Building a LinkedIn Profile Location Tracker: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mapping Social Media Movements

				
					const axios = require('axios');
const fs = require('fs');
require('dotenv').config();

// Load API Keys from .env file
const CONSUMER_KEY = process.env.CONSUMER_KEY;
const CONSUMER_SECRET = process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET;

const profileDataPath = 'linkedinProfileData.json';
const outputFilePath = 'locationPredictions.json';

// Load profile data from JSON file
function loadProfileData() {
  const data = fs.readFileSync(profileDataPath);
  return JSON.parse(data);
}

// Function to convert image URL to Base64
async function imageUrlToBase64(imageUrl) {
  const response = await axios.get(imageUrl, { responseType: 'arraybuffer' });
  const base64 = Buffer.from(response.data, 'binary').toString('base64');
  return base64;
}

// Function to identify location from image
async function identifyLocationFromImage(imageBase64) {
  try {
    const response = await axios.post(
      `https://thesocialproxy.com/wp-json/tsp/geolocate/v1/image?consumer_key=${CONSUMER_KEY}&consumer_secret=${CONSUMER_SECRET}`,
      { image: imageBase64 },
      { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }
    );
    return response.data;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error identifying location from image:', error.response ? error.response.data : error.message);
    return null;
  }
}

// Analyze locations in images and save results to a file
async function analyzeImageLocations() {
  const profileData = loadProfileData();
  const results = [];

  for (const profile of profileData) {
    if (profile.image) {
      console.log(`Analyzing image for ${profile.name} at ${profile.image}`);
      try {
        const imageBase64 = await imageUrlToBase64(profile.image);
        const locationData = await identifyLocationFromImage(imageBase64);
        const predictions = locationData && locationData.data && locationData.data.geo_predictions
          ? locationData.data.geo_predictions
          : [];

        results.push({
          name: profile.name,
          image: profile.image,
          location: profile.location,
          predictions: predictions
        });

      } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
        results.push({
          name: profile.name,
          image: profile.image,
          location: profile.location,
          predictions: 'Error'
        });
      }
    } else {
      console.log(`No image available for ${profile.name}`);
      results.push({
        name: profile.name,
        image: null,
        location: profile.location,
        predictions: 'No image available'
      });
    }
  }

  fs.writeFileSync(outputFilePath, JSON.stringify(results, null, 2));
  console.log(`Results saved to ${outputFilePath}`);
}

analyzeImageLocations();