linkedin-profile-post-scraper

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.

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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.

# 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)

Repository: gooseworks-ai/goose-skills
Path: skills/social/capabilities/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/SKILL.md
Commit: 8866b2a

Last updated: 1 day ago
First committed: about 2 months ago

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