# LinkedIn Profile Scraper — No Cookies, No Key | $3.9/1K (`bovi/linkedin-profile-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public LinkedIn profiles with no login, no cookies, no API key. Returns name, headline, current company, location, education, photo, followers + a parse\_confidence score per record. Drop-in for Clay / Make / n8n enrichment and recruiter sourcing. Pay per profile.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/linkedin-profile-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.78 / 1,000 profile records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## LinkedIn Profile Scraper — No API Key, No Cookies

Turn a list of LinkedIn profile URLs (or bare slugs) into clean, structured
records — **with no login, no cookies, no `li_at`, and no API key.** Paste the
URLs, press Run, get a tidy table back. Nothing to configure, nothing to expire.

### What you'd use it for

- **Clay / Make / n8n enrichment** — drop this into an enrichment column or an
  automation step to hydrate a list of LinkedIn URLs into name, headline,
  current company, and location. The output is a flat, predictable schema that
  maps straight onto your CRM or spreadsheet.
- **Recruiter & sales sourcing** — you already have the profile links (from a
  search export, a scraped SERP, a conference list). This turns them into a
  workable contact sheet: who they are, where they work, where they studied.
- **List cleaning / dedup** — verify a profile still resolves and pull its
  canonical URL + slug so your list stays current.

### Why this one

Most LinkedIn scrapers demand your session cookie (`li_at`) or a paid API key —
which expires constantly, risks your account, and breaks mid-run. **This actor
reads only the public data LinkedIn already serves to social-link-preview bots
(the same SEO/JSON-LD surface that powers a link unfurl in Slack or X).** There
is no account to ban and nothing for you to supply.

It also ships something rivals hide: **a `parse_confidence` score and a
`parse_path` on every record**, so you can see exactly how complete each profile
is and which extraction path produced it — instead of guessing whether a blank
field means "no data" or "scraper broke".

### Output fields

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `name`, `first_name`, `last_name` | Full name + split parts |
| `headline` | Profile tagline / role summary |
| `job_title` | Current job title(s) |
| `current_company`, `current_company_url` | Current employer + its LinkedIn page |
| `location`, `country` | Region (free-text) + country code |
| `education` | List of schools `{name, url, start, end}` |
| `experience` | List of companies `{name, url, start, end}` (from public JSON-LD) |
| `photo_url` | Profile photo (LinkedIn CDN; time-limited — fetch promptly) |
| `follower_count` | Followers, when LinkedIn exposes it (partial coverage) |
| `description` | About / summary text, when present |
| `same_as` | Linked socials (e.g. Twitter/GitHub) + canonical URL |
| `recent_posts` | Recent post stubs `{headline, url, published}` (partial coverage) |
| `profile_url`, `slug` | Canonical URL + vanity slug |
| `parse_path` | Which source + UA produced the record (e.g. `jsonld:facebookexternalhit/1.1`) |
| `parse_confidence` | 1.0 = full JSON-LD · ~0.6 = OG-meta only · lower = partial |
| `warnings` | Machine-readable quality codes (e.g. `no_work_history`, `og_only`) |

### Honest about the anonymous data tier

This scraper reads **public, no-cookies data only**. That is deliberate — it is
what keeps it reliable and account-safe. Some fields are simply not rendered to
anonymous visitors, and **we return them as `null` rather than fabricating
them**:

- **Work history is partial.** LinkedIn's public JSON-LD exposes current/past
  *company stubs* (name + start year), not the full dated role-by-role history.
  A profile with **no public work history** gets `current_company` /
  `experience` = `null` and a `no_work_history` warning — never a made-up
  employer.
- **Not available anonymously (always `null`):** full dated work history,
  skills, certifications, recommendations, and contact email/phone. Those need a
  logged-in session, which we intentionally do not use.
- **~30–40% of profiles have no JSON-LD.** For those we fall back to Open Graph
  meta (name, headline, photo) and mark the record `parse_path: og:*` with a
  medium `parse_confidence`. You always know which tier you got.

### Reliability

Requests use social-preview headers and run through **Apify Datacenter proxy by
default** (cheap — LinkedIn allowlists this preview surface), auto-escalating to
**Residential** if datacenter IPs get blocked. Polite per-IP pacing keeps runs
clean. Proxy usage is billed to your Apify account; there is no external proxy
or proxy key to bring.

### Pricing

Pay-per-result: you are charged once per profile record returned. Runs that
return nothing for a URL (private/blocked) are not charged for that URL.

### Compliance

This actor collects **only publicly available information** that LinkedIn serves
to anonymous social-preview bots — no login, no circumvention of an
authentication wall. Scraping public data is broadly lawful (see *hiQ v.
LinkedIn*), but **you are the data controller** for whatever you collect: use it
for legitimate B2B purposes, honor GDPR/CCPA and individuals' rights, and do not
use it for spam or any purpose prohibited by applicable law or LinkedIn's terms.

# Actor input Schema

## `profileUrls` (type: `array`):

LinkedIn profile URLs or bare public IDs to scrape. Accepts full URLs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/) or bare slugs (satyanadella). No login, no cookies, no API key. Returns the public data LinkedIn renders to social-link-preview bots (name, headline, current company, location, education, photo, followers). Each returned profile is one charge.
## `maxProfiles` (type: `integer`):

Cap the number of profiles scraped from the list (0 = all provided). Use to control cost on large inputs.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy settings. DATACENTER is the prefilled default — LinkedIn allowlists the social-preview-bot surface, so cheap datacenter IPs work here; the scraper auto-escalates to Residential if datacenter IPs get blocked. Leave as-is unless you need a custom setup.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/",
    "satyanadella"
  ],
  "maxProfiles": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "DATACENTER"
    ]
  }
}
````

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset of profile records (name, headline, job\_title, current\_company, location, education, photo\_url, follower\_count, parse\_confidence).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "profileUrls": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/",
        "satyanadella"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "DATACENTER"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/linkedin-profile-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "profileUrls": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/",
        "satyanadella",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["DATACENTER"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bovi/linkedin-profile-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/",
    "satyanadella"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "DATACENTER"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call bovi/linkedin-profile-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bovi/linkedin-profile-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "LinkedIn Profile Scraper — No Cookies, No Key | $3.9/1K",
        "description": "Scrape public LinkedIn profiles with no login, no cookies, no API key. Returns name, headline, current company, location, education, photo, followers + a parse_confidence score per record. Drop-in for Clay / Make / n8n enrichment and recruiter sourcing. Pay per profile.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "iGeJE1CI7MavqfxVO"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/bovi~linkedin-profile-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-bovi-linkedin-profile-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/bovi~linkedin-profile-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-bovi-linkedin-profile-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/bovi~linkedin-profile-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-bovi-linkedin-profile-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "profileUrls"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "profileUrls": {
                        "title": "Profile URLs or public IDs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "LinkedIn profile URLs or bare public IDs to scrape. Accepts full URLs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/) or bare slugs (satyanadella). No login, no cookies, no API key. Returns the public data LinkedIn renders to social-link-preview bots (name, headline, current company, location, education, photo, followers). Each returned profile is one charge.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxProfiles": {
                        "title": "Max profiles",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Cap the number of profiles scraped from the list (0 = all provided). Use to control cost on large inputs.",
                        "default": 0
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Apify proxy settings. DATACENTER is the prefilled default — LinkedIn allowlists the social-preview-bot surface, so cheap datacenter IPs work here; the scraper auto-escalates to Residential if datacenter IPs get blocked. Leave as-is unless you need a custom setup."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```