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LinkedIn is one of the largest job platforms in the world, but it doesn't offer a public API for searching or retrieving its job listings. The jobs API LinkedIn does document, the Job Posting API, lets approved partners such as ATS vendors and job distributors post jobs to LinkedIn on behalf of customers. It's the opposite direction from what most developers want, and LinkedIn's docs say it is currently not accepting new partnerships, pointing new requests to its Apply Connect program instead. Scraping LinkedIn is ruled out by its User Agreement, which prohibits software, scripts, robots and crawlers that scrape or copy the service. CleanJobData is a self-serve REST API over employer ATS platforms and company career sites. It does not include LinkedIn's listings, but many jobs on LinkedIn are also published on the employer's own ATS career page, which is where we source from.
How the LinkedIn API worksLinkedIn Jobs API: What's Actually Available in 2026| Feature | CleanJobData | |
|---|---|---|
| Public job search API | Yes — GET /jobs with filters and cursor pagination | None. LinkedIn documents no endpoint for searching or retrieving its job listings |
| What its jobs API is for | Querying job listings and company data | Job Posting API: approved partners post basic or promoted jobs to LinkedIn on behalf of customers |
| Access model | Self-serve — instant API key | Approved partners only, with a signed API agreement; the Job Posting API is not accepting new partnerships (per LinkedIn's docs) |
| Authentication | Authorization: Bearer <key> | OAuth (client credentials) and Rest.li conventions, for partner applications |
| Listing coverage | Employers on supported ATS platforms and company career sites | Far larger, including jobs employers post only on LinkedIn, but viewable on LinkedIn, not retrievable through an API |
| Scraping | Not needed | Prohibited: LinkedIn's User Agreement (section 8.2) bans scrapers, crawlers and bots |
| Pricing | Public flat monthly plans | N/A — no data product to buy |
| Free trial | 14 days, 300 req/day — no card | None for job-data retrieval |
| Plan | CleanJobData | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 300 req/day — no card | N/A — no listings API |
| Starter | $39/mo — 50,000 requests | N/A |
| Pro | $99/mo — 100,000 requests | N/A |
LinkedIn wins on reach: it has jobs that never appear anywhere else. But there's no sanctioned way to pull them into your product. If you're an ATS or job distributor that needs to post jobs to LinkedIn, the partner programs are the route, and the Job Posting API itself is closed to new partners. If you need queryable job listings today, CleanJobData is a live self-serve option built on the employer career pages many LinkedIn jobs come from, though it won't contain LinkedIn-only postings.
300 requests a day during the trial, no card required.
Not one you can use to search or retrieve LinkedIn's job listings. LinkedIn documents a Job Posting API that lets approved partners, such as ATS vendors and job distributors, post jobs to LinkedIn on behalf of their customers. It's for pushing jobs in, not pulling them out.
LinkedIn's docs say it is currently not accepting new partnerships for the Job Posting API and point new requests to Apply Connect. Use of its talent APIs is restricted to developers LinkedIn approves, who must meet certain criteria and sign an API agreement with data restrictions.
LinkedIn's User Agreement, in section 8.2, says you agree not to use software, scripts, robots, crawlers or similar technology to scrape or copy the service, and not to use bots or other unauthorized automated methods to access it. Third-party scrapers exist, but building a product on them carries legal and reliability risk. Get legal advice before relying on one.
No. CleanJobData sources from employer ATS platforms and company career sites, and doesn't ingest LinkedIn or other job boards. Many employers post the same role on their own career page and on LinkedIn, so when that career page runs on an ATS we cover, you get the job from the source, with a direct employer apply link on paid plans.
GET https://api.cleanjobdata.com/jobs?title=engineer&remote=true with an Authorization: Bearer header. Responses are JSON with structured location, salary, experience level (EN/MI/SE/EX, inferred from the title) and company data. Pro and above see new jobs as soon as we index them; Starter lists them 24 hours later.
