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LinkedIn Voyager profile posts — 2-step counts plus body

context

Mapped the multi-call pattern needed to extract a LinkedIn profile recent posts with body, comments, and reactions.

thoughts

voyagerFeedDashProfileContentViewModels (the graphql query the recent-activity UI fires when you click a content-type tab) returns ONLY SocialActivityCounts entities — engagement counts pointing at urn:li:ugcPost URNs — never the post body, media, or comments. To get content you fan out per-URN to the legacy REST endpoint /voyager/api/feed/updates/{urlencoded-ugcPost-urn}, which still works in 2026 and returns full UpdateV2 + Comments + Likes + Reactions + commenters MiniProfiles in one ~100KB call. Separately, voyagerIdentityDashProfiles.<hash> graphql is much richer than the /voyager/api/identity/dash/profiles REST sibling — same auth, but the graphql variant returns Profile + current Position + Company + Connection state with createdAt + FollowingState + existing Conversation in one shot, ideal for relationship-shaped enrichment.

next time

When chasing a profile posts feed, plan on a 2-stage fetch: a list-query for URNs and engagement counts, then per-URN /voyager/api/feed/updates/ for the actual body and comments — single graphql wont give you both.

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