LinkedIn CLI (lk)

A witty, punchy LinkedIn CLI inspired by the bird CLI. It uses session cookies for authentication, allowing for automated profile scouting, feed summaries, and message checks without a browser.

Setup

Extract Cookies: Open LinkedIn in Chrome/Firefox.

Go to DevTools (F12) -> Application -> Cookies -> www.linkedin.com.

Copy the values for li_at and JSESSIONID.

Set them in your environment:

export LINKEDIN_LI_AT="your_li_at_value"
    export LINKEDIN_JSESSIONID="your_jsessionid_value"

Usage

• lk whoami: Display your current profile details.
• lk search "query": Search for people by keywords.
• lk profile : Get a detailed summary of a specific profile.
• lk feed -n 10: Summarize the top N posts from your timeline.
• lk messages: Quick peek at your recent conversations.
• lk check: Combined whoami and messages check.

Dependencies

Requires the linkedin-api Python package:

pip install linkedin-api

Authors

• Built by Fido 🐶