/v1/actions/linkedin-extract-followers/run/liveExtract LinkedIn Followers pulls the list of people who follow your LinkedIn profile into a structured dataset you can segment, enrich, and route. You get a row per follower with profile metadata, not just a vanity count.
The action runs on the LinkedIn level and is designed for creators, founders, and revenue teams who treat the follower graph as a warm demand list.
You provide your profile URL (or leave it empty to default to the connected account), and Edges paginates through your follower list using your authenticated LinkedIn session. The run happens on Edges infrastructure with safe rate pacing; you do not manage headless browsers or cookies.
The action returns rows as JSON. Large follower bases are processed async so pagination completes without timing out on a single request.
Reach for Extract LinkedIn Followers whenever you want to operationalise your network — turn passive followers into a queryable list. It maps to the LinkedIn search API use case and plugs into any workflow where audience is the input, not the output.
Creators run it after each post spike to see which new followers the content pulled in. Founders run it to route inbound interest to the right AE.
Edges paginates the entire list. Very large accounts should run async so the job completes in the background rather than hanging a synchronous call.
Your account. Followers are visible through your authenticated LinkedIn session on Edges, and the extraction uses that session directly.
Yes. Common chains are Extract LinkedIn Followers into Extract Linkedin User Contact Info for email enrichment, or into Message LinkedIn Profile for a first-touch sequence.
Run Extract LinkedIn Followers from the Edges library, wire it into your CRM sync, or call it directly from the Edges API. Browse the full Actions library to see what you can chain after the extraction.
curl -X POST "https://api.edges.run/v1/actions/linkedin-extract-followers/run/live" \
-H "X-API-KEY: <YOUR_API_KEY>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"identity_ids": [
"your-identity-uuid"
],
"identity_mode": "direct"
}'[
{
"first_name": "John",
"last_name": "Doe",
"full_name": "John Doe",
"job_title": "Software Engineer at Example Corp",
"linkedin_profile_handle": "example-123",
"linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-profile",
"linkedin_profile_id": 42,
"sales_navigator_profile_id": "example-123"
}
]