🧑‍💼 LinkedIn Profile Scraper by URL

Overview

This Apify actor extracts structured data from public LinkedIn profile URLs. Whether you're conducting lead generation, building professional databases, or analyzing talent pools, this tool provides a consistent JSON output from public profiles — all without login.

🚀 Why choose this actor?

Because clarity, speed, and trust matter when working with professional data. Unlike other solutions, this actor does not require login, proxies, or complex configurations. It is plug-and-play: just feed a list of LinkedIn public URLs and get back rich, structured JSON.

✅ NO LOGIN NEEDED
✅ NO PROXIES USED
✅ CLEAN JSON FORMAT
✅ AUTOMATIC STRUCTURE DETECTION
✅ FREE FOR FIRST 10 RESULTS (FREE PLAN)
✅ PAY AS YOU GO – PRICED PER 1,000 RESULTS

Use Cases

• Enriching B2B lead databases with professional data
• Talent acquisition or HR market research
• Competitive intelligence on company executives
• Academic or data journalism projects

✨ Key Features

• Input: simple array of public LinkedIn URLs
• Output: full profile details including name, title, education, followers, posts, and more
• Pagination & batching supported via max results
• Covers sections like activity, education, experience, affiliations, and related profiles

⚠️ SPECIAL RULES:
NO PROXIES ARE USED.
ONLY 10 RESULTS ARE FREE FOR FREE USERS.
max_results MUST BE A MULTIPLE OF 10 (e.g., 10, 20, 30...). If set to 35, the actor will return 40.

How It Works

1. Provide a list of LinkedIn public URLs.
2. The actor visits each page and extracts structured data.
3. Output is stored as JSON in the default key-value store.
4. You can retrieve it via API, UI or schedule via Apify Console.

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Required	Example
urls	array	List of LinkedIn public profile URLs to scrape.	Yes	["https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe/"]

Output (Full Example)

{
  "linkedin_id": "johndoe",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "first_name": "John",
  "last_name": "Doe",
  "city": "New York, NY, United States",
  "location": "New York",
  "country_code": "US",
  "about": "Tech enthusiast with experience in product development and AI.",
  "avatar": "https://linkedin.com/path/to/avatar.jpg",
  "banner_image": "https://linkedin.com/path/to/banner.jpg",
  "followers": 5000,
  "connections": 500,
  "education": [
    {
      "title": "MIT",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/school/mit/",
      "start_year": "2010",
      "end_year": "2014",
      "description": "Computer Science"
    }
  ],
  "educations_details": "MIT",
  "organizations": [
    {
      "title": "IEEE",
      "membership_type": "Member",
      "start_date": "Jan 2018",
      "end_date": "Present"
    }
  ],
  "posts": [
    {
      "title": "🚀 Excited to share my new project on AI.",
      "attribution": "Posted by John Doe",
      "img": "https://linkedin.com/image.jpg",
      "link": "https://linkedin.com/posts/johndoe_ai-launch",
      "interaction": "Posted by John Doe",
      "id": "abc123"
    }
  ],
  "activity": [
    {
      "interaction": "Liked by John Doe",
      "link": "https://linkedin.com/posts/anotheruser_cool-project",
      "title": "Awesome work on neural networks",
      "img": "https://linkedin.com/img.jpg",
      "id": "xyz789"
    }
  ],
  "people_also_viewed": [
    {
      "profile_link": "https://linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
      "name": "Jane Doe",
      "about": "VP of Product",
      "location": "San Francisco"
    }
  ],
  "similar_profiles": [
    {
      "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/techlead1",
      "name": "Sam Smith",
      "title": "CTO at AI Corp",
      "url_text": "https://linkedin.com/in/techlead1"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe/",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe/"
  },
  "timestamp": "2025-07-17T17:47:15.962Z"
}

Pricing

Plan	Price
Free Plan	10 results included
Pay-as-you-go	$4.99 per 1,000 results

Legal Disclaimer

This actor scrapes only public LinkedIn profiles. No login or session is required. The actor does not bypass any paywalls, captchas, or private data protection measures. Use responsibly and in accordance with LinkedIn’s Terms of Service.

Update Policy

We actively maintain this actor to adapt to LinkedIn UI changes.
To report issues or request custom features, contact the developer via Apify Messenger.

FAQ

Can I scrape private profiles or company pages?
No. This actor is limited to public profile URLs only.

Does this actor require proxies or authentication?
No. It's built to work without any session or proxy.

What happens if I enter 37 as max_results?
It will round up to 40 automatically.