Linkedin Profile Spider

Overview

The LinkedIn Profile Spider is a powerful data extraction tool designed to collect publicly available LinkedIn profile information at scale. It supports both direct LinkedIn profile URLs and keyword-based profile searches, returning comprehensive professional profile data including employment history, skills, education, locations, and social metrics.

This actor is ideal for recruitment, lead generation, market research, talent intelligence, competitor analysis, and professional networking insights.

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Features

• Extract detailed LinkedIn profile information
• Search profiles by LinkedIn URL or keyword
• Collect current employment details
• Retrieve complete work experience history
• Extract skills, locations, and profile metadata
• Capture professional summaries and headlines
• Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and other Apify-supported formats
• Supports bulk profile processing

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Input

Input Example

You can provide either LinkedIn profile URLs or search keywords.

{
    "SearchQuery": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-salve-89159b204/"
    ]
}

Or:

{
    "SearchQuery": [
        "hari"
    ]
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
SearchQuery	Array	Yes	List of LinkedIn profile URLs or search keywords.

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Output

The actor returns detailed LinkedIn profile information.

Top-Level Fields

Field	Description
urls	Processed LinkedIn URLs
public_id	LinkedIn public profile identifier
response	Complete profile information object

Profile Information

Field	Description
id	LinkedIn profile ID
full_name	Full name
first_name	First name
last_name	Last name
linkedin_url	LinkedIn profile URL
linkedin_username	LinkedIn username/public identifier
linkedin_id	LinkedIn member ID
headline	Professional headline
summary	Profile summary/about section
industry	Industry category
job_title	Current job title
job_company_name	Current company
job_company_linkedin_url	Current company LinkedIn URL
job_company_linkedin_id	Current company LinkedIn ID
job_start_date	Current role start date
job_summary	Current role description
location_name	Primary location
location_locality	City/locality
location_region	State/region
location_country	Country
location_continent	Continent
linkedin_connections	Number of LinkedIn connections
inferred_years_experience	Estimated years of professional experience

Skills

Returns an array of skills listed on the profile.

Example:

"skills": [
    "oral communication",
    "english",
    "analytical skills",
    "java",
    "artificial intelligence (ai)"
]

Locations

Additional profile locations and geographic information.

"location_names": [],
"regions": [],
"countries": []

Work Experience

Returns complete professional experience history.

Experience Fields

Field	Description
company.name	Company name
company.linkedin_url	Company LinkedIn URL
company.linkedin_id	Company LinkedIn ID
title.name	Job title
start_date	Employment start date
end_date	Employment end date
location_names	Associated locations
summary	Job description
is_primary	Indicates current primary role

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Sample Output

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-salve-89159b204/"
  ],
  "public_id": "rohan-salve-89159b204",
  "response": {
    "id": "873358381",
    "full_name": "rohan salve",
    "headline": "senior executive",
    "industry": "information technology & services",
    "job_title": "senior executive",
    "job_company_name": "wipro",
    "location_country": "india",
    "linkedin_connections": 596,
    "inferred_years_experience": 6,
    "skills": [
      "oral communication",
      "english",
      "analytical skills"
    ]
  }
}

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Use Cases

Recruitment & Talent Sourcing

Identify potential candidates and gather professional background information.

Lead Generation

Discover decision-makers, professionals, and business contacts.

Market Research

Analyze workforce trends, skills demand, and industry movement.

Competitive Intelligence

Monitor employee movements, organizational growth, and talent acquisition patterns.

Sales Prospecting

Build targeted outreach lists based on job titles, industries, locations, and experience.

Professional Analytics

Understand career trajectories, skill distributions, and employment trends.

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Getting Started

1. Open the actor in Apify Store.
2. Click Try for free.
3. Enter LinkedIn URLs or search keywords in the SearchQuery field.
4. Start the actor.
5. Wait for the run to complete.
6. Export the results in your preferred format.

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Output Formats

The actor supports all standard Apify export formats:

• JSON
• CSV
• Excel (XLSX)
• XML
• HTML
• RSS

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Support

Need custom output formats, additional fields, or assistance?

Email: support@getdataforme.com

Subject: LinkedIn Profile Spider Support

Contact Form: https://getdataforme.com/contact/

Our team is happy to help with custom requirements and troubleshooting.