Get a LinkedIn Ad Library ad · LinkedIn API
Returns one ad from the LinkedIn Ad Library by id: advertiser, creative, format, run dates and targeting. Returns `not_found` when the ad does not exist.
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curl https://api.unifapi.com/linkedin/ads/{id} \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $UNIFAPI_KEY"Parameters
- idpathrequired
- LinkedIn Ad Library ad id, as in linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/{id}.
- The parameter for this LinkedIn operation. Use the URL-visible slug or id described in the docs.
This operation is part of the LinkedIn API in the social platforms category. It uses the same Bearer token, request tracing, error model, and billing envelope as every UnifAPI endpoint, so agents can switch between platforms without custom per-vendor glue code.
Use it when a workflow needs LinkedIn public data alongside other social networks, but should still keep one API key, one account balance, and one predictable JSON contract.
Common agent workflows
- Look up public LinkedIn data for agents that need reliable open-web context.
- Give an AI agent a stable LinkedIn data source without building a per-platform integration.
- Normalize LinkedIn responses into the same UnifAPI envelope used across the catalog.
Unified envelope, platform-native fields
- Lookup responses return one canonical object in `data` with stable identifiers, source URLs where available, and platform-specific metadata normalized into predictable JSON.
- The operation has a 3 credits ($0.003) minimum charge, so `billing.records_charged` can be higher than the visible records returned.
- A not-found or invalid-input condition uses the unified UnifAPI error shape, so callers do not need special handling for each source platform.
Response status codes
Billing
This operation charges 1 credit per billable record, with a 3 credits ($0.003) operation minimum. Public responses include billing metadata with credits charged, records charged, and remaining workspace balance. Incorrect Credit deductions caused by platform failures can be restored as billing corrections.
Errors and retries
Authentication, validation, rate-limit, not-found, and provider errors use the unified UnifAPI error format. Agents should log `request_id`, retry only retryable failures, and treat invalid API keys, disabled keys, and expired keys as the same public `unauthorized` error type.
Fields in the data object
A successful Get a LinkedIn Ad Library ad call returns one data object with these fields (12 of 14 shown — the docs list the full schema).
- idstring | null
- Stable identifier for the ad.
- urlstring | null
- Public LinkedIn Ad Library URL for this ad when available.
- descriptionstring | null
- Primary ad body text when available.
- headlinestring | null
- Ad headline when available.
- ad_typestring | null
- Ad format type when available.
- creative_typestring | null
- Raw LinkedIn creative type code when available, for example SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE, SPONSORED_VIDEO, SPONSORED_INMAILS or JOBS_V2. Finer-grained than adType and not a closed set.
- posterstring | null
- Poster name shown on the ad when available.
- poster_titlestring | null
- Poster title shown on the ad when available.
- promoted_bystring | null
- Promoted-by attribution when available.
- advertiserobject | null
- Advertiser summary for this ad.
- targetingobject | null
- Targeting summary for this ad.
- creativeobject | null
- Creative content for this ad.
Agents & Skills built on LinkedIn
You rarely call Get a LinkedIn Ad Library ad by hand. These prebuilt agents and skills already read LinkedIn data inside Claude or Codex — start from one of them, or call this endpoint yourself.
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