Scrape recent posts from LinkedIn profiles using Apify

Linkedin profile post scraper

by gooseworks-ai · MIT license · ★ 1,220 on GitHub · updated Sep 21

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.

---
name: linkedin-profile-post-scraper
description: >
  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.
---

# 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`.

```bash
# Scrape recent posts from a profile

Overview

Scrape recent posts from specific LinkedIn profiles using the Apify harvestapi/linkedin-profile-posts actor.

Manual install (npx, ZIP)

Claude Codenpx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill linkedin-profile-post-scraper -g -a claude-code

Claude Code (manual)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && curl -sL https://codeload.github.com/gooseworks-ai/goose-skills/tar.gz/615c685f34f8 \
  | tar -xz -C ~/.claude/skills --strip-components=4 goose-skills-615c685f34f8/skills/social/capabilities/linkedin-profile-post-scraper

Windows (PowerShell)

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force "$HOME\.claude\skills" | Out-Null; Invoke-WebRequest "https://m.agentalley.io/zip/be412fc13665c2dc2da5/linkedin-profile-post-scraper.zip" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\linkedin-profile-post-scraper.zip"; Expand-Archive "$env:TEMP\linkedin-profile-post-scraper.zip" -DestinationPath "$HOME\.claude\skills" -Force

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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)

1	---
2	name: linkedin-profile-post-scraper
3	description: >
4	Scrape recent posts from LinkedIn profiles using Apify. Use when you need to
5	monitor what specific people are posting on LinkedIn, track founder/exec activity,
6	or gather LinkedIn content for competitive intelligence.
7	---
8
9	# LinkedIn Profile Post Scraper
10
11	Scrape recent posts from specific LinkedIn profiles using the Apify `harvestapi/linkedin-profile-posts` actor.
12
13	## Quick Start
14
15	Requires `APIFY_API_TOKEN` env var (or `--token` flag). Install dependency: `pip install requests`.
16
17	```bash
18	# Scrape recent posts from a profile
19	python3 skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/scripts/scrape_linkedin_posts.py \
20	--profiles "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelsantilli" --max-posts 10
21
22	# Multiple profiles with keyword filtering
23	python3 skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/scripts/scrape_linkedin_posts.py \
24	--profiles "https://www.linkedin.com/in/person1,https://www.linkedin.com/in/person2" \
25	--keywords "AI,growth" --days 30
26
27	# Summary table
28	python3 skills/linkedin-profile-post-scraper/scripts/scrape_linkedin_posts.py \
29	--profiles "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelsantilli" --output summary
30	```
31
32	## CLI Reference
33
34	\| Flag \| Default \| Description \|
35	\|------\|---------\|-------------\|
36	\| `--profiles` \| required \| LinkedIn profile URL(s), comma-separated \|
37	\| `--max-posts` \| 20 \| Max posts to scrape per profile \|
38	\| `--keywords` \| none \| Keywords to filter (comma-separated, OR logic) \|
39	\| `--days` \| 30 \| Only include posts from last N days \|
40	\| `--output` \| json \| Output format: `json` or `summary` \|
41	\| `--token` \| env var \| Apify token (prefer `APIFY_API_TOKEN` env var) \|
42	\| `--timeout` \| 300 \| Max seconds to wait for the Apify run \|
43
44	## Cost
45
46	~$2 per 1,000 posts scraped. The script prints a cost estimate before running.
47
48	## Notes
49
50	- No native date filtering — dates are filtered client-side on `postedAt`/`postedDate`
51	- Profile URLs must be full LinkedIn URLs (e.g. `https://www.linkedin.com/in/username`)
52