LinkedIn Scraper

Scrapes LinkedIn profile data from either individual profiles or companies. The task accepts LinkedIn profile URLs and returns structured data.

Endpoint

POST https://api.crawlbyte.ai/api/tasks

Basic Configuration (Required)

{
  "type": "linkedin",
  "input": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/some-person/",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/some-company/"
  ],
  "dataType": "profiles",
  "multithread": false,
  "cookie": "li_at=YOUR_COOKIE_HERE; JSESSIONID=YOUR_COOKIE_HERE"
}

Parameters

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Always "linkedin"
input	array	Array of full LinkedIn URLs
dataType	string	Either "profiles" for people or "companies" for organizations
multithread	boolean	Use true for faster processing with multiple threads
cookie	string	key=value;

Advanced Configuration (Optional)

{
  "type": "linkedin",
  "input": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/some-person/"
  ],
  "dataType": "profiles",
  "user_agent_preset": "chrome",
  "headers": "{\"X-Test\":\"abc\"}",
  "proxy": "username:password@ip:port"
}

Optional Parameters

Field	Type	Description
user_agent_preset	string	Preset user-agent. Options: chrome, firefox, edge, opera, safari, ios-safari, android-chrome, custom
user_agent_custom	string	Used if user_agent_preset is custom.
headers	string	JSON-formatted string of headers.
proxy	string	username:password@ip:port

Pricing

• $0.0075 per successful task This is a pay-as-you-go pricing model — you're only charged when a LinkedIn task successfully returns public data.

You can view your current credit balance and usage history in the Crawlbyte Dashboard.

Response

The response contains metadata about the task. For linkedin type, the most important fields are status and result.

{
  "id": "af3e12f2-8f45-43b0-8a7b-cabbbb94c1e9",
  "status": "completed",
  "result": "JSON_RESULT_HERE"
}

• If result is a JSON object, the data is already available — no polling needed.

Status Types

Status	Meaning
queued	Task was accepted and added to the processing queue.
processing	Task is currently running.
completed	Task finished successfully.
failed	Task encountered an error (e.g. bad proxy, invalid URL, etc.).

Polling

If the initial status is queued or processing, you should poll for task completion.

GET https://api.crawlbyte.ai/api/tasks/:id

• You’ll receive the same structure with an updated status.

• Only poll until you receive completed or failed.

• Recommended interval: every 2–3 seconds.

SDK Usage

You can run this task using any official Crawlbyte SDK:

• Go SDK

• TypeScript SDK

• Python SDK

Each SDK provides a simple way to:

• Create the task

• Poll for status

• Handle the final result

Refer to the SDKs section for installation, examples, and setup instructions.

Notes

• This task supports all LinkedIn profiles and company pages.

• A session cookie is typically required. Use the Crawlbyte Chrome Extension to extract it.

• While a session cookie is typically needed, alternative handling may be available in advanced setups. Feel free to reach out to explore what works best for your use case.

• Make sure any session usage complies with Crawlbyte’s Terms of Service.

• You can safely run large batches using multithread: true.