Clipping Linkedin Profile

[Mishkafofer 27]

I am trying to clip some profiles on LinkedIn. Apparently EN supports Linkdein. I am using Chrome on Windows 10 Machine and this what I see trying to clip. The content is not present except profile picture. The same repeats in EN app itself.

[gazumped 11,765]

Hi.  If you get the name and a picture as a sort of bookmark note,  do you also get a link back to the profile in Linkedin?  If so,  what else were you expecting - given that profiles differ greatly in length and content,  and it is possible to use the other Clipper options to select and add bits of the page for more detail...

[PinkElephant 8,274]

@Mishkafofer Not sure what you mean by „EN supports LI“ ? LI belongs to the most valuable company in the world - maybe EN could use some support ?

In fact there is no relation between EN and LI I would be aware of. And obviously LI has a strong interest in not making clipping an easy endeavor.

They want all customers (head hunters, HR professionals, etc.) who want to use users data to pay - and pay dearly. So it might have crossed their mind to make extracting profiles difficult 

 

[Dave Green 212]

6 hours ago, PinkElephant said:

Not sure what you mean by „EN supports LI“

There is a separate option in the clipper that shows up for LinkedIn when you are on a profile.  (First I knew of it).

[Mishkafofer 27]

On 1/13/2024 at 7:48 PM, gazumped said:

Hi.  If you get the name and a picture as a sort of bookmark note,  do you also get a link back to the profile in Linkedin?  If so,  what else were you expecting - given that profiles differ greatly in length and content,  and it is possible to use the other Clipper options to select and add bits of the page for more detail...

I don't know what to expect. If this is a bookmark tool, it looks cumbersome.

[gazumped 11,765]

31 minutes ago, Mishkafofer said:

I don't know what to expect. If this is a bookmark tool, it looks cumbersome.

It's not a bookmark tool.  Clipper will give you (more or less) any part of any web page as a permanent record in your data.  In the case of LinkedIn it starts with the profile picture and link.  By using the other options you can add whatever other information you might need from the profile page.

[Jim Jensen 1]

His question is not unreasonable. As an Evernote user from its first release, I used it to capture linkedin profiles quite often. It did a beautiful job capturing the entire profile in a very easy to read report. For some time now, it no longer captures the profile, even though there is a formatting option specifically for Linkedin pages. Hoping someone from EN can provide input, 

[PinkElephant 8,274]

Oh, so you tried ? Did you try the options offered by the Web Clipper ? Obviously not, because if you did, you would have used "Full Page" mode. LI mode works differently, depending on your view / page section. On profiles it works badly.

It does a nice job, but won't clip the full page all the way down. I suppose LI has some clipping restrictions installed, to make sure content is not scimmed through clipping. I mean, they earn their money through holding the data in their silo, and make us pay for access.

This is what I get (it goes further down) - which should serve most uses.

[Jim Jensen 1]

Yes I have, Full Page mode is how I have been doing it since the previous capture option stopped working.

The previous Linkedin specific capture would expand all collapsed sections to insure you had the full profile. Full page does not. 

[PinkElephant 8,274]

As told by me and others, this is likely a LI measure against profiles being copied.

This thread is here in the wrong place. Contact LI (which may lead to them nailing down access for clipping tools even more). LI has zero interest to support clipping.