LinkedinProfileScraper

***The code is outdated to the latest version of LinkedIn***

Requirements :

1. Python2.7
2. ChromeDriver
3. The following modules :
    - Selenium : Portable software-testing framework for web applications
    - bs4      : Helps in easy code parsing of webpage
    - json     : Linkedin webpages requires json handling
    - csv      : To append your data to a csv
    - random   : Handling random numbers

Brief Desription :

This scraper gives you the basic information and contact info of the profile(if present) on providing the profile url.

Files :

linkedin_profile.py    : Python code to scrape the linkedin data.
data.csv               : Data is stored into this file.
chromedriver.exe       : ChromeDriver is a separate executable that WebDriver uses to control Chrome.
                         (There are drivers available for other browsers too. However, I am using ChromeDriver.)

Visit here to download drivers for other browsers and know more about Selenium.

How to use :

Step 1:

Run the python code in your terminal or command prompt (preferably).

cd <file path to the location>
python <filename>

Step 2:

You will be asked to give your Linkedin Credentials. It is entirely safe to give your credentials. No one is storing them.

Linkedin Username : username
Linkedin Password : password

Step 3:

After logging in, there will be a prompt for profile link. Copy and Paste the profile link.

Paste the profile link : linkedinprofilelink

Voila, the basic description of profile and contact info (if present) will be stored in data.csv

Other Details :

1. Continue the loop to scrape as many profiles as you wish in a single login.
2. A new row is added for every new profile scraped. So, no need to worry for the loss of data.
3. Since, it's a Selenium webDriver system, you can see whatever is happening with the browser.

memahesh / LinkedinProfileScraper