Linkedin People Search Scraper

Scrapes LinkedIn people search results. All you do is paste the search results URL from your browser. You get a list of profiles with name, headline, profile link, connection degree, and profile picture URL, ready to export or use in other tools.

What you need

1. A LinkedIn people search URL Run a people search on LinkedIn (e.g. by keywords, location, or industry). Copy the full URL from your browser. It should look like: https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=...

2. Your LinkedIn cookies The actor runs the search as you, so it needs the cookies from a browser where you’re already logged in. See below for how to get them.

3. User-Agent The User-Agent is need to mimick the same browser where you exported your cookies (e.g. from the same machine and browser). To get your User-Agent, visit https://whatmyuseragent.com and click the copy button, and paste it into the input box.

4. Proxy (recommended) Use a residential proxy and set the proxy country to match your LinkedIn account’s location for the best results and to avoid sign-in issues.

How to get your cookies

1. Log in to LinkedIn in your browser.
2. Install a cookie export extension, e.g. Cookie-Editor (Chrome / Firefox).
3. With LinkedIn open, click the Cookie-Editor icon.
4. Click Export and copy the exported text.
5. Paste that into the Cookies field in the actor input.

The actor only uses this to perform the search; treat your cookies as sensitive and don’t share them.

Inputs

Input	Required	Description
LinkedIn People Search URL	Yes	The full URL of a LinkedIn people search results page.
Cookies	Yes	Exported cookies from a logged-in LinkedIn session (see above).
User-Agent	Yes	Browser User-Agent string. Use the same as the browser where you exported your cookies (hint: To get your User-Agent, visit https://whatmyuseragent.com and click the copy button, and paste it into the input box.).
Max items	No	How many profiles to scrape per run (default: 200, max: 1000).
Proxy configuration	No	Best with a residential proxy; set the country to match your LinkedIn account.

Output

The actor writes one row per profile to the dataset. Each row includes:

• highlevelData – Simple profile fields:
  • fullName – Display name
  • headline – Title/headline (e.g. job title and company)
  • profileUrl – Link to the profile
  • entityUrn – LinkedIn internal ID
  • degree – Connection degree (1st, 2nd, 3rd+)
  • isConnected – Whether they’re a 1st-degree connection
  • imageUrl – Profile picture URL (when available)

Plus the raw LinkedIn result fields (e.g. entityUrn, navigationUrl, searchUrl) for advanced use.

You can download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the run’s Storage tab.

Tips

• Use a residential proxy and a proxy location that matches your LinkedIn account’s country to reduce blocks and sign-in problems.
• Set User-Agent to match the browser (and ideally the same machine) where you exported your cookies.
• Export cookies from a fresh login if the actor starts failing (e.g. “Session invalid”); cookies expire.
• Start with a low Max items to test, then increase for full runs.