linkedin-scrapper

Scrapper of linkedin public profiles

  $ npm install linkedin-profile

  var callback = function(obj) {
    console.log(obj.result, obj.$, obj.response);
    // obj.result -> json filled with linkedin data
    // obj.$ -> cheerio object you can use as jQuery
    // obj.response -> request's response object
  }

  var scrapper = require('linkedin-scrapper');
  scrapper('http://public.profile.url', callback, additionalMapping={})

Can be extended with additionalMapping parameter which merges with mapping.coffee:

addditionalMapping = {
  sections: {
    your-section-name: {
      mapping: {
        field: '.additional > #selector'
      }
    }
  }
  defaultSectionMapping: {
    field: '.additional default > #selector'
  }
}

Be aware linkedin uses different markup for profiles when you are authorized/not authorized. You should use not authorized selectors - this script didn't login (but it should).

Troubleshooting

LinkedIn markup may change. So launch npm test first

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