Scrapes Linkedin User Data
pip3 install --user linkedin_scraperVersion 2.0.0 and before is called linkedin_user_scraper and can be installed via pip3 install --user linkedin_user_scraper
First, you must set your chromedriver location by
export CHROMEDRIVER=~/chromedriverTo use it, just create the class.
from linkedin_scraper import Person, actions
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
email = "[email protected]"
password = "password123"
actions.login(driver, email, password) # if email and password isnt given, it'll prompt in terminal
person = Person("https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-iguodala-65b48ab5", driver=driver)from linkedin_scraper import Person
person = Person("https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-iguodala-65b48ab5")from linkedin_scraper import Company
company = Company("https://ca.linkedin.com/company/google")- Run
ipythonorpython - In
ipython/python, run the following code (you can modify it if you need to specify your driver)
from linkedin_scraper import Person
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
person = Person("https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-iguodala-65b48ab5", driver = driver, scrape=False)- Login to Linkedin
- [OPTIONAL] Logout of Linkedin
- In the same
ipython/pythoncode, run
person.scrape()The reason is that LinkedIn has recently blocked people from viewing certain profiles without having previously signed in. So by setting scrape=False, it doesn't automatically scrape the profile, but Chrome will open the linkedin page anyways. You can login and logout, and the cookie will stay in the browser and it won't affect your profile views. Then when you run person.scrape(), it'll scrape and close the browser. If you want to keep the browser on so you can scrape others, run it as
NOTE: For version >= 2.1.0, scraping can also occur while logged in. Beware that users will be able to see that you viewed their profile.
person.scrape(close_on_complete=False)so it doesn't close.
From verison 2.4.0 on, actions is a part of the library that allows signing into Linkedin first. The email and password can be provided as a variable into the function. If not provided, both will be prompted in terminal.
from linkedin_scraper import Person, actions
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
email = "[email protected]"
password = "password123"
actions.login(driver, email, password) # if email and password isnt given, it'll prompt in terminal
person = Person("https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-iguodala-65b48ab5", driver=driver)A Person object can be created with the following inputs:
Person(linkedin_url=None, experiences=[], educations=[], company=None, job_title=None, driver=None, scrape=True)This is the linkedin url of their profile
This is the past experiences they have. A list of linkedin_scraper.scraper.Experience
This is the past educations they have. A list of linkedin_scraper.scraper.Education
This is the interests they have. A list of linkedin_scraper.scraper.Interest
This is the accomplishments they have. A list of linkedin_scraper.scraper.Accomplishment
This the most recent company or institution they have worked at.
This the most recent job title they have.
This is the driver from which to scraper the Linkedin profile. A driver using Chrome is created by default. However, if a driver is passed in, that will be used instead.
For example
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
person = Person("https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-iguodala-65b48ab5", driver = driver)When this is True, the scraping happens automatically. To scrape afterwards, that can be run by the scrape() function from the Person object.
This is the meat of the code, where execution of this function scrapes the profile. If close_on_complete is True (which it is by default), then the browser will close upon completion. If scraping of other profiles are desired, then you might want to set that to false so you can keep using the same driver.
Company(linkedin_url=None, name=None, about_us=None, website=None, headquarters=None, founded=None, company_type=None, company_size=None, specialties=None, showcase_pages=[], affiliated_companies=[], driver=None, scrape=True, get_employees=True)This is the linkedin url of their profile
This is the name of the company
The description of the company
The website of the company
The headquarters location of the company
When the company was founded
The type of the company
How many people are employeed at the company
What the company specializes in
Pages that the company owns to showcase their products
Other companies that are affiliated with this one
This is the driver from which to scraper the Linkedin profile. A driver using Chrome is created by default. However, if a driver is passed in, that will be used instead.
Whether to get all the employees of company
For example
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
company = Company("https://ca.linkedin.com/company/google", driver=driver)This is the meat of the code, where execution of this function scrapes the company. If close_on_complete is True (which it is by default), then the browser will close upon completion. If scraping of other companies are desired, then you might want to set that to false so you can keep using the same driver.
2.4.0
- Added
actionsfor login
2.3.1
- Fixed bugs
2.2.x
- Scraping employees allowed
2.1.x
- Scraping allowed after logged in
2.0.x
- Modified the way the objects are called
- Added Company
- Changed name from
linkedin_user_scrapertolinkedin_scraper
1.2.x
- Allows scraping later
1.1.x
- Addes additional API where user can use their own webdriver
1.0.x
- first publish and fixes
