linkedin-search-people-scraper 1.0.0
A python library to search keyword in linkedin people and scrape search results data from linkedin automatically.
License: Apache License 2.0
Keywords: linkedin python bot_studio scraper people search search-results data web-scraping people-data

Linkedin-Search-People-Scraper is a python library to search keyword in people and then scrape people data on linkedin using browser automation. 
It currently runs only on windows.

### Example1
In this example we first import library, then we login with cookies and then search and scrape data of a people.
```sh
from linkedin_search_people_scraper import *
linkedin.login_cookie(cookies=list_of_cookies)
true=True;false=False
list_of_cookies=[
{
    "domain": ".linkedin.com",
    "expirationDate": 1676463230,
    "hostOnly": false,
    "httpOnly": false,
    "name": "_ga",
    "path": "/",
    "sameSite": "unspecified",
    "secure": false,
    "session": false,
    "storeId": "0",
    "value": "GA1.2.1029585723.1610264105",
    "id": 1
}]
#please replace the above sample cookies with your cookies, can see below link of how to fetch cookies
linkedin.search_people(keyword='hr')
response=linkedin.people_results()
data=response['body']
#data=[{"Link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/eram-khan-825112163?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_people%3BHEouHQrmSNy3NNHJ61sR5g%3D%3D"},..]
```

### Example2:- scrape data of first five pages
In this example we first import library, then we login with cookies and then search and scrape data of first five pages.
```sh
from linkedin_search_people_scraper import *
linkedin.login_cookie(cookies=list_of_cookies)
true=True;false=False
list_of_cookies=[
{
    "domain": ".linkedin.com",
    "expirationDate": 1676463230,
    "hostOnly": false,
    "httpOnly": false,
    "name": "_ga",
    "path": "/",
    "sameSite": "unspecified",
    "secure": false,
    "session": false,
    "storeId": "0",
    "value": "GA1.2.1029585723.1610264105",
    "id": 1
}]
#please replace the above sample cookies with your cookies, can see below link of how to fetch cookies
linkedin.search_people(keyword='hr')

all_data=[]
for i in range(0,5):
	response=linkedin.people_results()
	data=response['body']
	#data=[{"Link": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/eram-khan-825112163?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_people%3BHEouHQrmSNy3NNHJ61sR5g%3D%3D"},..]
	all_data.extend(data)
	linkedin.click_next() # clicks on next button
```

This module depends on the following python modules
* [requests](https://pypi.org/project/requests/)
* [bot_studio](https://pypi.org/project/bot_studio/)

#### BotStudio
[bot_studio](https://pypi.org/project/bot_studio/) is needed for browser automation. As soon as this library is imported in code, automated browser will open up. Complete documentation for Linkedin Automation available [here](https://linkedin-api.datakund.com/en/latest/)

### Installation

```sh
pip install linkedin-search-people-scraper
```

### Import
```sh
from linkedin_search_people_scraper import *
```

### Login with credentials
```sh
linkedin.login(username="linkedin username",password="linkedin password")
```

### Login with cookies
```sh
linkedin.login_cookie(cookies=list_of_cookies)
```

### Search in People
```sh
linkedin.search_people(keyword='search keyword')
```

### Get Search Results
```sh
response=linkedin.people_results()
data=response['body']
```

### Click on Next button
```sh
linkedin.click_next()
```

### Send Feedback to Developers
```sh
bot_studio.send_feedback(feedback="Need help with this ......")
```

### Cookies
To login with cookies [Edit this Cookie Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/editthiscookie/fngmhnnpilhplaeedifhccceomclgfbg?hl=en) can be added to browser. Please check [this](https://abhishek-chaudhary.medium.com/how-to-get-cookies-of-any-website-from-browser-22b3d6348ed2) link how to get cookies to login to your linkedin.

### Contact Us
* [Telegram](https://t.me/datakund)
* [Website](https://datakund.com)