LinkedIn Posts Scraper (No Cookies)

Extract post content, author details, engagement metrics, and media from public LinkedIn posts — no login, no cookies, no account risk.

Features

• No authentication required — scrapes public post pages, zero risk to your LinkedIn account
• 8 fallback selectors — extracts data even when LinkedIn changes its DOM
• Engagement metrics — comment counts, reaction counts, pre-computed engagement_total
• Post type detection — text_only, text_with_image, video, image_only
• Retry with backoff — automatically retries rate-limited posts up to 3×
• Residential proxies — uses Apify's built-in residential proxy pool to avoid blocks
• MCP-ready — structured JSON output works with AI agents and automation tools

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
postUrls	Array	Yes	List of LinkedIn post URLs to scrape
includeComments	Boolean	No	Extract comments (default: false)
maxCommentsPerPost	Number	No	Max comments per post (default: 20)
includeMedia	Boolean	No	Extract image/video URLs (default: true)
maxPosts	Number	No	Limit total posts (0 = unlimited)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings (residential recommended)

Example Input

{
  "postUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/satyanadella_ai-copilot-activity-123456" },
    { "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/company_announcement-activity-789012" }
  ],
  "includeComments": false,
  "includeMedia": true
}

Output

Each post returns:

{
  "post_id": "urn:li:activity:7373381341473787905",
  "post_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/...",
  "author": {
    "name": "S. Somasegar",
    "headline": "Managing Director at Madrona Ventures",
    "profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-somasegar-113791a5"
  },
  "content": {
    "text": "No one would ever say it's easy to be in Satya Nadella's shoes...",
    "hashtags": [],
    "links": ["https://lnkd.in/gf5cCaSN"]
  },
  "engagement": {
    "reactions": 18,
    "comments": 13,
    "engagement_total": 31
  },
  "metadata": {
    "posted_at": "2025-05-15T14:30:00Z",
    "visibility": "public",
    "is_repost": false,
    "post_type": "text_only"
  },
  "media": [],
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-08T18:33:01Z"
}

Use Cases

• Brand monitoring — track what people are saying about your company
• Content analysis — study competitor content strategy and engagement
• Lead research — analyze posts from prospects before outreach
• Influencer tracking — monitor thought leaders in your industry
• AI training data — build datasets of professional content with engagement signals

Limitations

• Public posts only — posts visible to "Connections only" or "Private" cannot be scraped
• No login — richer data (skills, experience, full reactions breakdown) requires authenticated mode (coming in v2)
• Rate limits — LinkedIn may throttle high-volume scraping. The actor automatically retries with backoff.
• Selectors may break — LinkedIn changes its HTML periodically. This actor uses multiple fallback selectors but may need updates.

Pricing

This actor is currently free while in beta. Commercial pricing (Pay Per Event) coming soon.

Support

Found a bug? Have a feature request? Open an issue.

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