Email to LinkedIn

Convert a work email address to a LinkedIn profile

POST https://api.gtmapis.com/v1/people/email-to-linkedin

Email to LinkedIn

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.gtmapis.com/v1/people/email-to-linkedin \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "email": "<string>",
  "enrich_profile": true
}
'

200

{
  "linkedin_url": "<string>",
  "profile": {},
  "found": true,
  "confidence": 123,
  "source_provider": "<string>",
  "credits_charged": 123,
  "cache_hit": true,
  "latency_ms": 123
}

Email to LinkedIn

Convert a professional email address into a LinkedIn profile URL. Useful for enriching contact lists with social profiles.

Endpoint

POST /v1/people/email-to-linkedin

Request

email · string · required

Work email address to look up

enrich_profile · boolean · default: "false"

If true, returns full profile data (adds 1 credit)

Example Request

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.gtmapis.com/v1/people/email-to-linkedin \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: gtm_test_your_key_here" \
  -d '{
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "enrich_profile": true
  }'

Response

linkedin_url · string

The person’s LinkedIn profile URL

profile · object

Full profile data (only if enrich_profile: true). See Profile Enrichment for fields.

found · boolean

Whether a LinkedIn profile was found

confidence · integer

Overall confidence score (0-100)

source_provider · string

Data provider that returned the result

credits_charged · integer

Credits charged for this request

cache_hit · boolean

Whether result was served from cache

latency_ms · integer

Request time in milliseconds

Success Response

{
  "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
  "profile": {
    "first_name": "John",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "full_name": "John Doe",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "title": "Senior Account Executive",
    "company": "Acme Inc",
    "company_domain": "acme.com",
    "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
    "location": "San Francisco, CA",
    "seniority": "Senior",
    "department": "Sales"
  },
  "found": true,
  "confidence": 95,
  "source_provider": "prospeo",
  "credits_charged": 4,
  "cache_hit": false,
  "latency_ms": 389
}

Not Found Response

{
  "linkedin_url": "",
  "found": false,
  "confidence": 0,
  "credits_charged": 0,
  "cache_hit": false,
  "latency_ms": 245,
  "error": "No LinkedIn profile found for email"
}

Credit Pricing

Result	Credits Charged
LinkedIn URL found	3 credits
LinkedIn URL found + profile enrichment	4 credits
Not found	0 credits
Error / failure	0 credits

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) have lower match rates than work emails. Use work emails when possible.

Email Types

Email Type	Example	Match Rate
Work email	[e-mail]	High (80%+)
Personal email	[e-mail]	Low (20-40%)
Catch-all domain	[e-mail]	Very low

Error Responses

400 Bad Request

{
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "email is required"
}

401 Unauthorized

{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid API key"
}

503 Service Unavailable

{
  "error": "Service Unavailable",
  "message": "email to LinkedIn lookup not configured"
}

Use Cases

CRM enrichment

Add LinkedIn URLs to your CRM records for better social selling.

Email list enrichment

Enhance purchased or conference lead lists with LinkedIn profiles.

Sales intelligence

Research prospects before outreach by finding their LinkedIn profiles.

Data verification

Verify that email addresses belong to real people with professional profiles.

Related Endpoints

Find Email

Reverse lookup - find email from name/company

Profile Enrichment

Get full profile from email or LinkedIn

Person Lookup

Find LinkedIn from name and company