LinkedIn User Activity Scraper

Scrape the recent activity of any LinkedIn user — the posts they liked, commented on, or reshared. Perfect for sales intelligence (understand what prospects engage with) and competitive research (track what influencers in your space react to).

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What it does

For each LinkedIn profile URL you provide, this actor fetches:

Activity Type	Description
Likes	Posts the user reacted to with any emoji reaction
Comments	Posts the user left a comment on
Posts / Reposts	Original posts and reposts the user published
All	All three categories in a single run

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Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
profileUrls	Array of strings	Yes	LinkedIn profile URLs. Accepts https://www.linkedin.com/in/username/, regional variants (uk.linkedin.com), or bare usernames.
cookie	String	Yes	LinkedIn session cookie. Accepts a plain li_at value or a full JSON array from a cookie export extension (EditThisCookie, etc.).
activityType	Enum	No	all (default), likes, comments, or posts.
maxActivitiesPerProfile	Integer	No	Max items per profile per activity type. Default: 50, max: 500.
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Apify proxy settings. Residential proxy recommended for best reliability.

Cookie setup

The easiest way to get your cookie:

1. Log into LinkedIn in your browser.
2. Open DevTools → Application → Cookies → linkedin.com.
3. Copy the value of li_at and paste it into the LinkedIn Cookie field.

For a full cookie export (more reliable): use the EditThisCookie extension → Export → paste the entire JSON array.

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Output

Each result row represents a single activity item:

Field	Type	Description
activityType	String	like, comment, post, or repost
originalPostUrl	String	URL of the post on LinkedIn
originalPostId	String	LinkedIn activity ID
originalAuthorName	String	Display name of the original post author
originalAuthorProfileUrl	String	LinkedIn profile URL of the original author
content	String	Text content of the post
reactedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp of the activity
inputProfileUrl	String	The profile that was scraped
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp of when scraping occurred

Sample output item

{
  "activityType": "like",
  "originalPostUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7234567890123456789/",
  "originalPostId": "7234567890123456789",
  "originalAuthorName": "Satya Nadella",
  "originalAuthorProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella",
  "content": "Excited to share our latest AI innovations...",
  "reactedAt": "2024-11-15T09:32:10.000+00:00",
  "inputProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates",
  "scrapedAt": "2024-11-20T14:00:00.000+00:00"
}

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Use cases

• Sales intelligence — See which topics and vendors your prospects engage with before outreach.
• Competitive research — Track what content competitors react to; uncover their interests.
• Influencer analysis — Identify which posts resonate with thought leaders in your space.
• Lead enrichment — Enrich CRM contacts with their recent LinkedIn engagement signals.
• Content strategy — Discover what types of posts generate engagement from your target audience.

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Limitations

• Requires a valid LinkedIn session cookie (li_at). The cookie owner must be able to view the target profile.
• LinkedIn limits how far back activity history goes. Older activity may not be returned.
• LinkedIn may throttle requests. The actor implements automatic retry with exponential backoff.
• Private profiles may not return activity if the cookie owner is not connected.

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FAQs

Q: Will this work on any public LinkedIn profile?
A: Activity data is accessible as long as your session cookie can view the profile. Most public profiles work. For private profiles (1st-degree connections only), you need a cookie from an account connected to the target.

Q: How many activities can I scrape?
A: Up to 500 per profile per activity type. For activityType: all, this means up to 500 likes + 500 comments + 500 posts = 1,500 items per profile.

Q: Is a proxy required?
A: Optional. The actor works from datacenter IPs, but residential proxy improves reliability. Configure under proxyConfiguration.

Q: My cookie expired — what happens?
A: The actor will detect a 401/403 response and stop immediately with a clear error message. Refresh your cookie and re-run.

Q: Can I scrape multiple profiles?
A: Yes. Add all profile URLs to the profileUrls array. The actor processes them sequentially to avoid rate limits.

Q: Why do some items not have content?
A: Some posts are purely media (images, videos) with no text. Empty fields are omitted from output.

Explore the rest of the LinkedIn suite

Need a different LinkedIn surface? Pair this actor with any of the others in the LinkedIn Suite — all published under the same publisher and built to share the same cookie format and output conventions.

Actor	What it scrapes
LinkedIn Comments Scraper	All comments + reply threads on a post
LinkedIn Company Employees Scraper	Employee list for any company (by URN)
LinkedIn Company Info Scraper	Company About page (size, HQ, industry, specialties)
LinkedIn Company Posts Scraper	Posts published from a company page
LinkedIn Events Scraper	Events by keyword/URL with full event detail
LinkedIn Hashtag Posts Scraper	Posts ranked under a #hashtag
LinkedIn Jobs Scraper	Job listings via the public jobs-guest API
LinkedIn Jobs Scraper Ultra	Same as jobs-scraper + full detail enrichment
LinkedIn Learning Courses Scraper	LinkedIn Learning course catalog by keyword
LinkedIn People Search Scraper	People search with every LinkedIn facet (role, company, school, location, etc.)
LinkedIn Post Reactions Scraper	Reactors on a post (name, headline, reaction type)
LinkedIn Post Scraper	Full post (text, media, engagement counts, author)
LinkedIn Post Search Scraper	Posts matching a keyword (with date/author/network filters)
LinkedIn Profile Posts Scraper	All posts/reposts/articles for one profile
LinkedIn Profile Scraper	Public profile fields (name, headline, positions, education, skills)
LinkedIn Profile Scraper Pro	Profile fields + extras (recommendations, organizations, languages)
LinkedIn Profile Scraper Pro Ultra	Pro + premium fields (contact info, followers list when allowed)
LinkedIn Profile Scraper Ultra	Profile + the full upstream dash-120 surface
LinkedIn Profile Search by Name	Search profiles by person name (great for matching CSVs of names)
LinkedIn Schools Alumni Scraper	Alumni list for any LinkedIn school page
LinkedIn Top Content Scraper	Trending / top-engagement posts by topic

All actors share the same cookie input format (plain li_at OR full cookies JSON array) and the same omit-empty output convention.