# Social Profile Extractor – Find Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (`scrapepilot/social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter`) Actor Crawl any website to find all social media profiles: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, GitHub, etc. Priority crawl, page-level output, final consolidated. Pay per page ( 3.50 / 1 K ) \+ 3.50/1K)+0.20/run. Residential proxy ready. - **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapepilot/social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter.md - **Developed by:** [Scrape Pilot](https://apify.com/scrapepilot) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Automation - **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.50 / 1,000 social media profile extractors This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. 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 --- ## 🔍 Social Profile Extractor – Find Company Social Media Links (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, GitHub, etc.) **Crawl any website to discover social media profiles – Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, GitHub, Threads, Snapchat, Reddit.** The **Social Profile Extractor** intelligently navigates a domain (prioritising contact, about, team, and footer pages) and extracts all social media links. Outputs page‑level findings immediately, plus a final consolidated list per domain. Perfect for lead enrichment, competitor research, influencer discovery, and B2B prospecting. --- ### 💡 What is the Social Profile Extractor? The **Social Profile Extractor** is a specialised Apify actor that automatically finds all social media profiles associated with a given website. It works by: - Crawling up to a user‑defined number of pages per domain (default 15) - Prioritising pages likely to contain social links (`contact`, `about`, `team`, `footer`, `support`, `social`) - Extracting links to 13+ social platforms: - Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, GitHub, Threads, Snapchat, Reddit - Filtering out share/intent links (e.g., `sharer.php`, `?whatsapp`) - Producing **two types of output**: 1. **Page‑level items** – as soon as a page is scanned (with any discovered social links or just a scan record). 2. **A final summary item** – after the crawl finishes (or hits the page limit), containing all unique social profiles found. The actor uses `curl_cffi` for high‑performance HTTP requests with Chrome impersonation, respects same‑domain navigation, and saves checkpoints to resume interrupted crawls. **Pay‑per‑event pricing** – you are charged **only for successfully processed pages** ($0.0035 per page, $3.50 per 1,000 pages). Failed or blocked pages cost nothing. The actor start fee is $0.20 per run. --- ### 🚀 Key Features | Feature | Description | |-----------------------------|-------------| | **13+ social platforms** | Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, GitHub, Threads, Snapchat, Reddit. | | **Smart crawling** | Prioritises contact, about, team, footer, and social‑related pages first. | | **Same‑domain only** | Stays within the target website (no external links). | | **Page‑level immediate output** | You see results as soon as each page is scanned – no need to wait for full crawl. | | **Final consolidated output** | One summary item per domain with all unique social profile URLs. | | **Checkpoint & resume** | Saves progress after every 5 pages; if interrupted, restarts where it left off. | | **Residential proxy ready** | Bypasses anti‑bot measures (recommended for large crawls). | | **Pay‑per‑result pricing** | $0.20 per run + $3.50 per 1,000 successfully crawled pages. Failed pages are free. | | **Clean JSON output** | Easy to export to CSV, Excel, or integrate into CRMs. | --- ### 📥 Input Parameters The actor accepts a JSON object with the following fields: | Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |----------------------|---------------------|----------|---------|-------------| | `startUrls` | array of objects | **Yes** | – | List of starting URLs (e.g., `[{"url": "https://example.com"}]`). | | `maxPagesPerDomain` | integer | No | `15` | Maximum number of pages to crawl per domain. | | `concurrency` | integer | No | `20` | Number of concurrent requests. | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | – | Apify proxy configuration. Residential proxies strongly recommended. | #### Example Input ```json { "startUrls": [ {"url": "https://stripe.com"}, {"url": "https://shopify.com"}, {"url": "https://airbnb.com"} ], "maxPagesPerDomain": 20, "concurrency": 15, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] } } ```` *** ### 📤 Output Fields The actor pushes **two types of items**: #### 1. Page‑level item (`status: "scanned"` or `"new_found"`) Sent after each page is parsed. If new social profiles were discovered on that page, you get a `"new_found"` item; otherwise a `"scanned"` item with the current socials found (may be empty). | Field | Type | Description | |-------------------|--------|-------------| | `domain` | string | The website domain. | | `start_url` | string | The original starting URL. | | `page_url` | string | The crawled page URL. | | `page_title` | string | Page title (from ``). | | `description` | string | Meta description or OG description. | | `social_profiles` | object | Dictionary of platform → array of URLs found on this page. | | `platform` | string | (only in `new_found` items) Platform name. | | `profiles` | array | (only in `new_found` items) List of URLs for that platform. | | `pages_scanned` | integer | Running total of scanned pages for this domain. | | `status` | string | `"scanned"` or `"new_found"`. | #### 2. Final consolidated item (`status: "completed"` or `"partial"`) Sent after the crawl finishes (reached `maxPagesPerDomain` or no more internal links). | Field | Type | Description | |------------------|--------|-------------| | `domain` | string | The website domain. | | `start_url` | string | Original starting URL. | | `social_profiles`| object | Dictionary of platform → array of **all unique** URLs found across the whole crawl. | | `pages_scanned` | integer | Total pages scanned. | | `status` | string | `"completed"` (reached limit or finished) or `"partial"` (still links left but stopped). | #### Example Output (Final Item) ```json { "domain": "stripe.com", "start_url": "https://stripe.com", "social_profiles": { "twitter": ["https://twitter.com/stripe"], "linkedin": ["https://linkedin.com/company/stripe"], "github": ["https://github.com/stripe"], "youtube": ["https://youtube.com/user/stripe"] }, "pages_scanned": 12, "status": "completed" } ``` *** ### 💰 Pricing | Component | Price | |-------------------------------|-----------------------| | **Actor start (per run)** | **$0.20** | | **Per successful page** | **$0.0035** | | **Per 1,000 successful pages** | **$3.50** | - You are charged **only for pages that are successfully fetched and parsed** (HTTP 200 with HTML content). - Failed pages (404, 403, timeout, blocking) cost nothing. - Actor start fee covers the infrastructure for the run (even if zero pages are scraped). - Example: 500 successful pages = $0.20 + (500 × $0.0035) = **$1.95**. - Example: 2,500 successful pages = $0.20 + (2,500 × $0.0035) = **$8.95**. **Checkpoint & resume:** If the actor stops due to spending limit or interruption, restarting will continue from the saved state without re‑charging already processed pages. *** ### 🛠 How to Use on Apify 1. **Create a task** with this actor. 2. **Provide one or more start URLs** – the actor will crawl each domain independently. 3. **Set `maxPagesPerDomain`** – how many pages to scan per site (default 15, which usually finds all social links). 4. **Enable residential proxies** – strongly recommended to avoid being blocked (especially for large sites). 5. **Run** – the actor will crawl, output page‑level results immediately, and finally push one summary per domain. 6. **Export** – download the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel. #### Running via API ```bash curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/your-username~social-profile-extractor/runs" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \ -d '{ "startUrls": [{"url": "https://stripe.com"}], "maxPagesPerDomain": 20, "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]} }' ``` *** ### 🎯 Use Cases | Use Case | How It Helps | |------------------------------|--------------| | **Lead enrichment** | Add social media handles to your CRM records. | | **Competitor analysis** | Quickly see which platforms competitors are active on. | | **Influencer discovery** | Find social profiles of companies you want to partner with. | | **Sales prospecting** | Use LinkedIn profiles to identify decision‑makers. | | **Brand monitoring** | Check if a company’s social links are up‑to‑date. | | **Market research** | Aggregate social presence across an industry. | *** ### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions **1. Which social platforms are supported?**\ Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, GitHub, Threads, Snapchat, Reddit. **2. How many pages should I crawl?**\ Most social links are found within the first 10–15 pages (homepage, contact, about, footer). `maxPagesPerDomain = 15` is sufficient for most sites. Increase to 30 for very large sites. **3. Do I need a proxy?**\ For a small number of domains (1–5) with `maxPagesPerDomain ≤ 15`, you may not need a proxy. For larger runs or if you see `429` errors, enable residential proxies. **4. What is the difference between the page‑level and final item?**\ Page‑level items (`status: "scanned"`) are pushed after each page so you can see progress immediately. The final item (`status: "completed"`) contains all unique social profiles aggregated across all scanned pages. **5. Does it follow redirects?**\ Yes – the actor follows HTTP redirects (`allow_redirects=True`). **6. What happens if a page is blocked (Cloudflare, CAPTCHA)?**\ The actor logs a failure and moves to the next URL. No charge is applied for that page. **7. Can I crawl external websites (not same domain)?**\ No – the actor is designed to stay within the same domain. It will not follow links to other domains. **8. How are share links (e.g., `twitter.com/intent/tweet`) filtered out?**\ The actor ignores URLs containing `sharer`, `intent`, `share`, `whatsapp`, `telegram`, `mailto`, `tel`, etc. This prevents false positives. **9. What is the actor start fee for?**\ It covers the cost of launching the container, setting up proxies, and managing checkpoints – even if the crawl returns no pages. **10. Is there a free trial?**\ Apify gives new users $5 monthly credit, which is enough to test this actor on several domains. After that, pay‑as‑you‑go or subscription options are available. *** *** ### 🔍 SEO Keywords `social profile extractor`, `find social media links`, `company social scraper`, `LinkedIn profile finder`, `Twitter handle extractor`, `Facebook page discovery`, `Instagram business account finder`, `social media intelligence`, `Apify social scraper`, `B2B lead enrichment`, `competitor social analysis` *** ### 🔗 Related Actors - **[Company Info Scraper – Contacts, Tech Stack, Social Profiles](https://apify.com/your-username/company-info-scraper)** – More detailed company profiling. - **[Instagram Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/your-username/instagram-profile-scraper)** – Extract full Instagram profile data. - **[LinkedIn Company Scraper](https://apify.com/your-username/linkedin-company-scraper)** – Get LinkedIn company page info. *** *** **Start extracting social profiles today – $0.20 per run + $3.50 per 1,000 pages. Find every social link for any website.** ```` # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): List of websites to extract social profiles from. ## `maxPagesPerDomain` (type: `integer`): How many internal pages to crawl per website searching for social links. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Select Residential Proxies for best results. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://apify.com/contact" } ], "maxPagesPerDomain": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ```` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://apify.com/contact" } ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("scrapepilot/social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://apify.com/contact" }], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("scrapepilot/social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter").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 '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://apify.com/contact" } ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call scrapepilot/social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapepilot/social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>" ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Social Profile Extractor – Find Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter", "description": "Crawl any website to find all social media profiles: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, GitHub, etc. Priority crawl, page-level output, final consolidated. Pay per page (\n3.50\n/\n1\nK\n)\n+\n3.50/1K)+0.20/run. Residential proxy ready.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "70pkpZQPN18ejqTGk" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/scrapepilot~social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapepilot-social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/scrapepilot~social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapepilot-social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/scrapepilot~social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-scrapepilot-social-profile-extractor-find-facebook-linkedin-twitter", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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", "required": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "List of websites to extract social profiles from.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxPagesPerDomain": { "title": "Max Pages Per Domain", "type": "integer", "description": "How many internal pages to crawl per website searching for social links.", "default": 10 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Select Residential Proxies for best results." } } }, "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": 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