---
updatedAt: 2026-09-11T06:43:12.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.a-leads.co/llms.txt
---

# Find Personal Email

**Description:** Retrieve personal emails from LinkedIn usernames. Credits are only deducted if an email is found.

**Input:** `linkedin_username` (string) — LinkedIn username to search for<br />**Output:** `email` (string) — Personal email associated with the username (if found)<br />**Credit Usage:** 5 credit is deducted **only when an email is successfully found**

## Rate Limits

* **200requests per minute**
* **600 requests per hour**
* **6,000 requests per day**

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Find Personal Email Api",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Find Personal Email"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.a-leads.co/gateway/v1/search",
      "description": "Production server"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://api.a-leads.co/gateway/v1/search",
      "description": "Staging server"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/find-email/personal": {
      "post": {
        "summary": "Find Personal Email",
        "tags": [
          "Search"
        ],
        "security": [
          {
            "ApiKeyAuth": []
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "required": true,
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "data": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "description": "Input for Email Finder",
                    "properties": {
                      "linkedin_username": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "example": "john_doe_1678",
                        "description": "LinkedIn profile URL or username of the user."
                      },
                      "request_uuid": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "A unique ID linked to each search to help identify and keep track of that specific search request."
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Successful response",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "message": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "properties": {
                        "status": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "example": "success"
                        },
                        "statusCode": {
                          "type": "integer",
                          "example": 200
                        },
                        "description": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "example": "Find Personal Email successful"
                        }
                      }
                    },
                    "data": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "properties": {
                        "personal_email": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "nullable": true,
                          "example": "johndoe@gmail.com"
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad Request"
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Internal Server Error"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "ApiKeyAuth": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "x-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}
```