# 🚀 LinkedIn Posts Scraper ⚡ No Login Required (`vulnv/linkedin-posts-scraper`) Actor

Extract comprehensive data from public LinkedIn posts including content, author information, engagement metrics, and more. Bulk processing supported. No LinkedIn authentication needed - just provide post URLs and get structured JSON data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vulnv/linkedin-posts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [VulnV](https://apify.com/vulnv) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Jobs
- **Stats:** 185 total users, 27 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 5 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🚀 LinkedIn Posts Scraper ⚡ No Login Required

### Overview

The **LinkedIn Posts Scraper** is an Apify Actor that extracts comprehensive data from **public LinkedIn posts** at scale. Perfect for social media analysis, content research, engagement tracking, and competitive intelligence — with **no LinkedIn login, cookies, or browser automation required**.

✅ No LinkedIn login required | ✅ Bulk post processing | ✅ Structured JSON output | ✅ High success rate

***

#### **Complete Post Data**

- **Post Content** — Full text content, hashtags, and embedded links
- **Author Information** — User ID, name, headline, profile URL, follower count
- **Engagement Metrics** — Likes, comments, shares, and reaction counts
- **Media Content** — Images, videos, and document attachments
- **Comment Data** — Top visible comments with user details and reactions
- **Timestamps** — Post date and extraction timestamp
- **Post Metadata** — Post ID, type, account type, and repost information
- **Tagged Users/Companies** — Mentions and tagged entities

#### **Key Features**

- **No Authentication Required** — Works without LinkedIn cookies or login
- **Bulk Processing** — Handle multiple post URLs in one run
- **Clean JSON Output** — Structured, ready-to-use data format
- **Real-time Processing** — Monitor extraction progress
- **High Reliability** — Built-in retry mechanisms and error handling

***

### 🧾 Input Configuration

Submit an array of LinkedIn post URLs via Apify's input:

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_my-memoir-source-code-comes-out-next-year-activity-7203756961220165633-nSM2",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/elonmusk_spacex-starship-mars-activity-7189234567890123456-AbC1"
  ]
}
```

***

### 📤 Output Format

Each post will return comprehensive structured data such as:

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_my-memoir-source-code-comes-out-next-year-activity-7203756961220165633-nSM2",
  "id": "7203756961220165633",
  "user_id": "williamhgates",
  "use_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates?trk=public_post_feed-actor-image",
  "title": "My memoir Source Code comes out next year | Bill Gates | 1,941 comments",
  "headline": "I'm excited to announce my new book, Source Code.",
  "post_text": "I'm excited to announce my new book, Source Code. It's a memoir of my early years, from childhood through my decision to leave college and start Microsoft with Paul Allen—and I can't wait to share it with you.",
  "date_posted": "2024-06-04T13:58:18.870Z",
  "hashtags": null,
  "embedded_links": null,
  "images": [
    "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/sync/v2/D5627AQHipqtAeMwfYA/articleshare-shrink_800/articleshare-shrink_800/0/1717509426427?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=fMg753-uNjmBs9GAPRwiNCkUzlY7LTHXDQXtIw4Ccfo"
  ],
  "videos": null,
  "num_likes": 10597,
  "num_comments": 1941,
  "top_visible_comments": [
    {
      "use_url": "https://pk.linkedin.com/in/john-smith-6ab879384?trk=public_post_comment_actor-name",
      "user_id": "john-smith-6ab879384",
      "user_name": "John Smith",
      "comment_date": "2025-09-17T18:25:50.565Z",
      "comment": "Great 👍",
      "tagged_users": null,
      "num_reactions": 2,
      "user_title": "MERN Stack Developer | TypeScript & Next.js Enthusiast | Building Future-Ready Web Apps",
      "comment_images": null
    }
  ],
  "user_followers": 38885991,
  "user_posts": 1568,
  "user_articles": 275,
  "post_type": "post",
  "account_type": "Person",
  "user_title": "Chair, Gates Foundation and Founder, Breakthrough Energy",
  "author_profile_pic": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5603AQF-RYZP55jmXA/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/B56ZRi8g.aGsAg-/0/1736826818802?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=r6LJYwKPrJzfFDXVG8qAOoklQnqvEN855sHJ1NxhEAo",
  "external_link_data": [
    {
      "post_external_image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/sync/v2/D5627AQHipqtAeMwfYA/articleshare-shrink_800/articleshare-shrink_800/0/1717509426427?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=fMg753-uNjmBs9GAPRwiNCkUzlY7LTHXDQXtIw4Ccfo",
      "post_external_url": "https://www.gatesnotes.com/Source-Code",
      "post_external_title": "My memoir Source Code comes out next year gatesnotes.com",
      "post_external_description": null
    }
  ],
  "timestamp": "2025-10-01T18:25:50.965Z",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7203756961220165633"
  }
}
```

***

### 📊 Output & Export

#### **Dataset Storage**

- All extracted data is stored in your Apify dataset
- Each post becomes one dataset item
- Failed extractions are logged with error details

#### **Export Formats**

- **JSON** — Raw structured data for API integration
- **CSV** — Spreadsheet-compatible format
- **Excel** — Formatted spreadsheet with multiple sheets

***

### 💼 Common Use Cases

#### **Social Media Analysis & Research**

- Track content performance and engagement trends
- Analyze industry thought leaders and their content strategies
- Monitor competitor social media activities and audience engagement

#### **Content Strategy & Marketing**

- Research successful post formats and topics in your industry
- Identify viral content patterns and engagement drivers
- Build content calendars based on successful industry posts

#### **Brand Monitoring & Reputation Management**

- Track mentions of your brand across LinkedIn posts
- Monitor industry discussions and sentiment analysis
- Identify potential influencers and brand advocates

#### **Lead Generation & Sales Intelligence**

- Find prospects who engage with specific types of content
- Identify decision-makers active in relevant industry discussions
- Track company announcements and business developments

***

### ✅ Example Use

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_my-memoir-source-code-comes-out-next-year-activity-7203756961220165633-nSM2"
  ]
}
```

After execution, the dataset will contain comprehensive post data including content, engagement metrics, comments, and author information.

***

📬 **Custom fields, higher volume, or a managed data pipeline?** Email us at <apify@vulnv.com> — we build bespoke scrapers and managed feeds for teams. Questions and feature requests welcome too, or visit our [Apify profile](https://apify.com/vulnv).

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Enter the Linkedin URLs of the posts you want to scrape.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7203756961220165633/",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_theres-no-rhyme-or-reason-to-why-i-choose-activity-7199438283930542080-lasQ",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_geothermal-energy-might-soon-become-an-option-activity-7378130899391008770-DPvx"
  ]
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7203756961220165633/",
        "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_theres-no-rhyme-or-reason-to-why-i-choose-activity-7199438283930542080-lasQ",
        "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_geothermal-energy-might-soon-become-an-option-activity-7378130899391008770-DPvx"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vulnv/linkedin-posts-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "urls": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7203756961220165633/",
        "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_theres-no-rhyme-or-reason-to-why-i-choose-activity-7199438283930542080-lasQ",
        "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_geothermal-energy-might-soon-become-an-option-activity-7378130899391008770-DPvx",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vulnv/linkedin-posts-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7203756961220165633/",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_theres-no-rhyme-or-reason-to-why-i-choose-activity-7199438283930542080-lasQ",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_geothermal-energy-might-soon-become-an-option-activity-7378130899391008770-DPvx"
  ]
}' |
apify call vulnv/linkedin-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=vulnv/linkedin-posts-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mZHqDN0DI6fIh6g6x/builds/zM2eYqQ9JmoyOC9NK/openapi.json