Find people using the Linkedin API

Question

I noticed that using the LinkedIn REST API in my application, I have weird behavior

(I use Bill Gates as an example, but it works like that for every name)

1st request of a REST URL:

http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search:(people:(id))?first-name=bill&last-name=gates 

returns 110 results

2nd request of a REST URL:

 http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search:(people:(id))?keywords=bill%20gates 

returns 0 result

But, according to the API documentation (https://developer.linkedin.com/documents/people-search-api), the second search should return at least returned 110-dollar gates with the same request, plus in the end other people with some then the line “Bill Gates” in his profile (“account gates” in the industry or school name, etc.).

Am I doing something wrong with my second request or what?

UPDATE: Here is a screenshot of the second query made using the LinkedIn REST Console . I would like to know if anyone other than me gets 110 results by copying this query ...

Answer 1

I found out that 0 results are related to my network: I do not have a first or second degree connection with someone named Bill Gates.

Keyword search works inside your network, looking for connections of the first and second degree, meanwhile, the search by first / last name works outside it, so my results do not coincide with the last.