Viadeo Journaldunet Scraper

Viadeo (viadeo.journaldunet.com) is a French professional social networking platform similar to LinkedIn, integrated with Journal du Net. The platform connects professionals across various business sectors including Retail, Media, Fintech, IoT, Smart City, E-RH, Cloud, Big Data, Adtech, e-Santé, Foodtech, Management, Martech, and more. Viadeo provides professional profiles featuring work experience, education, skills, and professional networks. The platform enables users to search for professionals by name, company, location, industry, and job title, making it a valuable source for B2B lead generation and professional networking in the French and European markets.

Introduction

The Viadeo JournalDunet Scraper crawls search results and profile pages on viadeo.journaldunet.com. Provide search/list URLs or a query and filters, and it will paginate through results, capturing names, locations, headlines, and related network profiles.

Use Cases

• Lead enrichment: Add public profile data to your CRM.
• Talent mapping: Build lists by name, company, or location.
• Market research: Analyze roles and professional networks.
• Data aggregation: Create datasets for analytics and monitoring.

Input

Provide the following fields:

• startUrls (array, optional): Search or profile URLs on viadeo.journaldunet.com. Example: { "url": "https://viadeo.journaldunet.com/s/developer" }
• query (string, optional): Search term to build a search URL.
• firstName (string, optional): Filter by first name.
• preferredName (string, optional): Filter by preferred name.
• birthName (string, optional): Filter by birth name.
• frequentlyVisitedCompany (string, optional): Filter by company ID.
• maxItems (integer, required): Maximum number of profiles to extract.
• proxyConfiguration (object, optional): Apify proxy configuration. Example: { "useApifyProxy": true }

Notes:

• Provide at least one of startUrls or query.
• Search URLs must be on viadeo.journaldunet.com and use /s or /s/... paths.
• Profile URLs must be on viadeo.journaldunet.com and use /p/... paths.
• If both startUrls and query are provided, the actor will process both.

Input Examples

1) Start URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://viadeo.journaldunet.com/s/developer" },
    { "url": "https://viadeo.journaldunet.com/p/younness-the-developer-153275" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

2) Query + filters

{
  "maxItems": 1,
  "query": "developer"
}

Output

Each dataset item represents one profile:

{
  "name": "Younness THE DEVELOPER",
  "url": "https://viadeo.journaldunet.com/p/younness-the-developer-153275",
  "location": "AGADIR",
  "fullName": "Younness THE DEVELOPER",
  "firstName": "YouNnEsS",
  "profileSlug": "the developeryounness",
  "profileImageUrl": "https://image-uviadeo.journaldunet.com/image/75/1486978512/2043078.jpg",
  "birthDate": "27 janvier 1990",
  "city": "AGADIR",
  "country": "France",
  "headline": "",
  "networks": [
    {
      "fullName": "Fatouma MORSLI",
      "firstName": "Fatouma",
      "profileSlug": "morslifatouma",
      "profileUrl": "https://viadeo.journaldunet.com/p/fatouma-morsli-1694972",
      "profileImageUrl": "https://image-uviadeo.journaldunet.com/image/75/1607212146/2018197.jpg",
      "city": "CASABLANCA",
      "country": "France",
      "headline": "Contentieux"
    },
    {
      "fullName": "Aziz AZERTY",
      "firstName": "Aziz",
      "profileSlug": "azertyaziz",
      "profileUrl": "https://viadeo.journaldunet.com/p/aziz-azerty-4468984",
      "profileImageUrl": "https://viadeo.journaldunet.com/skin/common/img/viadeo/man/anonymousS.jpg",
      "city": "AGADIR",
      "country": "France",
      "headline": "Charge de projets"
    },
    {
      "fullName": "Mahmoudou YAOUBA",
      "firstName": "Mahmoudou",
      "profileSlug": "yaoubamahmoudou",
      "profileUrl": "https://viadeo.journaldunet.com/p/mahmoudou-yaouba-4845010",
      "profileImageUrl": "https://image-uviadeo.journaldunet.com/image/75/1868460716/2030737.jpg",
      "city": "DOUALA",
      "country": "France",
      "headline": "BURSARY ET RECOVERY AGENT"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "You NnEsS n'a pas encore ajoutǸ de rǸsumǸ Çÿ son profil. Vous pouvez lui suggǸrer d'en Ǹcrire un en lui envoyant un message. Pour cela ajoutez d'abord YouNnEsS Çÿ vos contacts. Ajouter",
  "companies": "Une expǸrience absente ? Vous avez travaillǸ avec YouNnEsS dans une entreprise qui n'apparaÇ©t pas dans son parcours ? N'hǸsitez pas Çÿ lui suggǸrer d'ajouter cette expǸrience en lui envoyant un message. Pour cela ajoutez d'abord YouNnEsS Çÿ vos contacts. Ajouter"
}

The scraper paginates through results and stops when there are no more profiles or when maxItems is reached.

Why use the Viadeo JournalDunet Scraper?

• Fast: Efficient pagination over search results.
• Easy to use: Start from search URLs or a simple query.
• Reliable: Built on Apify Actors and Crawlee (Cheerio).
• Flexible: Supports name and company filters.
• Comprehensive: Captures profile and network details.

FAQ

• How many profiles can it extract?
  Set maxItems to limit results; If not provided, the scraper will use the default limit.

• Does it support proxies?
  Yes. Configure proxyConfiguration to route traffic through your preferred proxies.

• What if the website changes?
  Site changes may require updates. Please report issues or request updates.

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