> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.api.nickautomations.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Learn what the LinkedIn Scraper API does and how it can help you extract data from LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

# Introduction

The **LinkedIn Scraper API** lets you extract structured data from LinkedIn Sales Navigator search results. Send a request with your LinkedIn cookies and a search URL, and receive clean JSON data back — no browser automation, no HTML parsing.

## What you can scrape

The API supports two data types from LinkedIn Sales Navigator:

| Type         | `scraper_type` | What you get                                                 |
| ------------ | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Contacts** | `contacts`     | People: name, title, company, location, industry             |
| **Accounts** | `accounts`     | Companies: name, industry, employee count, location, website |

## Key features

* **Single JSON endpoint** — one `POST /scrape` call returns structured data
* **Deterministic pagination** — fixed 25 items per page, controllable via the `start` offset
* **Rate-limit aware** — built-in delays and backoff to keep your sessions safe
* **Typed responses** — every field is documented in the [API Reference](/api-reference/scrape)

## Typical workflow

1. **Get an API key** — contact your API provider to receive a key
2. **Get your LinkedIn cookies** — extract `li_at` and `JSESSIONID` from your browser session (see [Getting Cookies](/guides/getting-cookies))
3. **Build a Sales Navigator search URL** — go to LinkedIn Sales Navigator, apply your filters, and copy the search URL
4. **Call the API** — send the cookies, URL, and your API key to `POST /scrape`

## Next steps

* [Quickstart](/guides/quickstart) — make your first request
* [Authentication](/guides/authentication) — how API keys work
* [Getting Cookies](/guides/getting-cookies) — extract LinkedIn session cookies
* [Pagination](/guides/pagination) — page through large result sets