LinkedIn Profile Picture Updater

This simple Python project allows you to automatically update your LinkedIn profile picture daily with a different picture from a specified folder. You can use it to keep your LinkedIn profile fresh and engaging with minimal effort.

Warning: this tool is all in good fun and perfectly harmless, but use it at your own risk. Using automated tooling on LinkedIn could possibly get your account banned.

Setup

1. Go to the project's GitHub repository at https://github.com/rambling-ai/profile_pic_updater.

2. Click on the Code button and select Download ZIP.

3. Once the ZIP file is downloaded, extract it to a location of your choice.

4. Open Terminal.

5. Use the cd command to navigate to the extracted folder. For example, if the extracted folder is on your Desktop, you would type cd ~/Desktop/profile_pic_updater-main and press Enter.

6. Once you're inside the folder, install Playwright by typing python3 -m pip install playwright and then press Enter.

7. After the installation of Playwright is complete, type playwright install followed by Enter to download the required browser binaries.

8. Inside this folder you will find another folder called pics_to_upload. This is where you should place the pictures you want to use for your LinkedIn profile. Make sure these pictures are in either .jpg or .png format.

Running the Scripts

Manual Run

To run the scripts manually, follow these steps:

1. Open Terminal.

2. Navigate to the script folder as explained in the Setup section above.

3. Type python3 daily_pic_update.py and press Enter. This will run the script, which will update your LinkedIn profile picture with the first picture in the pics_to_upload folder.

Automate the Runs

To automate this task, we will use a feature of macOS called "cron". Cron allows you to schedule tasks to run automatically at specific times. In this case, we will set it up to run daily_pic_update.py once a day.

1. Open Terminal.

2. Type crontab -e and hit Enter. This command opens your crontab file in an editor.

3. Add a new line that looks like this:

   0 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/python3 /path/to/daily_pic_update.py

   Make sure to replace /path/to/ with the actual path to the daily_pic_update.py script. This line will run your script every day at midnight.

4. Save and exit the editor (press CTRL + X, then Y, then Enter).

5. You can check if your cron job has been added by typing crontab -l in Terminal.

Troubleshooting

If you run into any issues while setting up or running the scripts, please check the following:

1. Make sure Python and Playwright are installed correctly. You can test your Python installation by typing python3 --version in Terminal. You can test your Playwright installation by typing python3 -m playwright in Terminal.

2. Make sure the daily_pic_update.py and update_profile_pic.py scripts are in the same folder and that you've correctly navigated to this folder in Terminal before trying to run them.

3. Make sure your pics_to_upload folder contains at least one .jpg or .png picture.

Enjoy your daily fresh LinkedIn profile pictures!