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Fetch the full, hydrated dossier for one visible person. The path value can be the person’s public_identifier (the usual LinkedIn slug), a raw slug, or a LinkedIn profile URL. URL-encode a path value that contains reserved characters. Unlike GET /people?view=full, this endpoint hydrates all available positions after overlapping rows are collapsed, plus education, skills, languages, and certifications. The response always uses the full Person shape. See Person response shapes.
string
required
A LinkedIn public identifier or a LinkedIn profile URL, for example derek-morrow or https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-morrow.
string
Optional comma-separated expansions. coworkers adds top-level coworkers and stints; similar adds top-level similar. Include both to request both expansions. Unknown values are ignored.
coworkers and similar are also available as standalone routes: GET /people//coworkers and GET /people//similar. They use the same slug lookup but return only { "data": [...] }.
The full field contract, including nullable nested values and match metadata, is in Person response shapes. The expansion arrays are omitted when not requested. coworkers also returns stints; similar is calculated from shared graph signals and can be empty.

Errors and recovery

  • 404 not_found: the slug, public identifier, or URL did not resolve to a person visible to this organization. Check the identifier, URL-encode the path, or search first with Search people.
  • 401 unauthorized: provide a valid API key in Authorization: Bearer ....
  • 402 payment_required: restore active organization access.
  • 5xx or a transient network failure: retry this read with bounded backoff, jitter, and a timeout.
  • 429: retry the idempotent GET with exponential backoff and jitter after slowing down. The shared Gateway limit is 300 requests per minute per client IP as the Gateway sees it. Honor Retry-After; see Rate limits.
400 invalid_request is possible for authentication or organization context errors, but this route has no schema-validated query filter. See Errors for the common envelope.

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