LinkedIn-Posts-Hunter-MCP-Server

/** * LinkedIn post metadata extraction * Extracts author info, dates, likes, comments, etc. */ import { Page } from 'playwright'; /** * Extract profile image URL */ export const extractProfileImage = async (page: Page): Promise<string | undefined> => { try { const profileImageLocator = page.locator( 'xpath=//div[contains(@class, "ivm-view-attr__img-wrapper")]//img[contains(@class, "EntityPhoto-circle")]' ); if (await profileImageLocator.count() > 0) { return await profileImageLocator.first().getAttribute('src') || undefined; } } catch (error) { // Silently fail for optional metadata } return undefined; }; /** * Extract author name (with duplicate text handling) */ export const extractAuthorName = async (page: Page): Promise<string | undefined> => { try { const nameLocator = page.locator( 'xpath=//span[contains(@class, "update-components-actor__title")]//span[contains(@class, "hoverable-link-text")]' ); if (await nameLocator.count() > 0) { const rawName = await nameLocator.first().textContent() || ''; const trimmed = rawName.trim(); // Handle LinkedIn's duplicate text bug const halfLength = trimmed.length / 2; const isDuplicate = trimmed.length % 2 === 0 && trimmed.substring(0, halfLength) === trimmed.substring(halfLength); return isDuplicate ? trimmed.substring(0, halfLength).trim() : trimmed; } } catch (error) { // Silently fail for optional metadata } return undefined; }; /** * Extract post date */ export const extractPostDate = async (page: Page): Promise<string | undefined> => { try { const dateLocator = page.locator( 'xpath=//span[contains(@class, "update-components-actor__sub-description")]//span[@aria-hidden="true"]' ); if (await dateLocator.count() > 0) { const rawDate = await dateLocator.first().textContent() || ''; return rawDate .replace(/•/g, '') .replace(/\bEdited\b/gi, '') .replace(/\s+/g, ' ') .trim(); } } catch (error) { // Silently fail for optional metadata } return undefined; }; /** * Extract like count */ export const extractLikeCount = async (page: Page): Promise<string | undefined> => { try { const likeLocator = page.locator( 'xpath=//span[contains(@class, "social-details-social-counts__reactions-count") and @aria-hidden="true"]' ); if (await likeLocator.count() > 0) { const rawLikes = await likeLocator.first().textContent() || ''; return rawLikes.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim(); } } catch (error) { // Silently fail for optional metadata } return undefined; }; /** * Extract comment count */ export const extractCommentCount = async (page: Page): Promise<string | undefined> => { try { const commentLocator = page.locator( 'xpath=//span[@aria-hidden="true" and contains(normalize-space(.), "comments")]' ); if (await commentLocator.count() > 0) { const rawComments = await commentLocator.first().textContent() || ''; return rawComments.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim(); } } catch (error) { // Silently fail for optional metadata } return undefined; }; /** * Extract author occupation/headline */ export const extractAuthorOccupation = async (page: Page): Promise<string | undefined> => { try { const occupationLocator = page.locator( 'xpath=//span[contains(@class, "update-components-actor__description")]//span[@aria-hidden="true"]' ); if (await occupationLocator.count() > 0) { const rawOccupation = await occupationLocator.first().textContent() || ''; return rawOccupation.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim(); } } catch (error) { // Silently fail for optional metadata } return undefined; };