Jingxuan-Bao/LinkedIn_Profile_Scraping

LinkedIn Data Extraction Web Application

LinkedIn Profile Scraper

This is a web application that allows you to scrape LinkedIn profiles using a backend Python server and a frontend React interface.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Chrome browser
• Node.js
• React

Usage

1. Start the backend server: python server.py
2. Start the frontend React app: npm start
3. Navigate to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser
4. Enter the name of the LinkedIn profile you want to scrape
5. Click the "Scrape" button to initiate the scraping process
6. Wait for the scraping process to complete
7. View the scraped data in the browser console

Notes

• You will need to provide your LinkedIn credentials in the server.py file in order to log in to your account and access profile data.
• This application uses Selenium and Beautiful Soup to scrape LinkedIn profiles. Be sure to use this tool responsibly and in compliance with LinkedIn's terms of service.
• This is a basic implementation of a LinkedIn scraper and may not work in all cases or with all profiles. Use at your own risk.

Sample

Next Step

• Plan to add auto job scrape function for incoming Summer & Fall job market 🚀.