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Add username support for LinkedIn #92

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LinkedIn vanity URL validation

Category: social

Goal: Check availability of LinkedIn public profile URLs (vanity names).

Notes:

  • LinkedIn usernames typically appear in URLs like https://www.linkedin.com/in/{username}/.
  • LinkedIn may return 999/redirects or require careful handling of headers.

Implementation suggestions:

  • Investigate the behavior of https://www.linkedin.com/in/{username}/ for existing vs non-existing users.
  • If a clean 404 is not available, use generic_validate() and look for strong indicators in response.text.

Implementation notes:

  • Add social/linkedin.py with validate_linkedin(username: str).
  • Document any rate limit / bot-detection quirks in comments.

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