LinkedIn Post Scraper

What does LinkedIn Post Scraper do? LinkedIn Post Scraper extracts post details and engagement data from a LinkedIn post URL using an authenticated session. It is useful for content research, engagement analysis, and repeatable post-level enrichment workflows.

Built on the Apify platform, this Actor supports scheduling, webhooks, and dataset exports.

Why use LinkedIn Post Scraper?

• Content analysis - Collect post text, media, and engagement signals in a structured format
• Engagement research - Review reactions, comments, reposts, and post metadata
• Operational visibility - Track extraction results in Apify datasets

How to use LinkedIn Post Scraper

1. Open the Actor on Apify
2. Enter the LinkedIn post URL and required authenticated session inputs
3. Start the run
4. Review the dataset output for extracted post details

Input This Actor accepts the fields required to extract a LinkedIn post through an authenticated session.

Proxy object Use the proxy object to define how requests should be routed. Common fields are:

• ip - Proxy host or endpoint URL
• port - Proxy port
• username - Proxy username
• password - Proxy password

Example input

{
  "liPostUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/example-user_example-topic-ugcPost-1234567890123456789-example/",
  "profileId": "example-profile-id",
  "li_at": "example_li_at",
  "JSESSIONID": "ajax:example",
  "bcookie": "example_bcookie",
  "liap": "true",
  "li_theme_set": "app",
  "li_theme": "light",
  "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
  "bscookie": "example_bscookie",
  "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
  "timezoneOffset": "5.5",
  "csrf-token": "example_csrf-token",
  "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
  "x-li-track": "{\"clientVersion\":\"1.13.455\"}",
  "x-li-lang": "en_US",
  "X-Restli-Protocol-Version": "2.0.0",
  "txSmSelfProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-self/",
  "proxy": {
    "ip": "http://proxy.example.com",
    "port": "1080",
    "username": "example_username",
    "password": "example_password"
  }
}

Output The Actor writes the extraction result to the default dataset.

Example output

{
  "success": true,
  "response": {
    "inputLiPostUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/example-user_example-topic-ugcPost-1234567890123456789-example/",
    "firstName": "Example",
    "lastName": "Person",
    "customPronoun": "",
    "postType": "Video + Text",
    "headline": "Director | Example Group | Industrial Manufacturing",
    "jobTitle": "Director | Example Group | Industrial Manufacturing",
    "jobCompanyName": "",
    "liProfilePublicUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-user",
    "liProfilePublicId": "example-user",
    "snProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/people/example-sales-profile",
    "liProfileId": "ACoAAExampleProfileId",
    "liMemberUrn": "",
    "liProfileImageUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/example-profile-photo",
    "liProfileBannerUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/example-banner-photo",
    "following": false,
    "connectionDegree": "3rd+",
    "isLinkedInPremium": false,
    "isInfluencer": false,
    "isCreator": false,
    "isOpenToWork": false,
    "isHiring": false,
    "connectionType": "",
    "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/example-user_example-topic-ugcPost-1234567890123456789-example/",
    "postId": "1234567890123456789",
    "postDate": "2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z",
    "postContent": "Example post text from a validated LinkedIn post scrape response.",
    "hashTags": [
      "exampletag"
    ],
    "postMediaType": "video",
    "postMediaUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/video/example-video",
    "totalReactionCount": 128,
    "likeCount": 91,
    "appreciationCount": 7,
    "empathyCount": 5,
    "praiseCount": 8,
    "interestCount": 11,
    "commentsCount": 14,
    "repostsCount": 3,
    "canCommentDisabled": false,
    "socialActivityCountsInsight": true,
    "isEdited": false,
    "timestamp": "2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Pricing / Cost estimation $0.0033 per successful API call

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