# LinkedIn Mass People Profile Finder (`scraperx/linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder`) Actor

Bulk LinkedIn profile URL finder. Provide names, companies, or any free-text queries and receive matching public LinkedIn profile URLs in real time.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scraperx/linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [ScraperX](https://apify.com/scraperx) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 5 total users, 2 monthly users, 97.2% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 results

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

## 🔗 LinkedIn Mass People Profile Finder

> **Bulk-resolve LinkedIn profile URLs from free-text queries — in seconds, at scale.**

Provide a list of search queries (e.g. _"Michael Dell Dell Technologies CEO"_) and the actor returns the **first matching public LinkedIn profile URL** for each. No LinkedIn login needed — results come from public search engines.

---

### ✨ Why Choose This Actor?

- ⚡ **Bulk lookup** — process hundreds of names in one run, in parallel
- 🌐 **Smart proxy ladder** — starts direct, auto-escalates to **datacenter → residential** only when blocked
- 🛡️ **Anti-block resilient** — randomized user agents, exponential backoff, sticky escalation
- 💾 **Live results** — every match streams to the dataset the moment it's found, so partial output is always preserved
- 🔁 **Dual-engine fallback** — DuckDuckGo primary, Bing fallback
- 🎯 **Clean output** — canonical `https://www.linkedin.com/in/<slug>` for every hit

---

### 🔑 Key Features

| Feature | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| 🧾 **Bulk input** | Paste any number of queries — one per line |
| 🌐 **Auto proxy fallback** | No proxy → Datacenter → Residential (3 retries) |
| 📡 **Real-time output** | Each result is pushed live to the dataset |
| ⚙️ **Configurable** | Workers, delay, retries, timeout all tunable |
| 🎨 **Clean URLs** | All output normalized to `https://www.linkedin.com/in/<slug>` |

---

### 📥 Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "\"Michael Dell\" \"Dell Technologies\" CEO",
    "\"Chuck Robbins\" CISCO CEO"
  ],
  "workers": 3,
  "baseDelay": 0.5,
  "retries": 3,
  "timeout": 15,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}
````

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `queries` | `array<string>` | **Required.** Free-text search queries, one per item. Use quotes for exact-match phrases. |
| `workers` | `integer` | Parallel queries. Default `3`. Higher = faster but more block risk. |
| `baseDelay` | `number` | Base delay (sec) between requests. Default `0.5`. |
| `retries` | `integer` | Max retries per engine on transient failure. Default `3`. |
| `timeout` | `integer` | HTTP request timeout (sec). Default `15`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | `object` | Proxy override. Default: **no proxy** — actor escalates automatically if blocked. |

***

### 📤 Output

Each item in the dataset:

```json
{
  "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdell",
  "input": "\"Michael Dell\" \"Dell Technologies\" CEO"
}
```

For failed lookups:

```json
{
  "linkedin": null,
  "input": "some unfindable query",
  "error": "bing: no result"
}
```

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| 🔗 `linkedin` | Canonical LinkedIn profile URL, or `null` if not found |
| 🧾 `input` | The exact query that was searched |
| ⚠️ `error` | Failure reason (only present when `linkedin` is `null`) |

***

### 🚀 How to Use (Apify Console)

1. Log in at https://console.apify.com → **Actors**.
2. Open **LinkedIn Mass People Profile Finder**.
3. Paste your queries — one per line — in the **Search Queries** field.
4. (Optional) Tune workers / delay / retries.
5. Click **▶ Start**.
6. Watch logs in real time — found profiles appear immediately.
7. Open the **Output** tab when the run completes; export to JSON / CSV / XLSX.

***

### 🤖 Use via API

Run synchronously and get results in one call:

```bash
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<ACTOR_ID>/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "queries": [
      "\"Michael Dell\" \"Dell Technologies\" CEO",
      "\"Chuck Robbins\" CISCO CEO"
    ]
  }'
```

Or asynchronously:

```bash
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<ACTOR_ID>/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries":["Satya Nadella Microsoft CEO"]}'
```

***

### 🌐 Proxy Strategy

The actor uses a **sticky tiered fallback**:

```
1. 🟢 Direct (no proxy)        ← start here
2. 🟡 Apify Datacenter Proxy   ← on first block
3. 🔴 Apify Residential Proxy  ← if datacenter blocked too (3 retries)
```

Once the actor escalates to a higher tier, it **stays there** for the rest of the run — no flapping. Each escalation is clearly logged so you can see exactly when and why it happened.

***

### 🎯 Best Use Cases

- 🧑‍💼 **Sales & lead enrichment** — turn a CSV of names + companies into LinkedIn URLs
- 📊 **Market research** — find executive profiles for company analysis
- 🤝 **Recruiting** — bulk-resolve candidate profiles from spreadsheets
- 🔬 **Data enrichment pipelines** — feed CRM rows with normalized LinkedIn URLs

***

### 💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

| Event | What it covers |
|-------|---------------|
| `apify-actor-start` | One-time charge per run (covers startup) |
| `apify-default-dataset-item` | Charged per successfully resolved profile |

You only pay for **profiles we find** — failed lookups still appear in the dataset for transparency but do not bill the result-item event.

***

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: Do I need a LinkedIn account or cookie?**
No. The actor only queries public search engines.

**Q: Why is the output URL different from what's on Google?**
We canonicalize every URL to `https://www.linkedin.com/in/<slug>` regardless of the country subdomain (e.g. `uk.linkedin.com/in/…`) for easier downstream matching.

**Q: What if a query has multiple matching profiles?**
We return the **first** result. Make queries as specific as possible (name + company + title) for accuracy.

**Q: Will I get rate-limited?**
Possible if you push workers too high. The actor handles this gracefully — it slows down, switches engines, and escalates to a paid proxy tier automatically. Default `workers=3` is safe.

**Q: Is this legal?**
Yes — we only query publicly indexed search results. You are responsible for downstream compliance with LinkedIn's ToS, GDPR/CCPA, and any applicable anti-spam laws.

***

### ⚖️ Cautions / Legal

- Data is collected only from **publicly available** sources (search engine result pages).
- Do **not** scrape private accounts or content behind authentication.
- The end user is responsible for legal compliance (GDPR, CCPA, anti-spam laws, target site ToS).
- Be a good citizen — keep concurrency moderate.

***

### 💬 Support & Feedback

Issues, feature requests, or just want to chat? Open an issue or contact the maintainer through your Apify Console messages.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

List of free-text queries. Each line becomes one query — e.g. a name + company + title. Tip: wrap exact terms in quotes for tighter matches (e.g. "Michael Dell" "Dell Technologies" CEO).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Override the automatic proxy ladder. Leave as default (no proxy) unless you have a specific reason — the actor will handle blocks for you.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "\"Michael Dell\" \"Dell Technologies\" CEO",
    "\"Chuck Robbins\" CISCO CEO"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "\"Michael Dell\" \"Dell Technologies\" CEO",
        "\"Chuck Robbins\" CISCO CEO"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scraperx/linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder").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 = {
    "queries": [
        "\"Michael Dell\" \"Dell Technologies\" CEO",
        "\"Chuck Robbins\" CISCO CEO",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scraperx/linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder").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 '{
  "queries": [
    "\\"Michael Dell\\" \\"Dell Technologies\\" CEO",
    "\\"Chuck Robbins\\" CISCO CEO"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call scraperx/linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scraperx/linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "LinkedIn Mass People Profile Finder",
        "description": "Bulk LinkedIn profile URL finder. Provide names, companies, or any free-text queries and receive matching public LinkedIn profile URLs in real time.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "Kcn5nsfS2D1hoQ6Jp"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scraperx~linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scraperx-linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder",
                "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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scraperx~linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scraperx-linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scraperx~linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scraperx-linkedin-mass-people-profile-finder",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": [
                    "queries"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "queries": {
                        "title": "🧾 Search Queries (one per line)",
                        "minItems": 1,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of free-text queries. Each line becomes one query — e.g. a name + company + title. Tip: wrap exact terms in quotes for tighter matches (e.g. \"Michael Dell\" \"Dell Technologies\" CEO).",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "🌐 Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Override the automatic proxy ladder. Leave as default (no proxy) unless you have a specific reason — the actor will handle blocks for you.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": false
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "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": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```