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Would a chrome extension that copy pastes Linkedin page data against Linkedin's terms of service?

It's pretty trivial to write an extension that will quickly let you copy some fields in a LinkedIn's page and paste it into a CRM tool.

To get full name via jquery for example

fullname = $('#name').children('h1').eq(0).children('span').eq(0).children('span').eq(0).text()

However, is this against Linkedin's terms of service? I have read it and it says scraping is forbidden, but is this scraping? It's merely automating copy pastes for data on a single page I have access to.

Edit: To further clarify. This extension will only let you automatically copy text you are already seeing on an open Linkedin profile page you have acces to, into a CRM program that you use. It would automate the exact equivalent of: opening the Linkedin page, selecting certain text like name and email, COPY, opening CRM program, selecting respective fields, PASTE.

Solution

  • Yes, LinkedIn does not allow scraping of public profiles.