LinkedIn Transcript API

The LinkedIn Transcript API extracts a full spoken transcript from a video attached to a LinkedIn post, including timestamped segments, the complete transcript text, and word count.

Endpoint

https://api.socialkit.dev/linkedin/transcript

Example Request

GET https://api.socialkit.dev/linkedin/transcript?access_key=<your-access-key>&url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffweiner08_leadership-activity-7209876543210123456-AbCd

Response

{
	"success": true,
	"data": {
		"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffweiner08_leadership-activity-7209876543210123456-AbCd",
		"transcript": [
			{
				"text": "One of the most important lessons I've learned as a leader is the difference between empathy and compassion.",
				"start": 0,
				"duration": 5.3
			},
			{
				"text": "Empathy means you feel what others feel. Compassion means you act on it.",
				"start": 5.3,
				"duration": 4.7
			},
			{
				"text": "The best managers I've worked with do both — they understand their team deeply and they take action to help them succeed.",
				"start": 10.0,
				"duration": 6.2
			}
		],
		"text": "One of the most important lessons I've learned as a leader is the difference between empathy and compassion. Empathy means you feel what others feel. Compassion means you act on it. The best managers I've worked with do both — they understand their team deeply and they take action to help them succeed.",
		"wordCount": 55
	}
}

Parameters

url string Required
The URL of a LinkedIn post containing a video (e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffweiner08_leadership-activity-7209876543210123456-AbCd).

access_key string Required
Your API access key. Can be provided via the access_key query parameter, x-access-key header, or request body.

cache boolean Optional Defaults to false
Cache the response for faster subsequent requests.

cache_ttl number Optional Defaults to 2592000
Cache the response for a custom TTL (in seconds). Maximum 2592000 seconds (1 month), minimum 3600 seconds (1 hour).

Response Fields

The API returns the following data fields:

• url: The original LinkedIn post URL provided
• transcript: Array of timestamped transcript segments
  • text: The spoken text for this segment
  • start: Start time of the segment in seconds (number)
  • duration: Duration of the segment in seconds (number)
• text: The full transcript as a single concatenated string
• wordCount: Total number of words in the transcript (number)

Use Cases

• Content Repurposing: Convert LinkedIn video posts into articles, newsletters, or social copy
• Accessibility: Generate subtitles or captions for LinkedIn video content
• Sales Intelligence: Transcribe video pitches or product demos shared on LinkedIn
• Thought Leadership Research: Extract and index spoken insights from industry leaders
• Training Data: Collect labeled professional speech content for NLP models
• Media Monitoring: Transcribe video statements from executives or public figures
• Internal Knowledge Base: Archive transcripts of company video announcements

Notes

• Only LinkedIn posts containing a video attachment are supported; image-only or text-only posts will return an error
• Transcript accuracy depends on audio clarity and language — English is best supported
• The start and duration fields are in seconds and can be used to generate subtitle files (e.g. SRT, VTT)
• LinkedIn native video posts and externally linked videos are both supported where publicly accessible