LinkedIn Scraper

This scraper scrapes contacts from http://linkedin.com. Run it on "My profile" page to crape all your 2nd degree network (evreybody up to friends' friends).

Contents

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Currently it scrapes:

  • foaf:name (contact name)
  • foaf:homepage (LinkedIn public profile page)
  • foaf:knows (links from one person to another)


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Wish list

  • verify if it scrapes also all '1st degree' contacts when they are paginated
  • coordinates for contact's country
  • more profile info to foaf - affiliation from experience, see also from web pages,...
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Warning

It has been reported, that LinkedIn blocks user accounts on which the script has been run. Use with great caution!

This scraper is a multi page scraper. Scraping can take very very long depending on your 2nd degree network size. Scraping Additional Pages progress bar does not show the progress well - other pages are being added during scraping so it moves forwards and backwards all the time.


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Formal Semantic Description

Facts about LinkedIn Scraper — Click + to find similar pages.RDF feed
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Creator Václav Synáček  +
Pb:url pattern ^http://www\.linkedin\.com/myprofile.*  +
Pb:javascript URL http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/LinkedIn_Scraper_Script?action=raw  +
Pb:generates http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person  +
Pb:directionsLink http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/LinkedIn_Scraper  +
Pb:directions Visit your "My profile" page at http://linkedin.com, click the coin and get info of all contacts in your 2nd degree network.  +
Pb:disclaimer This software is provided 'as-is' with no expressed or implied warranty of any kind. Users of this software take all responsibility for the accuracy (or lack thereof) of any results obtained through its use.  +
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