Linkedin Profile Comments Scraper (No Cookie)

🔍 What is LinkedIn Profile Comments Scraper?

LinkedIn Profile Comments Scraper automates the process of gathering publicly available comments from LinkedIn profiles. Simply provide one or more LinkedIn usernames or profile URLs, and the scraper will fetch comprehensive comment details such as:

Comment Content:

• Comment text and content
• Comment URLs and timestamps
• Commenter information (name, headline, profile picture)
• Comment statistics (likes, replies, reactions)

Post Context:

• Post images with URLs
• Post author information
• Post content references

Engagement Data:

• Total reaction counts
• Individual reaction types (like, appreciation, empathy, interest, praise)
• Reply counts
• Comment timestamps (both absolute and relative)
• Pinned comment status

Pagination Support:

• Automatic pagination handling
• Configurable maximum comments per profile
• Efficient data collection with rate limiting

All extracted data is limited strictly to public information—nothing private or sensitive is collected.

💡 Why Scrape LinkedIn Profile Comments?

LinkedIn comments provide valuable insights for professionals and businesses:

🔎 Engagement Analysis: Analyze what types of comments generate the most engagement and responses.

🧠 Community Insights: Understand community sentiment and discussion patterns around specific topics.

📈 Social Listening: Monitor conversations and reactions to industry content and trends.

🤝 Relationship Building: Identify active community members and potential networking opportunities.

📊 Content Strategy: Research what content generates meaningful discussions and engagement.

🎯 Brand Monitoring: Track mentions and sentiment around your brand or industry topics.

⚖️ Is it Legal to Scrape LinkedIn Comments?

We prioritize ethical scraping practices.

This scraper only extracts information that users have chosen to display publicly on their LinkedIn profiles. It does not access private data, restricted content, or information behind login walls. All data collection follows LinkedIn's robots.txt guidelines and respects rate limits.

🚀 How to Use

1. Input Format: Provide LinkedIn usernames or full profile URLs

   • Username: example-user
   • URL: https://linkedin.com/in/example-user
   • URL: linkedin.com/in/example-user

2. Comments Limit: Set maximum number of comments to scrape per profile (minimum 10)

3. Rate Limits: The scraper respects LinkedIn's rate limits with 30 requests per minute

4. Error Handling: Invalid usernames, company profiles, or malformed URLs will be logged as errors in the dataset

5. Freemium Limits: Free users are limited to 4 profiles per run with maximum 100 comments per profile

📊 Output Data Structure

The scraper returns comprehensive comment data including:

• Comment Content: Text, URLs, timestamps, and metadata
• Commenter Info: Name, headline, profile picture, and profile URL
• Engagement: Reaction counts, replies, and interaction data
• Post Context: Post images, post author information, and post content
• Pagination: Page numbers and pagination tokens for data organization

🔧 Technical Features

• URL Processing: Automatically converts LinkedIn URLs to usernames
• Input Validation: Validates usernames and detects company profiles
• Pagination Handling: Automatic pagination with configurable limits
• Error Handling: Comprehensive error reporting for failed requests
• Rate Limiting: Built-in delays to respect API limits
• Resume Capability: Can resume interrupted scraping sessions
• Concurrent Processing: Multiple workers for efficient data collection

⚠️ Important Notes

• Only personal LinkedIn profiles are supported (company pages will return errors)
• All data is publicly available information only
• Respects LinkedIn's terms of service and rate limits
• Free tier limited to 4 profiles per run with maximum 100 comments per profile
• Premium users have no limits
• Minimum 10 comments per profile (configurable maximum)