LinkedIn Link Scraper

This project searches for LinkedIn profile links through SerpApi and exports the collected URLs to:

• JSON
• Excel
• clickable PDF

Run the script with:

set SERPAPI_API_KEY=your_api_key
venv\Scripts\python.exe profile_scrap_new.py

At startup, a small GUI prompt lets you change the search query and the maximum number of links to collect.

The CLI and Telegram bot both require a SERPAPI_API_KEY.

Telegram Bot

There is also a Telegram bot entrypoint now:

venv\Scripts\python.exe telegram_scraper_bot.py --token <your-bot-token> --api-key <your-serpapi-key>

Commands:

• /start
• /help
• /scrape <query>
• /scrape <max_profiles> <query>
• /status shows bot health, uptime, current job state, and latest completed job
• /latest

Bot-triggered export files are stored under bot_runs/.

For full VPS deployment instructions, see DEPLOY_TELEGRAM_BOT.md.

For Railway deployment, see DEPLOY_RAILWAY.md.