Automating job application on linkedin - bot

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Automating_job_applications_on_linkedin/.env.example

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+MY_LINKEDIN_EMAIL = "YOUR.EMAIL@gmail.com"
+MY_LINKEDIN_PASSWORD = "Your_password"

Automating_job_applications_on_linkedin/ChromeDriver/notes.txt

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+---------ChromeDriver 104.0.5112.79 (2022-08-03)---------
+Supports Chrome version 104

Automating_job_applications_on_linkedin/README.md

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+# Automating_job_applications_on_linkedin
+
+This is an automated job application bot. The program will use selenium WebDriver 
+to automate applying for jobs on LinkedIn with the "Easy Apply" function to send applications to all the jobs that meet your criteria (instead of just a single listing).
+In the first step, it will log in to your LinkedIn account, and then go to the specific search job URL defined in the program by the user. 
+After accessing this URL, the bot will go through each of the application and asses if there is a function of Easy Apply.
+If it doesn't exist, the job application will be skipped, and the bot will move to the next job application.
+After finding the Easy Apply button, the bot will submit the first step of application by pressing it.
+In the next step, the bot will validate how the application form looks. 
+If the application form will have the button next which indicates a multistep application, the bot will terminate the application,
+only application with "submit application" will be accepted. 
+The bot will submit the application, and fill in the given phone number and send out the application.
+After that, the bot will move to the next job application.  
+
+
+
+Necessary steps to make the program work:</br>
+1. Install Chrome browser https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chrome/ </br>
+2. Download chrome driver (don't forget to match the version of your chrome with the version of the chrome driver) https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=104.0.5112.79/, and unzip the file for your OS.
+Mark the DIR to the chromedriver.exe file and adjust the *chrome_driver_path* in main.py. </br>
+3. Sign up to LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/ and configure your Profile. </br>
+Make sure you've signed up to LinkedIn and save your email and password somewhere for later use.</br>
+Upload your resume by going to Me -> Settings & Privacy -> Data Privacy -> Job Seeking Preferences -> Job Application Settings.</br>
+NOTE: Do not enable 2-factor authentication/phone number verification while we are using Selenium.</br>
+4. After creating the LinkedIn account, we have to change the name of .env.example to .env and define the environmental variables according to our account:</br>
+MY_LINKEDIN_EMAIL = "YOUR.EMAIL@gmail.com"</br>
+MY_LINKEDIN_PASSWORD = "Your_password"</br>
+5. The user has to adjust the starting variables in the main.py:</br>
+*PHONE_NUMBER* - phone number to be filled in the form during application.</br>
+*WEBSITE_URL_FOR_THE_DRIVER* - URL for job search.</br>
+
+
+---
+
+Example of view Easy Apply application:</br>
+![Screenshot](docs/img/01_easy_apply.png)</br>
+
+
+Example of view of submitting application:</br>
+![Screenshot](docs/img/02_submiting_applicatio.png)</br>
+
+
+Example of view of invalid form with next button - multistep application is not supported:</br>
+![Screenshot](docs/img/03_inalid_form_next.png)</br>
+
+---
+
+
+**The program was developed using python 3.10.6, selenium**
+
+
+In order to run the program, you have to execute main.py.

Automating_job_applications_on_linkedin/main.py

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+from selenium import webdriver
+from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
+from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
+from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
+import time
+
+# env variables !
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv()
+import os
+
+################################################################################
+## sensitive data ###
+#####################
+# user defined email and app password for your linkedin account !
+# env variables ! - dont change here !
+MY_LINKEDIN_EMAIL = os.environ.get('MY_LINKEDIN_EMAIL')
+MY_LINKEDIN_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('MY_LINKEDIN_PASSWORD')
+PHONE_NUMBER = "555555555" # user defined number
+################################################################################
+
+
+####################### SELENIUM SETTINGS #########################
+# adjust this path to wherever you have unpacked the chrome driver file !
+# dont forget that the verion of chrom drive has to match the verison of chrome browser
+# https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads
+# relative path you can use as well absolute path !
+chrome_driver_path = "ChromeDriver/chromedriver.exe"
+
+# creating the webdriver
+driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chrome_driver_path)
+# website url for the linkin job search with eaasy to apply status
+# exampel url for web developer search
+WEBSITE_URL_FOR_THE_DRIVER = "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?f_LF=f_AL&geoId=102257491&keywords=web%20developer&location=London%2C%20England%2C%20United%20Kingdom&redirect=false&position=1&pageNum=0"
+# load the page at the given URL
+driver.get(WEBSITE_URL_FOR_THE_DRIVER)
+#######################################################################
+
+# wait for the page to load
+time.sleep(2)
+
+###### login in to linked in account - after accesing the website #####
+login_button_element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH,'/html/body/div[3]/header/nav/div/a[2]')
+login_button_element.click()
+
+# wait for the page to load
+time.sleep(5)
+
+################### log in pag - login with the user credentials ############
+login_email_input_element = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'session_key')
+login_email_input_element.send_keys(MY_LINKEDIN_EMAIL)
+
+login_password_input_element = driver.find_element(By.NAME, 'session_password')
+login_password_input_element.send_keys(MY_LINKEDIN_PASSWORD)
+login_password_input_element.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)
+
+# wait for the page to load
+time.sleep(5)
+
+# getting all the jobs from the one page
+# jobs_list_elements = driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR,'.job-card-container--clickable')
+jobs_list_elements = driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR,'div.job-card-container--clickable')
+
+print(len(jobs_list_elements))
+# selecting job by job card
+for job_element in jobs_list_elements:
+    # selectic the job card
+    job_element.click()
+
+    # wait for the page to load
+    time.sleep(1)
+
+    try:
+        # hit the easy apply button
+        easy_apply_button_element = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'div.jobs-apply-button--top-card button')
+        easy_apply_button_element.click()
+
+        # wait for the page to load
+        time.sleep(2)
+
+        # input phone number and continue
+        phone_input_element = driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME,'fb-single-line-text__input')
+        if phone_input_element.text == "": # if empty write down the phone number
+            phone_input_element.send_keys(PHONE_NUMBER)
+
+        # getting the submit button
+        submit_button_element = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR,'footer button')
+
+        # checking if this is the right button
+        # we are discarding multi step applications
+        # only submit will be accepted
+        if submit_button_element.get_attribute('aria-label') == 'Submit application':
+            # submitting our application
+            submit_button_element.click()
+
+            # wait for the page to load
+            time.sleep(3)
+
+            # close the confirmation of submiting application
+            close_application_element = driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME,'artdeco-modal__dismiss')
+            close_application_element.click()
+
+            # wait for the page to load
+            time.sleep(2)
+
+        else:
+            # if the button is next we will close the appliction
+            close_application_element = driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME,'artdeco-modal__dismiss')
+            close_application_element.click()
+            # wait for the page to load
+            time.sleep(2)
+
+            # pressing the discard button
+            discard_application_element = driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME,'artdeco-modal__confirm-dialog-btn')
+            discard_application_element.click()
+            # wait for the page to load
+            time.sleep(2)
+
+    except NoSuchElementException:
+        print("No application button, skipped.")
+        continue
+
+print("done")
+# close the browser
+driver.quit() # this will close the whole browser

Automating_job_applications_on_linkedin/runtime.txt

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+Python 3.10.6