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Send invitation to company followers

Tags: #linkedin #company #followers #invitations #naas_drivers #automation #content
Author: Florent Ravenel
Last update: 2023-05-29 (Created: 2022-04-22)
Description: This notebook allows users to send invitations to their company's followers on LinkedIn.
Disclaimer: This code is in no way affiliated with, authorized, maintained, sponsored or endorsed by Linkedin or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. It uses an independent and unofficial API. Use at your own risk.
This project violates Linkedin's User Agreement Section 8.2, and because of this, Linkedin may (and will) temporarily or permanently ban your account. We are not responsible for your account being banned.

Input

Import library

from naas_drivers import linkedin
import pandas as pd
from datetime import datetime
import naas
import plotly.graph_objects as go
import os

Setup LinkedIn

# Credentials
LI_AT = "YOUR_COOKIE_LI_AT" # EXAMPLE AQFAzQN_PLPR4wAAAXc-FCKmgiMit5FLdY1af3-2
JSESSIONID = "YOUR_COOKIE_JSESSIONID" # EXAMPLE ajax:8379907400220387585
# Company URL
COMPANY_URL = "https://www.linkedin.com/company/naas-ai/"
# LinkedIn limit invitations up to 100 per week (Becareful !)
LIMIT = 10

Setup variables

# Inputs
csv_input = "LinkedIn_company_followers.csv"
# Outputs
csv_contact = "LINKEDIN_EXISTING_CONTACT.csv" # CSV to manage and remove profile already in your contact
csv_not_valid = "LINKEDIN_NOT_VALID.csv" # CSV to manage URL not valid
csv_invitation = "LINKEDIN_INVITATIONS_SENT.csv" # CSV to store invitations sent

Setup Naas

# Schedule your notebook everyday at 9:00 AM
naas.scheduler.add(cron="0 9 * * *")
# -> Uncomment the line below to remove your scheduler
# naas.scheduler.delete()

Model

Get followers from company

# Get company followers from CSV stored in your local (Returns empty if CSV does not exist)
def get_company_followers(file_path):
try:
df = pd.read_csv(file_path)
except FileNotFoundError as e:
# Empty dataframe returned
return pd.DataFrame()
return df
df_followers = get_company_followers(csv_input)
df_followers
def get_new_followers(df, input_path):
# Get all profiles
profiles = []
if len(df) > 0:
profiles = df.PROFILE_ID.unique()
start = 0
while True:
tmp_df = linkedin.connect(LI_AT, JSESSIONID).company.get_followers(
COMPANY_URL, start=start, limit=1, sleep=False
)
profile_id = None
if "PROFILE_ID" in tmp_df.columns:
profile_id = tmp_df.loc[0, "PROFILE_ID"]
if profile_id in profiles:
break
else:
df = pd.concat([tmp_df, df])
df.to_csv(input_path, index=False)
start += 1
return df.reset_index(drop=True)
merged_df = get_new_followers(df_followers, csv_input)
merged_df

Get LinkedIn invitations sent

df_lk_invitations = linkedin.connect(LI_AT, JSESSIONID).invitation.get_sent()
df_lk_invitations

Get profile checked and already in your network

def get_csv(output_path):
df = pd.DataFrame()
if os.path.exists(output_path):
df = pd.read_csv(output_path).drop_duplicates()
return df
df_contacts = get_csv(csv_contact)
df_contacts

Get invitations sent (CSV)

Public ID can be different between what we get from LinkedIn and from your source URL. So we need to double check invitations sent with a CSV stored on your local
df_csv_invitations = get_csv(csv_invitation)
df_csv_invitations

Get new invitation

  • Clean Notion database to get valid URL
  • Remove profile when already invited
def get_new_invitations(df, df_lk_invitations, df_csv_invitations, df_contacts):
# Get list of pending LinkedIn invitations
pending_lk_invitations = []
if len(df_lk_invitations) > 0:
pending_lk_invitations = df_lk_invitations["PUBLIC_ID"].unique().tolist()
print("❌ Pending LinkedIn invitations :", len(pending_lk_invitations))
# Get list of CSV invitations
pending_csv_invitations = []
if len(df_csv_invitations) > 0:
pending_csv_invitations = df_csv_invitations["PUBLIC_ID"].unique().tolist()
print("❌ Pending CSV invitations :", len(pending_csv_invitations))
# Get profile already in network
contacts = []
if len(df_contacts) > 0:
contacts = df_contacts["PUBLIC_ID"].unique().tolist()
print("❌ Already in network :", len(contacts))
# Remove pending invitations / already in network / not valid profile from dataframe
exclude = pending_lk_invitations + pending_csv_invitations + contacts
df = df[~df["PUBLIC_ID"].isin(exclude)].dropna().reset_index(drop=True)
print("➡️ New invitation:", len(df))
return df
df_new_invitations = get_new_invitations(
merged_df, df_lk_invitations, df_csv_invitations, df_contacts
)
df_new_invitations

Send invitation

def send_invitation(df, df_contacts=None, df_csv_invitations=None):
# Check if new invitations to perform
if len(df) == 0:
print("🤙 No new invitations to send")
return df
# Setup variables
if df_contacts is None:
df_contacts = pd.DataFrame()
if df_csv_invitations is None:
df_csv_invitations = pd.DataFrame()
# Loop
count = 1
df.PROFILE_ID = df.PROFILE_ID.fillna(0)
for index, row in df.iterrows():
df_network = pd.DataFrame()
profile = row["PUBLIC_ID"]
print(f"➡️ Checking :", profile)
# Get distance with profile
if profile != 0:
df_network = linkedin.connect(LI_AT, JSESSIONID).profile.get_network(
profile
)
# Check if profile is already in your network
if len(df_network) > 0:
distance = df_network.loc[0, "DISTANCE"]
# If not profile in network...
if distance not in ["SELF", "DISTANCE_1"]:
# => send invitation
try:
linkedin.connect(LI_AT, JSESSIONID).invitation.send(
recipient_url=profile
)
print(count, "- 🙌 Invitation successfully sent")
df_csv_invitations = pd.concat([df_csv_invitations, df_network])
df_csv_invitations.to_csv(csv_invitation, index=False)
except Exception as e:
print("❌ Invitation not sent", e)
count += 1
else:
# If profile already in your network => append network result to CSV existing contact to not check it again
df_contacts = pd.concat([df_contacts, df_network])
df_contacts.to_csv(csv_contact, index=False)
print(f"👍 Already in my network, 💾 saved in CSV")
# Manage LinkedIn limit
if count > LIMIT:
print("⚠️ LinkedIn invitation limit reached", LIMIT)
return df_csv_invitations
return df_csv_invitations
df_csv_invitations = send_invitation(
df_new_invitations, df_contacts, df_csv_invitations
)

Output

Save company followers in CSV

if len(merged_df) > 0:
merged_df.to_csv(csv_input, index=False)
naas.dependency.add(csv_input)

Display invitations sent

df_csv_invitations