likes posts from their book of business when new activity is detected via Extract LinkedIn People Post Activity.

Best practices

  • Filter post quality first. Liking low-signal or off-brand posts erodes credibility. Gate on recency and post type before Like LinkedIn Post fires.
  • Vary reaction types. Default like is fine, but matching reaction to content (insightful for data posts, celebrate for promotions) reads more human.
  • Space your engagement. Liking every post from the same person in one hour looks automated. Add jitter or cap per-author frequency.
  • Stay within LinkedIn activity guardrails. Edges paces automatically; keep combined manual and automated reaction activity reasonable on each account.

Common questions

How many posts can I like per run?

One per run. Like LinkedIn Post is a per-record primitive — for bulk engagement, loop it over an input set sourced from Extract LinkedIn People Post Activity or Search LinkedIn Content.

Does Like LinkedIn Post use my LinkedIn account or a shared pool?

Your LinkedIn account. You connect LinkedIn to Edges once, and every like runs through that authenticated session.

Can I chain Like LinkedIn Post with other Edges actions?

Yes. Common patterns chain it with LinkedIn Comment Post for a two-touch engagement, or with Message LinkedIn Profile once the warmup sequence is complete.

Get started

Add Like LinkedIn Post to any triggered engagement flow in Edges, or call it directly from the Edges API to automate your social layer. Browse the full Actions library for the surrounding engagement primitives.

Code Examples

bash
curl -X POST "https://api.edges.run/v1/actions/linkedin-like-post/run/live" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: <YOUR_API_KEY>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "identity_ids": [
    "your-identity-uuid"
  ],
  "identity_mode": "direct",
  "input": {
    "linkedin_post_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-profile",
    "custom_data": "example_value"
  },
  "parameters": {
    "interaction_type": "example_value"
  }
}'

Output Example

{
  "reaction": "example_value",
  "linkedin_post_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-profile"
}

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