This service allows to fetch data about individuals or companies on Linkedin.
You can try out the tool on my personal server here. Remember this is only a showcase website.
- Folder src/v1 : At the very beginning, the project was a freelance mission for a client needing some leads. I used Linkedin API v1.
- Folder src/v2 : After that I decided to design a web interface to showcase the tool, which might be useful for other people. I was limited by the Linkedin API, so I somehow completed it by scraping data with Puppeteer, a driver for an headless Google Chrome browser.
- The Linkedin API v1 is now deprecated and the v2 is not really usable so, in this third version, there is no more use of the API and I completely skipped the use of web browser, it is a simple HTTP request and Cheerio does the job.
Want to try running it on you own ? You will need your Linkedin cookie called "li_at". This way, requests will be sent on your behalf.
git clone https://github.com/Cooya/Linkedin.git linkedin cd linkedin npm install npm run build touch config.js npm startComplete the configuration file "config.js" as follows :
module.exports = { cookie: 'YOUR_LINKEDIN_COOKIE' };If you want to scrap people details :
node src/cli.js https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/Or if you want to scrap company information :
node src/cli.js https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/npm test