Update app.py

app.py

@@ -69,12 +69,13 @@ def fetch_linkedin_links(query, api_key, applicant_name):
     """Fetches LinkedIn profile links using BrightData SERP scraping API."""
     try:
         url = "https://api.brightdata.com/request"
-        google_url = f"https://www.google.com/search?q={requests.utils.quote(query)}"
+        google_url = f"https://www.google.com/search?q={quote_plus(query)}"
 
         payload = {
+            "zone": "serp_api2",                     # ✅ ADD THIS LINE to include working zone
             "url": google_url,
             "method": "GET",
-            "country": "us",  # Optional: your target country
+            "country": "us",
             "format": "raw",
             "data_format": "html"
         }
@@ -86,7 +87,6 @@ def fetch_linkedin_links(query, api_key, applicant_name):
 
         response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
         response.raise_for_status()
-
         html = response.text
 
         # Match standard LinkedIn profile URLs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def fetch_linkedin_links(query, api_key, applicant_name):
         return None
     except Exception as e:
         st.error(f"Error fetching link for query '{query}': {e}")
-        return None        
+        return None
         
 def process_file(file, api_key):
     """Processes the uploaded Excel file to fetch LinkedIn profile links."""