LinkedIn Profile Post Scraper

Scrape recent posts from specific LinkedIn profiles using the Apify harvestapi/linkedin-profile-posts actor.

Quick Start

Requires APIFY_API_TOKEN env var (or --token flag). Install dependency: pip install requests.

bash
# Scrape recent posts from a profile
python3 skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/scripts/scrape_linkedin_posts.py \
  --profiles "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelsantilli" --max-posts 10

# Multiple profiles with keyword filtering
python3 skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/scripts/scrape_linkedin_posts.py \
  --profiles "https://www.linkedin.com/in/person1,https://www.linkedin.com/in/person2" \
  --keywords "AI,growth" --days 30

# Summary table
python3 skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/scripts/scrape_linkedin_posts.py \
  --profiles "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelsantilli" --output summary

CLI Reference

| Flag | Default | Description | |------|---------|-------------| | --profiles | required | LinkedIn profile URL(s), comma-separated | | --max-posts | 20 | Max posts to scrape per profile | | --keywords | none | Keywords to filter (comma-separated, OR logic) | | --days | 30 | Only include posts from last N days | | --output | json | Output format: json or summary | | --token | env var | Apify token (prefer APIFY_API_TOKEN env var) | | --timeout | 300 | Max seconds to wait for the Apify run |

Cost

~$2 per 1,000 posts scraped. The script prints a cost estimate before running.

Notes

• No native date filtering — dates are filtered client-side on postedAt/postedDate
• Profile URLs must be full LinkedIn URLs (e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/username)