Is there a way to translate a company's LinkedIn URL to its Company ID in an automated, repeatable and reliable manner?
e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/company/bbc -> 1762
Official API documentation (https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/company-pages#company_profile) assumes that the ID is already known.
Scraping of company pages is not a suitable solution as LinkedIn actively discourages this and could block the activity with no notice. I am looking to be a good citizen and use API as designed.
I am aware of the answers to this question: Linkedin API - get company ID from url. However, these do not provide a solution which is automated.
Help is much appreciated.
