LinkedIn Timeline Scraper

📌 Service Overview

This service extracts timeline posts from a LinkedIn user, company, group, school, or showcase page. It provides detailed information about the posts, including content, engagement metrics, and post types. This tool is ideal for content analysis, competitive research, and audience engagement tracking.

The service connects to a LinkedIn profile or page and retrieves timeline posts, allowing users to analyze content strategy and engagement levels.

⚙️ Input Parameters

The service requires the following four parameters:

1️⃣ username (string, required)

• The username of the LinkedIn account/page to extract timeline posts from.
• Example:

  "username": "aleksagordic"
  

2️⃣ start (integer, optional, default: 1)

• The starting page number for scraping timeline posts.
• Use this to paginate through the timeline.
• Example:

  "start": 1
  

3️⃣ iterations (integer, optional, default: 1, min: 1, max: 10)

• The number of pages to scrape. Each iteration fetches additional posts.
• Example:

  "iterations": 2
  

4️⃣ type (string, optional)

• Defines the type of LinkedIn entity to extract posts from.
• Possible values are:
  • "user"
  • "company"
  • "group"
  • "school"
  • "showcase"
• Example:

  "type": "user"
  

🔄 How It Works

1️⃣ Connects to the LinkedIn page/profile using the provided username.

2️⃣ Identifies the entity type (user, company, etc.) based on the type parameter.

3️⃣ Extracts timeline posts, starting from the page defined in start and paginating through iterations.

4️⃣ Returns a JSON response, including detailed information about each post.

📌 Example Usage

Input

1{
2  "username": "aleksagordic",
3  "start": 1,
4  "iterations": 2,
5  "type": "user"
6}

Expected Output

1[
2  {
3    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aleksagordic_oh-no-ai-is-hitting-the-wall-but-they-activity-7277009608617922561-CMkg?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAFZOIeAB7INGwXj0Tixp8b9QcrUhAbLvjtU",
4    "timestamp": "1734974289",
5    "text_date": "2mo",
6    "tipo_post": "Image",
7    "content": "Oh, no! AI is hitting the wall! > BuT thEY hAvE tRaINEd oN a TrAiNinG sET > IT's nOT AgI It CAn'T reALly ReASoN > IT's JUsT pAtTerN mATChinG",
8    "likes": 278,
9    "comments": 39,
10    "views": "",
11    "share": 16
12  }
13]

🚀 Use Cases

✅ Content Analysis: Understand what type of content resonates with an audience.

✅ Competitor Research: Analyze competitors' content strategy and engagement.

✅ Lead Generation: Identify opportunities based on popular posts and discussions.

✅ Audience Engagement Tracking: Measure how audiences interact with content over time.

⚠️ Notes

• This scraper is intended for educational and research purposes. Make sure you comply with LinkedIn’s Terms of Service.
• Rate limiting and authentication may apply depending on LinkedIn’s access controls.