LinkedIn Scraper

Scrape public LinkedIn data including profiles, company pages, posts, and employee searches.

When to Use

•User asks about someone's LinkedIn profile
•User wants company information from LinkedIn
•User asks "who works at [company]?"
•Research on a professional or company
•Finding employee lists

How It Works

Uses the Shofo API to scrape LinkedIn data.

Usage

Get User Profile

bash

orth run shofo /linkedin/user-profile -q 'username=satyanadella'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

bash

curl -X POST "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"shofo","path":"/linkedin/user-profile","query":{"username":"satyanadella"}}'

</details>

Get Company Profile

bash

orth run shofo /linkedin/company-profile -q 'company=anthropic'

Get User's Posts

bash

orth run shofo /linkedin/user-posts -q 'username=satyanadella&count=5'

Get Company Posts

bash

orth run shofo /linkedin/company-posts -q 'company=openai&count=5'

Search Company Employees

bash

orth run shofo /linkedin/search-employees -q 'company=anthropic&count=10'

Parameters

User Operations

•username (required) - LinkedIn username (from profile URL)
•count (required for posts) - Number of posts to retrieve

Company Operations

•company (required) - Company name or LinkedIn company slug
•count (required for posts/search) - Number of results to retrieve

Response

User Profile includes:

•Name, headline, location
•Current position
•Education history
•Skills
•Connection count
•Profile URL

Company Profile includes:

•Company name and description
•Industry and size
•Headquarters location
•Founded date
•Employee count
•Specialties

Examples

User: "Look up Satya Nadella on LinkedIn"

bash

orth run shofo /linkedin/user-profile -q 'username=satyanadella'

User: "Tell me about Anthropic's LinkedIn page"

bash

orth run shofo /linkedin/company-profile -q 'company=anthropic'

User: "Who works at OpenAI?"

bash

orth run shofo /linkedin/search-employees -q 'company=openai&count=10'

Error Handling

•success: false — Shofo may temporarily fail to access LinkedIn; retry after a few seconds
•Missing count parameter may return default or error — always include it
•Private/restricted profiles return limited or no data
•Rate limiting may apply — add short delays between sequential requests

Tips

•Use LinkedIn username from the profile URL (linkedin.com/in/USERNAME)
•For companies, use the company name or slug
•Some profiles may have restricted visibility
•For paginated results, check if response includes a cursor or next page token