# LinkedIn Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/linkedin-scraper`) Actor

This Apify actor scrapes LinkedIn public pages in five modes:

- Job results (title, company, location, date, URLs)

- Full job posting details (description, seniority, type)

- Public profile JSON (name, headline, experience, education, skills)

- LinkedIn Pulse article body and metadata

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/linkedin-scraper.md

- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)

- **Categories:** Lead generation, Jobs, Social media

- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks

- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## LinkedIn Scraper (Apify Actor)

Apify actor that scrapes [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com) public pages
in five modes:

| Input field | What it gets |
|---|---|
| `jobSearches` | Job search results — title, company, location, posted date, job & company URLs |
| `jobUrls` | Full job posting detail (description, seniority, employment type, etc.) |
| `profileUrls` | Public profile JSON (name, headline, experience, education, skills) |
| `companyUrls` | Company overview + life data merged into one record per company |
| `articleUrls` | LinkedIn Pulse article body and metadata |


Every pushed item carries `_type` plus context tags:

```jsonc
// _type=job_search_result (one per job in the results list)
{
  "_type": "job_search_result",
  "_query": "Python Developer",
  "_location": "United States",
  "title": "Software Engineer, New Grad",
  "company": "Notion",
  "address": "San Francisco, CA",
  "timeAdded": "2026-04-24",
  "jobUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-new-grad-at-notion-4406118990",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/notionhq"
}

// _type=job (full job detail per URL)
{
  "_type": "job",
  "_sourceUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/python-developer-...",
  // ...full job object
}

// _type=profile / company / article  — same pattern
````

| Mode | Reliability without auth | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Job search | High | Public, indexed by search engines |
| Job detail | Medium | Public detail pages |
| Profile | Low–Medium | LinkedIn often returns blank fields |
| Company | Medium | Two requests per URL (overview + life) |
| Article | Medium | Pulse article body extraction |

### Proxy

LinkedIn aggressively blocks datacenter IPs. The default input enables
**Apify Proxy with the `RESIDENTIAL` group** — required for any mode beyond
job search. Override with your own proxy URL via standard Apify proxy
input fields if you prefer.

### Run locally with the Apify CLI

```bash
npm install -g apify-cli
apify login
cd linkedin-actor
apify run --purge
```

Deploy:

```bash
apify push
```

### Run on Apify without the CLI

1. Zip the contents of this folder (top of zip = `.actor/`, `src/`,
   `Dockerfile`, `requirements.txt`, `README.md`).
2. <https://console.apify.com> → **Actors** → **Create new** → **Upload zip**
   → drop the zip.
3. Build (~3 min, mostly Playwright/Chromium pull).
4. Start, fill in input, run.

### Example input

```json
{
  "jobSearches": [
    {"keyword": "Python Developer", "location": "United States"},
    {"keyword": "Frontend Engineer", "location": "Berlin"}
  ],
  "maxJobSearchPages": 2,
  "jobUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/python-developer-at-tactibit-technologies-4121519145"
  ],
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates"
  ],
  "companyUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft"
  ],
  "articleUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/last-chapter-my-career-bill-gates-tvlnc"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `jobSearches` (type: `array`):

List of `{ keyword, location }` searches. Each returns ~25 jobs per page. **This is the strongest, most reliable mode.** Bare strings are accepted too (default location: United States).

## `maxJobSearchPages` (type: `integer`):

Each page is ~25 jobs. So 4 pages ≈ 100 jobs per query. LinkedIn caps useful pagination around page ~40.

## `jobUrls` (type: `array`):

Direct URLs to job postings, e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/<slug>-<id>`. Returns full job detail (description, seniority, employment type) per URL.

## `profileUrls` (type: `array`):

Public LinkedIn profile URLs, e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates`. ⚠️ LinkedIn aggressively blocks profile scraping — many fields will be blank without a high-quality residential proxy.

## `companyUrls` (type: `array`):

Company page URLs, e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft`. Each URL fetches both the overview and life pages and merges them into one record.

## `articleUrls` (type: `array`):

LinkedIn Pulse article URLs (must contain `/pulse/`), e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/<slug>`.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

**Strongly recommended:** Apify Proxy → Residential. LinkedIn blocks most datacenter IPs.

## `perTaskTimeoutSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Max seconds to wait for any one URL/query before moving on. Increase for high `maxJobSearchPages` values.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "jobSearches": [
    {
      "keyword": "Python Developer",
      "location": "United States"
    },
    {
      "keyword": "Data Engineer",
      "location": "Berlin"
    }
  ],
  "maxJobSearchPages": 1,
  "jobUrls": [],
  "profileUrls": [],
  "companyUrls": [],
  "articleUrls": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "perTaskTimeoutSeconds": 180
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "jobSearches": [
        {
            "keyword": "Python Developer",
            "location": "United States"
        },
        {
            "keyword": "Data Engineer",
            "location": "Berlin"
        }
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/linkedin-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "jobSearches": [
        {
            "keyword": "Python Developer",
            "location": "United States",
        },
        {
            "keyword": "Data Engineer",
            "location": "Berlin",
        },
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/linkedin-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "jobSearches": [
    {
      "keyword": "Python Developer",
      "location": "United States"
    },
    {
      "keyword": "Data Engineer",
      "location": "Berlin"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/linkedin-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/linkedin-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "LinkedIn Scraper",
        "description": "This Apify actor scrapes LinkedIn public pages in five modes:  \n- Job results (title, company, location, date, URLs)  \n- Full job posting details (description, seniority, type)  \n- Public profile JSON (name, headline, experience, education, skills)  \n- LinkedIn Pulse article body and metadata",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "G3Kk11WrJUX6FJHg1"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~linkedin-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-linkedin-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~linkedin-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-linkedin-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~linkedin-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-linkedin-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "jobSearches": {
                        "title": "🔍 Job searches",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of `{ keyword, location }` searches. Each returns ~25 jobs per page. **This is the strongest, most reliable mode.** Bare strings are accepted too (default location: United States).",
                        "default": []
                    },
                    "maxJobSearchPages": {
                        "title": "Max pages per job search",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 40,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Each page is ~25 jobs. So 4 pages ≈ 100 jobs per query. LinkedIn caps useful pagination around page ~40.",
                        "default": 1
                    },
                    "jobUrls": {
                        "title": "💼 Individual job URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Direct URLs to job postings, e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/<slug>-<id>`. Returns full job detail (description, seniority, employment type) per URL.",
                        "default": [],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "profileUrls": {
                        "title": "👤 Profile URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Public LinkedIn profile URLs, e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates`. ⚠️ LinkedIn aggressively blocks profile scraping — many fields will be blank without a high-quality residential proxy.",
                        "default": [],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "companyUrls": {
                        "title": "🏢 Company URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Company page URLs, e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft`. Each URL fetches both the overview and life pages and merges them into one record.",
                        "default": [],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "articleUrls": {
                        "title": "📰 Pulse article URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "LinkedIn Pulse article URLs (must contain `/pulse/`), e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/<slug>`.",
                        "default": [],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "**Strongly recommended:** Apify Proxy → Residential. LinkedIn blocks most datacenter IPs.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true,
                            "apifyProxyGroups": [
                                "RESIDENTIAL"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "perTaskTimeoutSeconds": {
                        "title": "Per-task timeout",
                        "minimum": 30,
                        "maximum": 900,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Max seconds to wait for any one URL/query before moving on. Increase for high `maxJobSearchPages` values.",
                        "default": 180
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```