Borg Linkedin Scraper

Scrape public LinkedIn data including profiles, companies, and job listings.

This Actor extracts professional data from LinkedIn including profile information, company details, and job postings. Useful for recruitment, sales prospecting, market research, and professional networking analysis.

Use Cases

• Recruitment: Find candidates matching specific skills, experience, and location criteria
• Sales Prospecting: Build targeted lead lists with professional context and company information
• Market Research: Analyze hiring trends, skill demand, and company growth patterns
• Competitive Analysis: Track competitor hiring, team composition, and job postings
• Professional Networking: Research potential partners, investors, or collaborators

Features

• Profile Scraping: Name, headline, experience, education, skills
• Company Pages: Description, employees, locations, specialties
• Job Listings: Title, company, location, description, requirements
• Search: Find people, companies, or jobs by keyword
• Fault Tolerant: Kerr Guard physics for intelligent rate limiting

Input

Field	Type	Description
urls	array	LinkedIn URLs or profile identifiers
searchQuery	string	Search keyword
searchType	string	people, companies, or jobs
maxItems	integer	Max items to scrape (default: 100)

Output

Profile

{
  "type": "profile",
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "headline": "Software Engineer at Example Corp",
  "location": "San Francisco Bay Area",
  "connections": "500+",
  "about": "Passionate about building...",
  "experience": [
    {
      "title": "Software Engineer",
      "company": "Example Corp",
      "duration": "2 yrs 3 mos",
      "description": "..."
    }
  ],
  "education": [...],
  "skills": ["Python", "JavaScript", "Machine Learning"]
}

Company

{
  "type": "company",
  "name": "Example Corp",
  "industry": "Technology",
  "size": "1001-5000 employees",
  "headquarters": "San Francisco, CA",
  "website": "https://example.com",
  "about": "..."
}

Example Usage

Scrape specific profiles

{
  "urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/satlouni"]
}

Search for software engineers

{
  "searchQuery": "software engineer",
  "searchType": "people",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Find job listings

{
  "searchQuery": "machine learning",
  "searchType": "jobs",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Important Notes

• Public data only: Cannot access private profiles or connections
• Rate limiting: LinkedIn aggressively blocks scrapers; proxy strongly recommended
• No authentication: Does not require LinkedIn login
• Some features may be limited due to LinkedIn's restrictions