🐙 Octoparsing: Advanced LinkedIn Sales Navigator Scraper - Verified Leads

Scrape LinkedIn Sales Navigator search results with Python & Selenium, powered by the Apify platform. Extract verified leads—including names, job titles, companies, locations, profile links, and emails (if available). Works securely with your li_at cookie.

⚡ Built to compete with tools like Octoparse, Bright Data, and traditional LinkedIn scrapers—with more control and visibility.

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🔧 Features

• ✅ Extract name, job title, company, location, and LinkedIn profile URL
• 🖼️ Skip ghost profiles (users without images)
• 🚀 Paginate results automatically
• 🔐 Cookie-based authenticated scraping (li_at)
• 🧠 Smart scrolling and modal handling
• 🧼 Clean, structured output (JSON, downloadable CSV)

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📥 Input Schema

Field	Type	Description	Required
search_url	string	LinkedIn Sales Navigator search results URL	✅
cookie	string	Value of your LinkedIn li_at cookie (for login)	✅
only_image_profiles	boolean	Skip users without a profile image	❌
start_page	integer	Page number to start from	❌

Example Input

{
  "search_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people?...",
  "cookie": "AQEDASDBEXAMPLE...",
  "only_image_profiles": true,
  "start_page": 1
}

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📦 Output Example

{
  "person_name": "Jane Doe",
  "person_title": "Head of Growth",
  "person_job_title": "Head of Growth at TechCorp",
  "person_company": "TechCorp",
  "person_location": "Berlin, Germany",
  "person_salesnavigator_link": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/lead/123...",
  "person_link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe"
}

All results are pushed using Actor.push_data() and are available in Apify's built-in dataset tab (or via API).

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🚀 How It Works

1. Authenticates with LinkedIn using your li_at cookie
2. Opens Sales Navigator search URL using Selenium + Chrome
3. Scrolls and scrapes visible data, handles pagination
4. Pushes structured data to Apify Dataset
5. Supports headless or visible execution (configurable in Apify settings)

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🧠 Behind the Scenes

This Actor uses:

• Selenium for browser automation
• Apify SDK for logging and dataset management
• Smart element targeting via CSS Selectors
• Error handling for modals, empty pages, and ghost profiles
• Dynamic URL page updater

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📎 Notes

• You'll need a Sales Navigator account and a valid li_at cookie to use this actor.
• Apify's Chrome image already includes ChromeDriver—no setup needed.
• This Actor waits between 15–60s between requests for natural behavior.

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💬 Questions or Feature Requests?

Use the Apify Q&A tab or contact the author directly via GitHub.