# Mobile / Phone Number Finder (`scalelist/phone-finder`) Actor

Input: LinkedIn profile URL, OR first name + last name with company name or company domain. Get: direct mobile numbers.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scalelist/phone-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Scalelist](https://apify.com/scalelist) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 722 total users, 249 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $100.00 / 1,000 lead submissions

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Bulk Phone Finder by Scalelist

Find verified mobile numbers for any list of leads — from a LinkedIn profile URL alone, or from a name and company.

Powered by Scalelist — the email and phone finder used by over 30,000 users on the Scalelist web app every day.

### How it works

Each lead can be identified two ways. Use whichever you have — or both together for the best match rate.

- **`linkedin_profile_url` on its own** — no name or company needed.
- **`first_name` + `last_name`**, with `company_domain` (preferred) or `company_name` to sharpen the match.

Supplying a LinkedIn profile *and* a name gives the highest match rate of all. You can mix both styles freely in the same list — every lead is matched independently.

### Input

| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `leads[].linkedin_profile_url` | Either this… | Full LinkedIn profile URL. Sufficient on its own |
| `leads[].first_name` | …or this pair | Lead's first name |
| `leads[].last_name` | …or this pair | Lead's last name |
| `leads[].company_domain` | Optional | e.g. `acmecorp.com` — preferred over company name |
| `leads[].company_name` | Optional | Use if the domain is unknown |

Every lead needs **either** a `linkedin_profile_url` **or** both `first_name` and `last_name`. Leads with neither are skipped with a warning; the rest of the run continues.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "leads": [
    {
      "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-renoux-129aa949/"
    },
    {
      "first_name": "Youssef",
      "last_name": "El Kaddioui",
      "company_domain": "scalelist.com",
      "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssefelkaddioui/"
    },
    {
      "first_name": "Arnaud",
      "last_name": "Renoux",
      "company_name": "Scalelist"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Output

One row is written to the Apify Dataset for every lead — giving you a complete record of the run.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `first_name` | string | null | Lead's first name, if supplied |
| `last_name` | string | null | Lead's last name, if supplied |
| `company_domain` | string | null | Company domain used for the lookup |
| `company_name` | string | null | Company name used for the lookup |
| `linkedin_profile_url` | string | null | LinkedIn profile URL used for the lookup |
| `phone` | string | null | Found mobile number. `null` if not found |
| `phone_status` | string | `Found` · `Not found` · `Timeout` · `Submit failed` |
| `found` | boolean | `true` if a mobile number was found |

#### Example output rows

**Found — from a LinkedIn URL only:**

```json
{
  "first_name": null,
  "last_name": null,
  "company_domain": null,
  "company_name": null,
  "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-renoux-129aa949/",
  "phone": "+1-555-0198",
  "phone_status": "Found",
  "found": true
}
```

**Found — from a name and company:**

```json
{
  "first_name": "Youssef",
  "last_name": "El Kaddioui",
  "company_domain": "scalelist.com",
  "company_name": null,
  "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssefelkaddioui/",
  "phone": "+1-555-0142",
  "phone_status": "Found",
  "found": true
}
```

**Not found:**

```json
{
  "first_name": "John",
  "last_name": "Doe",
  "company_domain": null,
  "company_name": "Some Company",
  "linkedin_profile_url": null,
  "phone": null,
  "phone_status": "Not found",
  "found": false
}
```

### Error handling

| Situation | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Lead has neither a LinkedIn profile URL nor a full name | Lead is skipped with a warning; others continue |
| Rate limit (429) | Exponential backoff, up to 5 automatic retries |
| Batch submit error | Batch skipped, placeholder rows written, run continues |
| Spend cap reached | Actor stops cleanly; remaining leads are not submitted |
| Actor timeout | Actor stops before submitting batches it can't retrieve results for |

### Other Scalelist Actors

- [Email Finder](https://apify.com/scalelist/email-finder): find your leads' verified email
- [LinkedIn Email Finder](https://apify.com/scalelist/linkedin-email-finder): find work emails from LinkedIn profile URLs
- [Domain Finder](https://apify.com/scalelist/domain-email-finder): find leads and their emails from a company domain
- [Leads Finder](https://apify.com/scalelist/leads-finder): build lead lists from filters you choose

***

### Support

- [Scalelist Website](https://scalelist.com)
- Scalelist Support: hello@scalelist.com

# Actor input Schema

## `leads` (type: `array`):

Each lead needs either a linkedin_profile_url on its own, or both first_name and last_name. Adding company_domain (preferred) or company_name improves match rates.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "leads": [
    {
      "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-renoux-129aa949/"
    },
    {
      "first_name": "Youssef",
      "last_name": "El Kaddioui",
      "company_domain": "scalelist.com",
      "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssefelkaddioui/"
    },
    {
      "first_name": "Arnaud",
      "last_name": "Renoux",
      "company_name": "Scalelist"
    }
  ]
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "leads": [
        {
            "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-renoux-129aa949/"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Youssef",
            "last_name": "El Kaddioui",
            "company_domain": "scalelist.com",
            "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssefelkaddioui/"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Arnaud",
            "last_name": "Renoux",
            "company_name": "Scalelist"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scalelist/phone-finder").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "leads": [
        { "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-renoux-129aa949/" },
        {
            "first_name": "Youssef",
            "last_name": "El Kaddioui",
            "company_domain": "scalelist.com",
            "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssefelkaddioui/",
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Arnaud",
            "last_name": "Renoux",
            "company_name": "Scalelist",
        },
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scalelist/phone-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "leads": [
    {
      "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-renoux-129aa949/"
    },
    {
      "first_name": "Youssef",
      "last_name": "El Kaddioui",
      "company_domain": "scalelist.com",
      "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssefelkaddioui/"
    },
    {
      "first_name": "Arnaud",
      "last_name": "Renoux",
      "company_name": "Scalelist"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call scalelist/phone-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scalelist/phone-finder"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/WwRVLMgUKTFSdQwv7/builds/98x1TxdYLPgz6FYSH/openapi.json