Visit LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn Profile Auto Visit visits and extracts data from specific LinkedIn profiles.

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

API Endpoint

POST/v1/actions/linkedin-visit-profile/run/live

Parameters

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Guide

What Visit LinkedIn Profile does

Visit LinkedIn Profile visits a specific LinkedIn profile and extracts the structured data from that page in the same run. You get a registered profile visit attributed to your seat plus a normalized payload — headline, experience, current company, location — ready to push into your CRM or enrichment pipeline.

This action runs on the LinkedIn level and targets sales, recruiting, and ABM teams who use profile visits as a warm-up touch and want the extraction in the same call to save a round trip.

How it works

You pass a LinkedIn profile URL or public identifier. Edges opens the profile through your authenticated LinkedIn session, registers the visit server-side, pulls the public profile data, and returns both the visit receipt and the extracted payload. The run is live and completes in a single round trip.

Because the visit is attributed to your seat, it lands in the target's "Who viewed your profile" surface (subject to their privacy settings). Everything runs on Edges infrastructure, browser-less and paced safely against LinkedIn's guidance.

When to use Visit LinkedIn Profile

Use Visit LinkedIn Profile when a warm-up touch and an enrichment pull should happen together. It slots into the LinkedIn messaging & outreach API use case as a two-in-one primitive — the visit signals interest to the target while the payload hydrates your CRM.

It also works as the first step before a connection request, since a visible visit before an invite tends to improve acceptance rates.

Use cases

  • Pre-connection warm-up. Visit Target → wait a day → send connection request. The visit often shows up in the target's activity and makes the invite feel less cold.
  • ABM coverage. Visit every member of the buying committee at a Tier 1 account on a rolling schedule.
  • Recruiter touches. Visit passive candidates so your name surfaces in their profile views before outreach.
  • Enrichment plus signal. Pull profile data for the CRM and register the visit simultaneously.
  • Event follow-up. Visit attendees of a webinar or conference to stay visible before sending a message.

Best practices

  • Pace per account. Don't visit a single profile more than once or twice per week — repeated visits can read as tracking rather than interest.
  • Chain into messaging. Pair Visit LinkedIn Profile with Message LinkedIn Profile or Connect LinkedIn Profile a day or two after the visit.
  • Use the Sales Navigator variant at scale. For bulk profile visits, Visit Sales Navigator Profile scales the pattern through a Sales Navigator seat.
  • Respect privacy mode. Some profiles will not record the visit due to their privacy settings — treat the visited boolean as ground truth rather than assuming success.

Common questions

How many profiles can I visit per run?

One per call. Visit LinkedIn Profile is a per-record primitive — loop it over your target list and let Edges pace between visits.

Does Visit LinkedIn Profile use my LinkedIn account or a shared pool?

Your own LinkedIn account. Every visit runs through the session you connected to Edges, so it shows up in your activity and in the target's profile-view surface.

Can I chain Visit LinkedIn Profile with other Edges actions?

Yes. A common chain is Visit LinkedIn Profile → Connect LinkedIn ProfileMessage LinkedIn Profile once the invite is accepted.

Get started

Run Visit LinkedIn Profile from the Edges library, wire it into your outreach warm-up flow, or call it directly from the Edges API. Browse the full Actions library to see what to chain before and after the visit.

Code Examples

bash
curl -X POST "https://api.edges.run/v1/actions/linkedin-visit-profile/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_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-profile",
    "custom_data": "example_value"
  }
}'

Output Example

{
  "sales_navigator_profile_id": "example-123",
  "linkedin_profile_id": 42
}

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