LinkedIn Public Profile Credentials & Company Lookup

Look up public LinkedIn profiles by URL or username and get work history, education, certifications, honors, volunteer work, and projects, with the current employer's own company page details attached. No login or cookies needed.

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Input schema

Input fields, types, required flags, descriptions, defaults, and prefills come from the published definition. Prefill examples are distinct from defaults.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`profileUrls`	array	required	LinkedIn profile URLs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/username) or bare usernames. Public profiles work best; normal profiles may require the anti-bot fallback.
`enrichCompany`	boolean	optional	Fetch the current employer's public LinkedIn company page for extra detail (followers, offices, affiliated pages, similar pages, updates, founded, tagline, size, industry, website, headquarters, logo). Adds one request per unique company and is cached within the run.
`maxPosts`	integer	optional	Maximum number of recent public posts to include per profile. Set 0 to skip posts.

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Field	Type	Required	Description
`profileUrls`	array	required	LinkedIn profile URLs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/username) or bare usernames. Public profiles work best; normal profiles may require the anti-bot fallback.
`enrichCompany`	boolean	optional	Fetch the current employer's public LinkedIn company page for extra detail (followers, offices, affiliated pages, similar pages, updates, founded, tagline, size, industry, website, headquarters, logo). Adds one request per unique company and is cached within the run.
`maxPosts`	integer	optional	Maximum number of recent public posts to include per profile. Set 0 to skip posts.
`pacing`	string	optional	How long to wait between profiles. Use a slower pacing for large runs if LinkedIn starts refusing requests.
`useUnblocker`	boolean	optional	Allow the final anti-bot fallback after LinkedIn returns a real block (999/403 or a sign-up wall). Profiles that load directly never use it.
`proxyConfiguration`	object	optional	Optional Apify proxy used as a middle rung before the anti-bot fallback. Leave empty to go straight from a direct request to the fallback only when blocked.

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{
  "description": "Look up public LinkedIn profiles by URL or username.",
  "properties": {
    "enrichCompany": {
      "default": true,
      "description": "Fetch the current employer's public LinkedIn company page for extra detail (followers, offices, affiliated pages, similar pages, updates, founded, tagline, size, industry, website, headquarters, logo). Adds one request per unique company and is cached within the run.",
      "editor": "checkbox",
      "prefill": false,
      "title": "Enrich Current Company",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "maxPosts": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Maximum number of recent public posts to include per profile. Set 0 to skip posts.",
      "editor": "number",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 0,
      "prefill": 3,
      "title": "Recent Posts per Profile",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "pacing": {
      "default": "balanced",
      "description": "How long to wait between profiles. Use a slower pacing for large runs if LinkedIn starts refusing requests.",
      "editor": "select",
      "enum": [
        "fast",
        "balanced",
        "cautious"
      ],
      "enumTitles": [
        "Fast (0.5–1.5s)",
        "Balanced (3–7s)",
        "Cautious (8–15s)"
      ],
      "prefill": "balanced",
      "title": "Request Pacing",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "profileUrls": {
      "description": "LinkedIn profile URLs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/username) or bare usernames. Public profiles work best; normal profiles may require the anti-bot fallback.",
      "editor": "stringList",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "maxItems": 1000,
      "minItems": 1,
      "prefill": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates"
      ],
      "title": "Profile URLs",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "proxyConfiguration": {
      "description": "Optional Apify proxy used as a middle rung before the anti-bot fallback. Leave empty to go straight from a direct request to the fallback only when blocked.",
      "editor": "proxy",
      "title": "Proxy Configuration",
      "type": "object"
    },
    "useUnblocker": {
      "default": true,
      "description": "Allow the final anti-bot fallback after LinkedIn returns a real block (999/403 or a sign-up wall). Profiles that load directly never use it.",
      "editor": "checkbox",
      "prefill": true,
      "title": "Anti-Bot Fallback",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "profileUrls"
  ],
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "title": "LinkedIn Profile Scraper Input",
  "type": "object"
}

Output schema

Published result links and storage locations. This schema is not an exhaustive contract for every field in a dataset record.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`results`	string	optional	Dataset containing one row per requested profile, plus per-profile error rows and a run status row when relevant.

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{
  "actorOutputSchemaVersion": 1,
  "description": "One row per input: public profile identity, experience, education, skills, languages, credentials, publications, recommendations, posts, current-company intelligence, data-quality flags, or a truthful error row.",
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "description": "Dataset containing one row per requested profile, plus per-profile error rows and a run status row when relevant.",
      "template": "{{links.apiDefaultDatasetUrl}}/items",
      "title": "LinkedIn profiles",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "title": "LinkedIn Public Profile Credentials & Company Lookup Output"
}

Dataset schema

Published dataset views and any declared field definitions. A view can select only a subset of the returned record fields.

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{
  "actorSpecification": 1,
  "views": {
    "company": {
      "display": {
        "component": "table",
        "properties": {
          "currentCompany": {
            "format": "object",
            "label": "Company Data"
          },
          "name": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Name"
          },
          "profileUrl": {
            "format": "link",
            "label": "Profile URL"
          },
          "scrapedAt": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Scraped At"
          }
        }
      },
      "title": "Current company",
      "transformation": {
        "fields": [
          "name",
          "currentCompany",
          "profileUrl",
          "scrapedAt"
        ]
      }
    },
    "overview": {
      "display": {
        "component": "table",
        "properties": {
          "connectionsCount": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Connections"
          },
          "currentCompany": {
            "format": "object",
            "label": "Current Company"
          },
          "currentTitle": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Current Title"
          },
          "dataQuality": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Data Quality"
          },
          "followersCount": {
            "format": "number",
            "label": "Followers"
          },
          "headline": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Headline"
          },
          "location": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Location"
          },
          "name": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Name"
          },
          "profileUrl": {
            "format": "link",
            "label": "Profile URL"
          },
          "scrapedAt": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Scraped At"
          }
        }
      },
      "title": "Overview",
      "transformation": {
        "fields": [
          "name",
          "headline",
          "location",
          "currentTitle",
          "currentCompany",
          "followersCount",
          "connectionsCount",
          "dataQuality",
          "profileUrl",
          "scrapedAt"
        ]
      }
    },
    "profile": {
      "display": {
        "component": "table",
        "properties": {
          "allTitles": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "All Titles"
          },
          "certifications": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Certifications"
          },
          "courses": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Courses"
          },
          "currentCompany": {
            "format": "object",
            "label": "Current Company"
          },
          "currentTitle": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Current Title"
          },
          "headline": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Headline"
          },
          "inputUrl": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Input URL"
          },
          "languages": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Languages"
          },
          "location": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Location"
          },
          "missingFields": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Missing Fields"
          },
          "name": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Name"
          },
          "order": {
            "format": "number",
            "label": "Order"
          },
          "profilePicture": {
            "format": "link",
            "label": "Photo"
          },
          "profileUrl": {
            "format": "link",
            "label": "Profile URL"
          },
          "profileUrn": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Member URN"
          },
          "publicIdentifier": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Public Identifier"
          },
          "publications": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Publications"
          },
          "recentArticles": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Recent Articles"
          },
          "recentPosts": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Recent Posts"
          },
          "recommendations": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Recommendations"
          },
          "scrapedAt": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Scraped At"
          },
          "skills": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Skills"
          },
          "summary": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Summary"
          }
        }
      },
      "title": "Profile detail",
      "transformation": {
        "fields": [
          "name",
          "headline",
          "location",
          "summary",
          "profileUrl",
          "profilePicture",
          "profileUrn",
          "publicIdentifier",
          "currentTitle",
          "currentCompany",
          "allTitles",
          "skills",
          "languages",
          "certifications",
          "publications",
          "recommendations",
          "courses",
          "recentPosts",
          "recentArticles",
          "missingFields",
          "inputUrl",
          "order",
          "scrapedAt"
        ]
      }
    },
    "quality": {
      "display": {
        "component": "table",
        "properties": {
          "dataQuality": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Data Quality"
          },
          "inputUrl": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Input URL"
          },
          "missingFields": {
            "format": "array",
            "label": "Missing Fields"
          },
          "name": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Name"
          },
          "order": {
            "format": "number",
            "label": "Order"
          },
          "pageVariant": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Page Variant"
          },
          "profileUrn": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Member URN"
          },
          "publicIdentifier": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Public Identifier"
          },
          "scrapedAt": {
            "format": "text",
            "label": "Scraped At"
          }
        }
      },
      "title": "Data quality",
      "transformation": {
        "fields": [
          "name",
          "profileUrn",
          "publicIdentifier",
          "pageVariant",
          "dataQuality",
          "missingFields",
          "inputUrl",
          "order",
          "scrapedAt"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Key-value schema

Published key-value store definitions, when provided by this build.

This definition is not present in the default published build. See the published README for available documentation.

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LinkedIn Public Profile Credentials & Company Lookup

Turn a list of public LinkedIn profile URLs or usernames into structured records: identity, work history with per-role detail, education, skills, languages, certifications, publications, recommendations, courses, honors, recent posts, and the current employer's own company page. Everything is read from the logged-out public view, so no LinkedIn account or cookie is ever needed.

What this actor does

Profile lookup by URL or username — paste full profile links, linkedin.com/in/... paths, in/..., or bare usernames; each input gets one row
Deep public sections — per-role title, employer, dates, duration, employment type, location and description; education degree and field of study; skills; languages; certifications with credential IDs; publications; recommendations; courses; honors; projects; volunteer work; organizations; websites
Current-company intelligence — followers, offices, affiliated pages, similar pages, recent updates, founded year, tagline, employee count, size, industry, website, headquarters, type, logo and specialties
Honest data quality — missingFields, dataQuality, pageVariant, and a truthful error row for every input that cannot be read
Empty fields are omitted — a row contains only fields the profile actually exposes; it never contains null, blank strings, or asterisk placeholders

Output per profile

name, headline, location, summary
profileUrl, profilePicture, publicIdentifier
profileUrn, profileId — stable member URN and numeric member ID for joins and de-duplication
currentTitle, allTitles
currentCompany — name, url, slug and, when readable, companyId, employeeCount, size, industry, website, headquarters, organizationType, logoUrl, specialties, description, tagline, founded, followersCount, locations, affiliatedPages, similarPages, updates. If enrichment still fails after retries on alternate company URLs, the row carries enrichmentStatus: "failed" and enrichmentError instead of silently emitting a name-only company.
currentPositions, pastPositions — each with company, companyUrl, title, startDate, endDate, duration, employmentType, location, description
experiences — current and past positions combined
education and educations — the same list under both keys, with school, schoolUrl, degree, fieldOfStudy, startDate, endDate
followersCount, connectionsCount — connections is the coarse public band, such as 500+
badges, isCreator, isTopVoice
skills — skill names in the order shown on the profile
languages — name, proficiency
publications — title, publisher, date, description, url
recommendations — recommender, recommenderUrl, text
courses — title, url, instructor, duration, viewers
recentPosts — text, url, postedAgo, reactions, comments, plus author/authorUrl; shares and reposts add isRepost and repostedBy while keeping the original author distinct
recentArticles — genuine /pulse/ articles only, with title, url, publishedDate, text, likes; posts never appear here
certifications — name, issuer, issuerUrl, issueDate, credentialId, credentialUrl
honorsAndAwards — title, issuer, date, description
testScores — name, score, date
organizations — name, position, description
volunteerExperience — role, organization, description
projects — title, dateRange, description
websites — label, url
pageVariant, dataQuality, missingFields, partialFields
inputUrl, order, scrapedAt

Run status rows

A profile that cannot be read gets its own error row with _status: "error", _reason (blocked, not_found, auth_wall, wrong_identity, invalid_url, or error), _message, inputUrl, profileUrl, order and scrapedAt. wrong_identity means LinkedIn served a page whose canonical profile slug did not match the requested slug; no data from that page is emitted.
A partial run adds one _status: "partial_results" row with _reason, _failureBreakdown and _message beside the successful rows.
A run with no readable profile adds one _status: "no_data" row with _reason, _message, _help and scrapedAt.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`profileUrls`	array	–	LinkedIn profile URLs or bare usernames to look up. Required, 1–1000 entries.
`enrichCompany`	boolean	`true`	Attach the current employer's public company page. One request per unique company, cached within the run.
`maxPosts`	integer	`10`	Maximum recent posts and recent articles per profile (0–50). Set `0` to skip both.
`pacing`	string	`balanced`	Delay between profiles: `fast` (0.5–1.5s), `balanced` (3–7s), or `cautious` (8–15s).
`useUnblocker`	boolean	`true`	Allow the stronger fallback after LinkedIn refuses a request. Profiles that load directly never use it.
`proxyConfiguration`	object	–	Optional Apify proxy used before the stronger fallback. Leave empty for direct-first requests.

Accepted entry formats: https://www.linkedin.com/in/username, linkedin.com/in/username, in/username, or a bare username.

Example: one public profile with company context

{
  "profileUrls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffweiner08"],
  "enrichCompany": true,
  "maxPosts": 5,
  "pacing": "balanced"
}

Example: a shortlist without company enrichment

{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/adammgrant",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickcollison"
  ],
  "enrichCompany": false,
  "maxPosts": 0
}

Example: mixed valid and invalid entries

{
  "profileUrls": [
    "williamhgates",
    "https://twitter.com/example",
    "not a profile"
  ],
  "enrichCompany": false,
  "useUnblocker": true
}

Example: a large cautious run

{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffweiner08",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/melindagates",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyvaynerchuk"
  ],
  "enrichCompany": true,
  "maxPosts": 3,
  "pacing": "cautious",
  "useUnblocker": true
}

Use cases

Recruiting and candidate sourcing — collect titles, employers, education, skills and languages for a shortlist of public profiles
Sales and lead enrichment — attach current-company size, industry, headquarters and followers to a contact list
Credential and claim verification — check certifications, credential IDs, honors and published work on a profile
Research datasets — build a structured sample of career histories, skills and public activity across many profiles
Founder and executive mapping — identify current roles, affiliated companies and similar pages around a target company
Content and GTM research — review recent public posts and articles alongside a decision-maker's role and company

Limitations

LinkedIn does not show every section to logged-out visitors. Skills, languages, publications, recommendations, certifications, honors, courses, projects, volunteer work and websites appear only when the profile exposes them; absent sections are listed in missingFields.
connectionsCount is a coarse public band (for example 500+), not an exact count.
Email addresses and phone numbers are not available on the logged-out profile view. This actor never fabricates or guesses them.
Experience titles, dates and descriptions can be masked or withheld for some profiles and some networks. A masked page is returned with pageVariant: "masked" and the masked values are omitted.
Ordinary (non-public-figure) profiles are often refused by LinkedIn after a small number of guest views. The actor retries and can use a stronger fallback, but some profiles remain unreadable on a given run; they appear as blocked error rows.
Company pages usually include followers, offices, affiliated pages and similar pages, but founded and tagline are only present for some companies.
Recent posts and articles reflect what the public page renders, which may be a subset of the member's activity.

FAQ

Is a LinkedIn login or cookie required? No. Every page is read the way a logged-out visitor sees it. No credentials, session cookies, or member account are used.

What do missingFields and dataQuality mean? missingFields lists the high-value fields the public page did not expose for that profile. dataQuality is full when the core identity, experience, education and recent-articles fields are present, partial when some of them are absent (for example a profile with posts but zero genuine articles), and masked when LinkedIn returned a redacted/limited view. partialFields flags values that were present but incomplete (such as a truncated summary on a masked page).

Why is connectionsCount a string like 500+? LinkedIn shows logged-out visitors a coarse connection band rather than an exact number. The band is returned as-is instead of inventing a precise count.

Can this return an email address or phone number? No. Those details are not on the public profile page. The actor does not guess, infer, or fabricate contact data.

Why did one profile return an error row instead of a profile row? The row's _reason tells you what happened. not_found means LinkedIn confirmed the URL does not exist. blocked means every attempt was refused on that run and the profile may succeed later. wrong_identity means every page LinkedIn served resolved to a different canonical profile slug than the one requested, so the actor refused to emit it. invalid_url means the entry was not a LinkedIn profile URL or username. auth_wall means the page showed no profile data to guests.

Does enrichCompany cover past employers? No. It enriches the current employer only. Each unique company page is fetched once per run and reused for profiles that share that employer.

Why are some experience or education fields missing on an otherwise complete profile? LinkedIn can withhold titles, dates, or descriptions for a specific profile and viewer combination. Masked values are dropped rather than returned as asterisks, and the row is marked masked or partial.

Do I need to configure a proxy? No. The actor starts with a direct request and only tries a stronger connection after a real refusal. The optional proxyConfiguration adds a middle step if you already have a proxy preference.

Does input order matter? Each row carries order, matching its position in profileUrls, so results can be lined up with the original input even when requests finish out of order.

Is this affiliated with LinkedIn? No. This is an independent, third-party actor that reads publicly available LinkedIn pages. It is not operated by or affiliated with LinkedIn.

Python quickstart

Use a schema-derived input and the Python standard library to start a run. An Apify account and token are required for execution.

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