below the name (industry + geo)
• followers – integer parsed from the
containing 'followers'
IMPORTANT: Do not use the base64 kind of classes to target element. It's not reliable.
The main div parent contains these li element is "div.search-results-container" you can use this.
The
parent has "role" equal to "list". Using these two should be enough to target the - elements.
IMPORTANT: Remember there might be multiple tags that start with https://www.linkedin.com/company/[NAME],
so in case you refer to them for different fields, make sure to be more specific. One has the image, and one
has the person's name.
IMPORTANT: Be very smart in selecting the correct and unique way to address the element. You should ensure
your selector points to a single element and is unique to the place that contains the information.
"""
)
_PEOPLE_SCHEMA_QUERY = dedent(
"""
Using the supplied
- people-card HTML, build a JsonCssExtractionStrategy schema that
outputs exactly the keys in the example JSON below.
Fields:
• profile_url – href of the outermost profile link
• name – text inside artdeco-entity-lockup__title
• headline – inner text of artdeco-entity-lockup__subtitle
• followers – integer parsed from the span inside lt-line-clamp--multi-line
• connection_degree – '1st', '2nd', etc. from artdeco-entity-lockup__badge
• avatar_url – src of the
within artdeco-entity-lockup__image
IMPORTANT: Do not use the base64 kind of classes to target element. It's not reliable.
The main div parent contains these li element is a "div" has these classes "artdeco-card org-people-profile-card__card-spacing org-people__card-margin-bottom".
"""
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Utility helpers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _load_or_build_schema(
path: pathlib.Path,
sample_html: str,
query: str,
example_json: Dict,
force = False
) -> Dict:
"""Load schema from path, else call generate_schema once and persist."""
if path.exists() and not force:
return json.loads(path.read_text())
logging.info("[SCHEMA] Generating schema %s", path.name)
schema = JsonCssExtractionStrategy.generate_schema(
html=sample_html,
llm_config=LLMConfig(
provider=os.getenv("C4AI_SCHEMA_PROVIDER", "openai/gpt-4o"),
api_token=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "env:OPENAI_API_KEY"),
),
query=query,
target_json_example=json.dumps(example_json, indent=2),
)
path.write_text(json.dumps(schema, indent=2))
return schema
def _openai_friendly_number(text: str) -> Optional[int]:
"""Extract first int from text like '1K followers' (returns 1000)."""
import re
m = re.search(r"(\d[\d,]*)", text.replace(",", ""))
if not m:
return None
val = int(m.group(1))
if "k" in text.lower():
val *= 1000
if "m" in text.lower():
val *= 1_000_000
return val
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Core async workers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
async def crawl_company_search(crawler: AsyncWebCrawler, url: str, schema: Dict, limit: int) -> List[Dict]:
"""Paginate 10-item company search pages until `limit` reached."""
extraction = JsonCssExtractionStrategy(schema)
cfg = CrawlerRunConfig(
extraction_strategy=extraction,
cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
wait_for = ".search-marvel-srp",
session_id="company_search",
delay_before_return_html=1,
magic = True,
verbose= False,
)
companies, page = [], 1
while len(companies) < max(limit, 10):
paged_url = f"{url}&page={page}"
res = await crawler.arun(paged_url, config=cfg)
batch = json.loads(res[0].extracted_content)
if not batch:
break
for item in batch:
name = item.get("name", "").strip()
handle = item.get("handle", "").strip()
if not handle or not name:
continue
descriptor = item.get("descriptor")
about = item.get("about")
followers = _openai_friendly_number(str(item.get("followers", "")))
companies.append(
{
"handle": handle,
"name": name,
"descriptor": descriptor,
"about": about,
"followers": followers,
"people_url": f"{handle}people/",
"captured_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(timespec="seconds") + "Z",
}
)
page += 1
logging.info(
f"[dim]Page {page}[/] — running total: {len(companies)}/{limit} companies"
)
return companies[:max(limit, 10)]
async def crawl_people_page(
crawler: AsyncWebCrawler,
people_url: str,
schema: Dict,
limit: int,
title_kw: str,
) -> List[Dict]:
people_u = f"{people_url}?keywords={quote(title_kw)}"
extraction = JsonCssExtractionStrategy(schema)
cfg = CrawlerRunConfig(
extraction_strategy=extraction,
# scan_full_page=True,
cache_mode=CacheMode.BYPASS,
magic=True,
wait_for=".org-people-profile-card__card-spacing",
wait_for_images=5000,
delay_before_return_html=1,
session_id="people_search",
)
res = await crawler.arun(people_u, config=cfg)
if not res[0].success:
return []
raw = json.loads(res[0].extracted_content)
people = []
for p in raw[:limit]:
followers = _openai_friendly_number(str(p.get("followers", "")))
people.append(
{
"profile_url": p.get("profile_url"),
"name": p.get("name"),
"headline": p.get("headline"),
"followers": followers,
"connection_degree": p.get("connection_degree"),
"avatar_url": p.get("avatar_url"),
}
)
return people
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# CLI + main
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def build_arg_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser("c4ai-discover — Crawl4AI LinkedIn discovery")
sub = ap.add_subparsers(dest="cmd", required=False, help="run scope")
def add_flags(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
parser.add_argument("--query", required=False, help="query keyword(s)")
parser.add_argument("--geo", required=False, type=int, help="LinkedIn geoUrn")
parser.add_argument("--title-filters", default="Product,Engineering", help="comma list of job keywords")
parser.add_argument("--max-companies", type=int, default=1000)
parser.add_argument("--max-people", type=int, default=500)
parser.add_argument("--profile-name", default=str(pathlib.Path.home() / ".crawl4ai/profiles/profile_linkedin_uc"))
parser.add_argument("--outdir", default="./output")
parser.add_argument("--concurrency", type=int, default=4)
parser.add_argument("--log-level", default="info", choices=["debug", "info", "warn", "error"])
add_flags(sub.add_parser("full"))
add_flags(sub.add_parser("companies"))
add_flags(sub.add_parser("people"))
# global flags
ap.add_argument(
"--debug",
action="store_true",
help="Use built-in demo defaults (same as C4AI_DEMO_DEBUG=1)",
)
return ap
def detect_debug_defaults(force = False) -> SimpleNamespace:
if not force and sys.gettrace() is None and not os.getenv("C4AI_DEMO_DEBUG"):
return SimpleNamespace()
# ----- debug‑friendly defaults -----
return SimpleNamespace(
cmd="full",
query="health insurance management",
geo=102713980,
# title_filters="Product,Engineering",
title_filters="",
max_companies=10,
max_people=5,
profile_name="profile_linkedin_uc",
outdir="./debug_out",
concurrency=2,
log_level="debug",
)
async def async_main(opts):
# ─────────── logging setup ───────────
console = Console()
logging.basicConfig(
level=opts.log_level.upper(),
format="%(message)s",
handlers=[RichHandler(console=console, markup=True, rich_tracebacks=True)],
)
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# Load or build schemas (one‑time LLM call each)
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
company_schema = _load_or_build_schema(
COMPANY_SCHEMA_PATH,
_SAMPLE_COMPANY_HTML,
_COMPANY_SCHEMA_QUERY,
_COMPANY_SCHEMA_EXAMPLE,
# True
)
people_schema = _load_or_build_schema(
PEOPLE_SCHEMA_PATH,
_SAMPLE_PEOPLE_HTML,
_PEOPLE_SCHEMA_QUERY,
_PEOPLE_SCHEMA_EXAMPLE,
# True
)
outdir = BASE_DIR / pathlib.Path(opts.outdir)
outdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
f_companies = (BASE_DIR / outdir / "companies.jsonl").open("a", encoding="utf-8")
f_people = (BASE_DIR / outdir / "people.jsonl").open("a", encoding="utf-8")
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# Prepare crawler with cookie pool rotation
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
profiler = BrowserProfiler()
path = profiler.get_profile_path(opts.profile_name)
bc = BrowserConfig(
headless=False,
verbose=False,
user_data_dir=path,
use_managed_browser=True,
user_agent_mode = "random",
user_agent_generator_config= {
"platforms": "mobile",
"os": "Android"
}
)
crawler = AsyncWebCrawler(config=bc)
await crawler.start()
# Single worker for simplicity; concurrency can be scaled by arun_many if needed.
# crawler = await next_crawler().start()
try:
# Build LinkedIn search URL
search_url = f'https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/companies/?keywords={quote(opts.query)}&companyHqGeo="{opts.geo}"'
logging.info("Seed URL => %s", search_url)
companies: List[Dict] = []
if opts.cmd in ("companies", "full"):
companies = await crawl_company_search(
crawler, search_url, company_schema, opts.max_companies
)
for c in companies:
f_companies.write(json.dumps(c, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
logging.info(f"[bold green]✓[/] Companies scraped so far: {len(companies)}")
if opts.cmd in ("people", "full"):
if not companies:
# load from previous run
src = outdir / "companies.jsonl"
if not src.exists():
logging.error("companies.jsonl missing — run companies/full first")
return 10
companies = [json.loads(l) for l in src.read_text().splitlines()]
total_people = 0
title_kw = " ".join([t.strip() for t in opts.title_filters.split(",") if t.strip()]) if opts.title_filters else ""
for comp in companies:
people = await crawl_people_page(
crawler,
comp["people_url"],
people_schema,
opts.max_people,
title_kw,
)
for p in people:
rec = p | {
"company_handle": comp["handle"],
# "captured_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(timespec="seconds") + "Z",
"captured_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(timespec="seconds") + "Z",
}
f_people.write(json.dumps(rec, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
total_people += len(people)
logging.info(
f"{comp['name']} — [cyan]{len(people)}[/] people extracted"
)
await asyncio.sleep(random.uniform(0.5, 1))
logging.info("Total people scraped: %d", total_people)
finally:
await crawler.close()
f_companies.close()
f_people.close()
return 0
def main():
parser = build_arg_parser()
cli_opts = parser.parse_args()
# decide on debug defaults
if cli_opts.debug:
opts = detect_debug_defaults(force=True)
cli_opts = opts
else:
env_defaults = detect_debug_defaults()
opts = env_defaults if env_defaults else cli_opts
if not getattr(opts, "cmd", None):
opts.cmd = "full"
exit_code = asyncio.run(async_main(cli_opts))
sys.exit(exit_code)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()