curl --request POST \
--url https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"campaignId": "campaign_12345abcde",
"searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)",
"name": "US SaaS Sales Leaders",
"requestedCount": 250
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator"
payload = {
"campaignId": "campaign_12345abcde",
"searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)",
"name": "US SaaS Sales Leaders",
"requestedCount": 250
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
campaignId: 'campaign_12345abcde',
searchUrl: 'https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)',
name: 'US SaaS Sales Leaders',
requestedCount: 250
})
};
fetch('https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'campaignId' => 'campaign_12345abcde',
'searchUrl' => 'https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)',
'name' => 'US SaaS Sales Leaders',
'requestedCount' => 250
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"campaignId\": \"campaign_12345abcde\",\n \"searchUrl\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)\",\n \"name\": \"US SaaS Sales Leaders\",\n \"requestedCount\": 250\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"campaignId\": \"campaign_12345abcde\",\n \"searchUrl\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)\",\n \"name\": \"US SaaS Sales Leaders\",\n \"requestedCount\": 250\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"campaignId\": \"campaign_12345abcde\",\n \"searchUrl\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)\",\n \"name\": \"US SaaS Sales Leaders\",\n \"requestedCount\": 250\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "Sales Navigator import queued",
"sourceId": "source_12345abcde",
"runId": "run_12345abcde",
"status": "queued",
"requestedCount": 250
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}Import a Sales Navigator Search
Queues a LinkedIn Sales Navigator people search for asynchronous import into a campaign. Matching profiles pass through Kakiyo’s standard enrichment, duplicate, Do Not Contact, and campaign-capacity checks.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"campaignId": "campaign_12345abcde",
"searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)",
"name": "US SaaS Sales Leaders",
"requestedCount": 250
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator"
payload = {
"campaignId": "campaign_12345abcde",
"searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)",
"name": "US SaaS Sales Leaders",
"requestedCount": 250
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
campaignId: 'campaign_12345abcde',
searchUrl: 'https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)',
name: 'US SaaS Sales Leaders',
requestedCount: 250
})
};
fetch('https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'campaignId' => 'campaign_12345abcde',
'searchUrl' => 'https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)',
'name' => 'US SaaS Sales Leaders',
'requestedCount' => 250
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"campaignId\": \"campaign_12345abcde\",\n \"searchUrl\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)\",\n \"name\": \"US SaaS Sales Leaders\",\n \"requestedCount\": 250\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"campaignId\": \"campaign_12345abcde\",\n \"searchUrl\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)\",\n \"name\": \"US SaaS Sales Leaders\",\n \"requestedCount\": 250\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"campaignId\": \"campaign_12345abcde\",\n \"searchUrl\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)\",\n \"name\": \"US SaaS Sales Leaders\",\n \"requestedCount\": 250\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "Sales Navigator import queued",
"sourceId": "source_12345abcde",
"runId": "run_12345abcde",
"status": "queued",
"requestedCount": 250
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}{
"error": "validation_error",
"message": "The request parameters failed validation",
"details": [
{
"field": "name",
"message": "The name field is required"
}
]
}202 Accepted response means the import was queued. It does not mean that profiles have already been added.Request Body
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
campaignId | string | Yes | Campaign that should receive eligible prospects |
searchUrl | string | Yes | Complete HTTPS LinkedIn /sales/search/people URL containing a query parameter |
requestedCount | integer | No | 100, 250, or 500; defaults to 250 |
name | string | No | Saved-search name; defaults to Sales Navigator import |
Example
curl -X POST "https://api.kakiyo.com/v1/prospects/sales-navigator" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"campaignId": "campaign_12345abcde",
"name": "US SaaS Sales Leaders",
"searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)",
"requestedCount": 250
}'
Accepted Response
{
"message": "Sales Navigator import queued",
"sourceId": "source_12345abcde",
"runId": "run_12345abcde",
"status": "queued",
"requestedCount": 250
}
sourceId and runId are correlation identifiers. Progress, Continue, Retry, and archive controls are currently dashboard-only. API-key imports do not send a completion email because an API key is not a dashboard user.
Requirements and Limits
- The campaign must belong to the authenticated API-key team.
- The campaign must have an assigned LinkedIn agent and be ready for prospect imports.
- The public API permits up to three active Sales Navigator imports per team.
- Only one active Sales Navigator import can use a campaign at a time.
- The endpoint uses the low write rate-limit tier.
Common Errors
| Status | Error | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
400 | campaign_missing_agent | Assign an agent before importing prospects |
400 | campaign_not_ready | The campaign is Draft or Disabled |
401 | invalid_api_key | The API key is missing or invalid |
403 | forbidden | The campaign does not belong to the API-key team |
404 | campaign_not_found | The campaign does not exist |
409 | campaign_busy | The campaign already has an active import |
409 | sales_navigator_source_exists | This search is already saved for the campaign |
429 | sales_navigator_team_limit | The team already has three active Sales Navigator imports |
429 responses include a Retry-After header.
Dashboard Guide
For the no-code workflow, Continue, Retry, and import status explanations, see Import Leads from Sales Navigator.Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
The campaign, Sales Navigator people-search URL, and requested run size
Campaign that should receive eligible prospects
"campaign_12345abcde"
Complete HTTPS LinkedIn Sales Navigator /sales/search/people URL containing a query parameter
20000"https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?query=(keywords%3ASaaS)"
Name shown for the saved search in the dashboard
1 - 120"US SaaS Sales Leaders"
Maximum number of profiles requested for this run
100, 250, 500 250
Response
Sales Navigator import queued
"Sales Navigator import queued"
Saved-search correlation identifier
"source_12345abcde"
Current import-run correlation identifier
"run_12345abcde"
queued "queued"
100, 250, 500 250

