LinkedIn People Search Scraper

This actor scrapes LinkedIn profiles based on various search criteria to find people matching your search parameters.

Features

• Flexible Search: Search by name, job title, company, school, location, industry, and more
• Multiple Filters: Combine various filters to narrow down your search results
• Pagination Support: Automatically handles multiple pages to reach your desired result count
• Rich Data: Extracts comprehensive profile information including contact details, work history, and more

Input Parameters

Required Parameters

• None (at least one search parameter should be provided for meaningful results)

Optional Parameters

• name: Search keywords for person's name
• first_name: Person's first name
• last_name: Person's last name
• title: Job title keywords to filter by
• company: Company name to filter by
• school: School/education institution to filter by
• geocode_location: Geographic location code (use Search Geocode Location endpoint to get this)
• current_company: Current company ID to filter by
• profile_language: Profile language filter
• industry: Industry ID to filter by
• service_category: Service category ID to filter by
• maxResults: Maximum number of people to extract (default: 10, max: 10000)

Output

The actor returns an array of LinkedIn profiles with the following structure:

{
  "id": "person_id",
  "urn": "urn_identifier",
  "url": "linkedin_profile_url",
  "public_identifier": "public_identifier",
  "full_name": "Full Name",
  "title": "Job Title and Company",
  "location": "Location",
  "is_premium": false,
  "avatar": [
    {
      "width": 100,
      "height": 100,
      "url": "avatar_url",
      "expires_at": 1234567890
    }
  ],
  "services": [],
  "scrapedAt": "2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Usage Examples

Basic Name Search

{
  "name": "John Smith",
  "maxResults": 10
}

Job Title and Company Search

{
  "title": "software engineer",
  "company": "Google",
  "maxResults": 20
}

Location-Based Search

{
  "title": "marketing manager",
  "geocode_location": "us:0:0:0:0:0:0",
  "maxResults": 15
}

Comprehensive Search

{
  "first_name": "John",
  "last_name": "Smith",
  "title": "CEO",
  "company": "Tech Corp",
  "industry": "technology",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Notes

• The actor automatically handles pagination to reach your specified maxResults
• All search parameters are optional, but providing at least one will yield better results
• The geocode_location parameter requires a specific format that can be obtained from the Search Geocode Location endpoint
• Results include a scrapedAt timestamp for tracking when the data was collected