Scrape Profiles from LinkedIn Search

Use this module to source leads from LinkedIn search. You can define a search term and a localisation. This module uses the Linkedin search bar to search for profiles that match your criteria.

Use cases

Here are some potential use cases for scraping profiles from LinkedIn search:

• Sales Prospecting: Automatically gather profiles from LinkedIn searches based on specific job titles, industries, or locations to generate a list of prospects for sales outreach.

• Event Networking: If you're hosting or attending a LinkedIn-related event or webinar, use this module to scrape profiles of attendees or speakers for future networking.

• Competitive Analysis: Search for profiles of employees working at competing companies and analyze their skill sets, job roles, and experience to understand how competitors are positioning themselves.

• Partnership Opportunities: Scrape profiles of individuals in roles relevant to partnerships or collaborations, such as business development managers, to explore potential business opportunities.

How To Use

There is two ways to use this module. Either by applying pre-made filters but you can also build your search in LinkedIn itself, then copy the url and use that to retrieve the search results.

OPTION 1: To use the filters, select the 'Use Filters' option from the Search Method dropdown and you should set the following properties:

Search Term:

In this field you can specify what you are looking for. You can define job roles or other key words to find related persons.

Location [OPTIONAL]:

Use these fields if you want to search for people in a specific area. If left blank the search is broadened. You can also choose to only fill the country. Then it searches for all cities in that country.

Starting Page

If you have scraped this search before, you can start from the page where you left it. Use this parameter to define which page to start.

Number of Pages:

If you search on LinkedIn, your results are paginated. This field allows you to skim through the pages and get as many results as you like. Be aware that increasing the Number of Pages will increase the amount of Browserflow credits used for this module.

OPTION 2: When using the search url, choose the 'Use Search Url' option from the Search Method dropdown and provide the url you copied from your LinkedIn search. You can also use the Start Page and the Number of Pages here.

Output

The resulting output is of the following structure:

{
	"sessionId": "string",
	"data": [
		{
			"name": "string",
			"linkedin_url": "string",
			"image_url": "string",
			"tagline": "string",
			"location": "string",
			"summary": "string"
		}
	],
	"message": "string",
	"image_url": "string",
	"credits_used": "integer"
}

Note that the higher the numberOfPages parameter, the more profiles are returned. Also, LinkedIn adds 'hidden' profiles to the list to force you to upgrade to premium. These are skipped because they dont contain any useful information.

Costs

10 Browserflow credits per page (per search)

Disclaimer

It is at your own responsibility to make yourself familiar with LinkedIns automation policies and restrictions.