KeyError: 'data"

[Shraknard]

Hello,

I have an error while trying to scrap Linkedn. it is able to get the list of companies but when trying to get the employees, it fail at some point. I tried this on a basic Ubuntu with python3.
Thanks for the script anyway :)

Here is the command :
python3 socialpwned.py --credentials creds.json --output out.txt --linkedin --search-companies "MyCompany" --employees --pwndb

And here is the output :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "socialpwned.py", line 51, in <module>
    run(args)
  File "SocialPwned/core/main.py", line 214, in run
    results.extend(linkedinParameters(args,in_email,in_password))
  File "SocialPwned/core/main.py", line 109, in linkedinParameters
    users = linkedin.getCompanyEmployees(api,companies)
  File "SocialPwned/core/linkedin.py", line 46, in getCompanyEmployees
    employees = searchUsersOfCompany(api,nameCompany)
  File "SocialPwned/core/linkedin.py", line 84, in searchUsersOfCompany
    employees = api.search_people(keywords=nameCompany)
  File "SocialPwned/lib/LinkedInAPI/linkedin.py", line 177, in search_people
    data = self.search(params, limit=limit)
  File "SocialPwned/lib/LinkedInAPI/linkedin.py", line 107, in search
    for i in range(len(data["data"]["elements"])):
KeyError: 'data'

[MrTuxx]

Hello,

I have been going through the code and doing some tests. The problem seems to be when a company name has a comma in it, for example: "MyCompany, LLC".

This error also occurs when searching for employees when of the company "MyCompany, LLC".

To fix it I simply put a replace(',' ''), in the API call. I think it is enough because I have not identified more characters that generate an error.

Try now after applying the changes in master, if it is solved close the issue.

[Shraknard]

Hi !

The changes you've made didn't worked for me but I noticed they were dashes and parenthesis in the name it failed on.
So I followed your lead with the replace strategy and its now working when I replace parenthesis in search_people() the same way you did with comas. Dashes seems not to be a problem.

I can now close the issue.
Thanks a lot for your fast answer and for the tool !