🎯 Premium LinkedIn Leads Scraper

Transform LinkedIn into a lead generation machine. This Apify Actor extracts high-quality, sales-ready leads including full profiles, headlines, company details, and contact info.

🚀 Why This Scraper?

Most scrapers only give you basic names. Our Premium Scraper is built for sales teams and growth hackers who need deep data for personalized outreach.

Key Data Extracted:

• ✅ Full Name & Professional Headline
• ✅ Current Position & Company Name
• ✅ Location (City/Country)
• ✅ Profile Image URL
• ✅ LinkedIn Profile URL
• ✅ Detailed Info (About section, Followers - Optional Deep Scrape)

🔐 Authentication (Important)

LinkedIn is sensitive to automated logins. There are two ways to authenticate:

1. Cookies (Safe & Recommended)

Using session cookies is the safest way to use this actor. It mimics your existing browser session and avoids many anti-bot triggers.

1. Install a browser extension like EditThisCookie or Cookie-Editor.
2. Log in to LinkedIn in your browser.
3. Open the extension and click Export (select JSON format).
4. Paste the resulting JSON array into the cookies field in the Actor's input.

2. Login Credentials (Use with Caution)

You can use your email and password, but this is more likely to trigger CAPTCHAs or 2FA.

• Local Dev: Set LINKEDIN_EMAIL and LINKEDIN_PASSWORD in your .env file.
• Apify Platform: Set these as Environment Variables in the Actor's settings.

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🛠️ Features That Sell

• Advanced Filters: Search by Job Title, Industry, Location, and Keywords.
• Deep Scrape Mode: Optionally visit each profile for detailed "About" text and follower counts.
• CSV & Excel Ready: Export data directly into your CRM (Salesforce, Hubspot, etc.).
• Anti-Blocking: Built-in rotating user agents, random human-like delays, and residential proxy support.
• Session Support: Use cookies to safely bypass login and reduce account risk.

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💰 Pricing

The scraper is designed to be extremely cost-effective. Pricing is based on a Pay-per-Result model, meaning you only pay for the data you successfully extract:

• $0.01 per 1,000 results: That's just $0.00001 per lead!
• $0.00005 per Actor start: A negligible one-time event cost.

💳 Additional Costs

• Platform Usage: Apify charges for compute resources (Compute Units).
• Plan Discounts: Platform usage costs are generally cheaper on higher-tier plans.
• Proxies: High-volume scraping requires residential proxies, which are charged separately based on data usage.

Examples:

Results	Data Cost
1,000 Leads	$0.01
10,000 Leads	$0.10
100,000 Leads	$1.00

Note: The costs above refer only to the data results. Total costs include minimal platform usage fees.

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📖 How to Use

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description
searchQuery	String	General keywords (e.g., "Software Engineer")
jobTitle	String	Filter by specific title (e.g., "CEO")
location	String	Filter by city/country (e.g., "United States")
industry	String	Filter by industry
maxResults	Number	Maximum leads to extract (default: 10)
deepScrape	Boolean	Visit each profile for "About" and Followers (Slower)
cookies	Array	Highly Recommended - JSON cookies for safe auth

Use Case Examples

1. Quick Lead Discovery

Fetch 50 CEOs in the Tech industry globally:

• jobTitle: "CEO"
• industry: "Technology"
• maxResults: 50

2. Local Sales Prospecting

Find Sales Managers in New York:

• jobTitle: "Sales Manager"
• location: "New York"
• maxResults: 100

3. Deep Data Enrichment

Get detailed profiles for AI personalization (requires more time/proxy):

• searchQuery: "Marketing Director"
• deepScrape: true
• maxResults: 20

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🛠️ Local Development (Testing)

1. Configure Input: Edit storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json to change your search keywords and limits.
2. Set Credentials: Fill in your .env file or use the cookies field in INPUT.json.
3. Run:

   $npm start
   

📦 Deployment to Apify

You can deploy this scraper to the Apify platform in minutes:

1. Install Apify CLI: npm install -g apify-cli
2. Login: apify login
3. Push: apify push

For detailed deployment instructions, including how to set up residential proxies and environment variables, see ./DEPLOY_TO_APIFY.md.

🤝 API Integration

Trigger this scraper from your own app:

POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/your-username~linkedin-leads-scraper/runs
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "jobTitle": "CTO",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "maxResults": 100
}

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Disclaimer: This tool is for lead generation purposes. Please respect LinkedIn's Terms of Service and data privacy regulations (GDPR/CCPA).