title: Retrieving public profile information from LinkedIn API
body: <p>What I want to do is to use the LinkedIn Search API (I know it's part of a Partner Program) to search for (public) profiles by name.</p>
  
  <p>Afterwards, (If not already retrieved from the Search API, which I don't know because I don't have access to the documentation which is part of the Partner Program which I haven't applied for yet), I want to use the IDs of the result to get (full) information via the <a href="https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/guide/v2/people/profile-api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LinkedIn Profile API</a>.</p>
  
  <p>My question is if it's possible to retrieve information of other LinkedIn profiles (profiles I haven't connected with on my LinkedIn profile) while just authenticating with my own account/profile?</p>
  
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  <p>In the <em>Retrieve Other Member's Profile</em> section of the <a href="https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/guide/v2/people/profile-api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Profile-API-Doc</a> it seems like it's possible if you have the ID.</p>
  
  <p>In this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32233776/getting-all-public-basic-profile-information-from-linkedin-api">question</a> on the other hand the answer of <em>rkmax</em> states it's not possible.</p>
  
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  <p>I've already done some research but all this different information is confusing me. I'd really appreciate any help!</p>