title: Linkedin rest api to search people with name
body: <p>Is there any LinkedIn Rest API available to search people with first and last name?</p>
  
  <p>I am not able to find anything on their developer website.</p>
  
  <p>I found this url from some other question: <a href="http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search:(people:(id))?first-name=bill&amp;last-name=gates" rel="noreferrer">http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search:(people:(id))?first-name=bill&amp;last-name=gates</a></p>
  
  <p>But when I am trying to hit this url from APIGee REST console I am getting response as 403 permission denied. I am using oAuth with my LinkedIn account.</p>
  
  <p>I am currently using free account on LinkedIn, is because of that.</p>