Seeking advice on n8n.io for MVP integration - Direct Mail Connect

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Hi all,

I’m currently exploring whether n8n.io is a good fit to integrate with my MVP, Direct Mail Connect, data intelligence tool designed for enhancing direct mail campaigns. The platform primarily uses LinkedIn profile data, enriched by additional external data points, to determine prospect suitability and optimise targeting.

One potential blocker we’re encountering is related to LinkedIn scraping via Robotic Process Automation (RPA). Since we’re aiming to avoid reliance on LinkedIn’s API, I’m interested in understanding:

  • How effectively does n8n.io handle automations related to scraping or data extraction, specifically from sites with strong anti-scraping measures like LinkedIn?
  • Are there limitations or best practices we should consider when integrating n8n.io with our current MVP setup?

If you have experience with n8n.io or insights into handling similar challenges, I’d appreciate your advice or recommendations.

Thanks!

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Ok well n8n on its own doesn’t do any scraping, you can integrate libraries like playwright, but that is not a standard feature. Linkedin scraping is notoriously one of the hardest website to scrape, there are some tricks(I don’t tell), but n8n really has nothing to do with the actual scraping.

The encriching and data handling side certainly could be integrated with n8n.

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