linkedin-profile-post-scraper
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npx mdskill add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraperScrape recent content from specified LinkedIn profiles to monitor activity or gather competitive intelligence.
- Track what specific individuals or executives are posting about industry topics.
- Utilizes the Apify platform to access and process LinkedIn profile data.
- Executes scraping based on provided profile URLs, optional keyword filters, and timeframes.
- Outputs a list of scraped posts, optionally summarized, directly to the execution environment.
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--- name: linkedin-profile-post-scraper description: > Scrape recent posts from LinkedIn profiles using Apify. Use when you need to monitor what specific people are posting on LinkedIn, track founder/exec activity, or gather LinkedIn content for competitive intelligence. --- # 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`)