LinkedIn Post Comment & Reply Thread Extractor

{
  "properties": {
    "cookie": {
      "description": "Your LinkedIn session cookie. Accepts either: (1) the li_at value from browser DevTools → Application → Cookies, or (2) full cookies JSON array exported from an extension like EditThisCookie.",
      "editor": "textarea",
      "isSecret": true,
      "title": "LinkedIn Cookie",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "excludeAuthorTypes": {
      "default": [],
      "description": "Drop comments authored by the selected actor types. PERSON = individual member profiles, COMPANY = company / organization pages.",
      "editor": "select",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "PERSON",
          "COMPANY"
        ],
        "enumTitles": [
          "Person",
          "Company"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "prefill": [],
      "title": "Exclude Author Types",
      "type": "array",
      "uniqueItems": true
    },
    "includeReplies": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Whether to fetch replies to top-level comments. Each reply is output as a separate dataset row with isReply=true and parentCommentId linking to the parent.",
      "prefill": false,
      "title": "Include Replies",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "language": {
      "default": "en",
      "description": "Preferred LinkedIn UI language. Sets the Accept-Language header and x-li-lang for Voyager API calls; influences which translations LinkedIn returns for comment text.",
      "editor": "select",
      "enum": [
        "en",
        "es",
        "fr",
        "de",
        "pt"
      ],
      "enumTitles": [
        "English",
        "Spanish",
        "French",
        "German",
        "Portuguese"
      ],
      "prefill": "en",
      "title": "Language",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "maxCommentsPerPost": {
      "default": 50,
      "description": "Maximum number of top-level comments to scrape per post.",
      "editor": "number",
      "maximum": 500,
      "minimum": 1,
      "prefill": 50,
      "title": "Max Comments Per Post",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "minReactions": {
      "default": 0,
      "description": "Skip comments with fewer than this many reactions (likes + other reaction types). 0 disables the filter and emits every comment.",
      "editor": "number",
      "maximum": 100000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "prefill": 0,
      "title": "Minimum Reactions",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "postUrls": {
      "description": "LinkedIn post URLs to scrape comments from. Accepts formats like: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7329761432933134337/ or https://www.linkedin.com/posts/username_some-slug-7329761432933134337/. Use a public, high-engagement post URL for best results. The prefill example uses a Bill Gates post from early 2025.",
      "editor": "stringList",
      "prefill": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7329761432933134337/"
      ],
      "title": "Post URLs",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "proxyConfiguration": {
      "description": "Optional Apify proxy configuration. Residential proxy recommended for best results.",
      "editor": "proxy",
      "title": "Proxy Configuration",
      "type": "object"
    },
    "replyDepth": {
      "default": 1,
      "description": "How many levels deep to recurse when fetching replies. Only honored when Include Replies is enabled. 1 = direct replies only, 2 = replies of replies, 3 = three levels.",
      "editor": "number",
      "maximum": 3,
      "minimum": 1,
      "prefill": 1,
      "title": "Reply Depth",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "sortBy": {
      "default": "RELEVANCE",
      "description": "Sort order for comments. RELEVANCE uses LinkedIn's default 'Most relevant'. RECENT shows newest first.",
      "editor": "select",
      "enum": [
        "RELEVANCE",
        "RECENT"
      ],
      "enumTitles": [
        "Most relevant",
        "Most recent"
      ],
      "prefill": "RELEVANCE",
      "title": "Sort Comments By",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "postUrls",
    "cookie"
  ],
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "title": "LinkedIn Comments Scraper Input",
  "type": "object"
}

{
  "actorOutputSchemaVersion": 1,
  "description": "LinkedIn post comments and reply threads with author identity, reaction counts, and linked profiles.",
  "properties": {
    "comments": {
      "description": "Dataset containing all scraped LinkedIn post comments and replies.",
      "template": "{{links.apiDefaultDatasetUrl}}/items",
      "title": "Post Comments",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "title": "LinkedIn Post Comment & Reply Thread Extractor Output"
}

{
  "actorSpecification": 1,
  "views": {
    "overview": {
      "display": {
        "component": "table",
        "properties": {
          "authorName": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Author"
          },
          "commentText": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Comment"
          },
          "commentedAt": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Commented At"
          },
          "isReply": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Is Reply"
          },
          "postUrl": {
            "format": "link",
            "label": "Post URL"
          },
          "reactionsCount": {
            "format": "number",
            "label": "Reactions"
          },
          "scrapedAt": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Scraped At"
          }
        }
      },
      "title": "Overview",
      "transformation": {
        "fields": [
          "authorName",
          "commentText",
          "commentedAt",
          "reactionsCount",
          "isReply",
          "postUrl",
          "scrapedAt"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}