LinkedIn Profile Scraper - Extract Full Profile Data

Efficiently scrape LinkedIn profile data. Extracts detailed information including experience history, education history, certifications, location, job title, skills, and more. Returns structured JSON perfect for recruitment, sales prospecting, and market analysis.

Features

• Full Profile Extraction: get all available public data from a LinkedIn profile.
• Detailed History: Experience, Education, Certifications, and Volunteering.
• Skill Data: Comprehensive list of skills and endorsements.
• Rich Metadata: Location, Headline, About section, and Contact info (if public).
• Structured Output: Clean, easy-to-use JSON format.

Input Usage

The actor accepts the following input:

Field	Type	Description
profile	String	The profile URL or username or URN of the LinkedIn profile to scrape (eg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella or satyanadella or ACoAAAEkwwAB9KEc2TrQgOLEQ-vzRyZeCDyc6DQ).

Example Input

{
  "profile": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates"
}

or

{
  "profile": "williamhgates"
}

or

{
  "profile": "ACoAAAEkwwAB9KEc2TrQgOLEQ-vzRyZeCDyc6DQ"
}

or

{
  "profile": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAEkwwAB9KEc2TrQgOLEQ-vzRyZeCDyc6DQ"
}

Output

The actor returns a structured JSON object containing the profile data.

Example Output

{
  "basic_info": {
    "fullname": "Ryan Roslansky",
    "first_name": "Ryan",
    "last_name": "Roslansky",
    "headline": "CEO at LinkedIn",
    "public_identifier": "ryanroslansky",
    "profile_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/ryanroslansky",
    "profile_picture_url": "",
    "about": "As CEO of LinkedIn and EVP of Microsoft Office...",
    "location": {
      "country": "United States",
      "city": "San Francisco Bay Area",
      "full": "San Francisco Bay Area",
      "country_code": "US"
    },
    "creator_hashtags": [],
    "is_creator": true,
    "is_influencer": true,
    "is_premium": true,
    "open_to_work": false,
    "created_timestamp": 1086269234000,
    "show_follower_count": true,
    "background_picture_url": "https://media.licdn.com/...",
    "urn": "ACoAAAAKXBwBikfbNJww68eYvcu2dqDYJhHbp4g",
    "follower_count": 913943,
    "connection_count": 8851,
    "current_company": "LinkedIn",
    "current_company_urn": "1337",
    "current_company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/linkedin/",
    "top_skills": [],
    "email": null
  },
  "experience": [
    {
      "title": "Chief Executive Officer",
      "company": "LinkedIn",
      "location": "San Francisco Bay Area",
      "description": null,
      "duration": "Jun 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 8 mos",
      "start_date": { "year": 2020, "month": "Jun" },
      "end_date": null,
      "is_current": true,
      "company_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/1337/",
      "company_logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/...",
      "employment_type": "Full-time",
      "location_type": null,
      "company_id": "1337"
    }
  ],
  "education": [],
  "projects": [],
  "certifications": [],
  "languages": [
    { "language": "English", "proficiency": "Native or bilingual proficiency" },
    { "language": "Spanish", "proficiency": "Full professional proficiency" }
  ],
  "featured": [
    {
      "type": "newsletter",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/..."
    },
    {
      "type": "post",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...",
      "description": "Looking back at the past week's meeting...",
      "image_url": "https://media.licdn.com/...",
      "social_counts": {
        "likes": 5631,
        "comments": 281,
        "reaction_counts": [
          { "type": "like", "count": 4739 },
          { "type": "interest", "count": 543 }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Use Cases

• Recruitment & HR: Enhance candidate profiles with detailed work history and skills.
• Sales & Lead Gen: Enrich lead data for better targeting and personalization.
• Market Research: Analyze trends in skills, job titles, and employment history across industries.
• Competitive Analysis: Monitor key personnel changes at competitor companies.