Quora Content Research

Research Quora questions and answers for content marketing. Find trending topics, popular questions, and audience pain points. Perfect for content ideation and SEO keyword research. Built by John Rippy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrippy/ | https://johnrippy.link/).

BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) -- you provide your own API credentials.

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Before You Start

This actor requires your own API credentials to fetch real data.

Where to get your key: JSON array of cookies from Cookie-Editor browser extension. Steps: 1) Install Cookie-Editor in Chrome, 2) Log into quora.com, 3) Click the Cookie-Editor icon, 4) Click Export → JSON, 5) Paste the entire JSON array here. Without cookies, Quora blocks most requests.

You can test with Demo Mode first (free, no key needed) to see the output format before committing.

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Quick Start

Test with Demo Mode (free, no API key needed)

{
  "demoMode": true,
  "searchQuery": "local SEO"
}

Run with real data

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "searchQuery": "local SEO",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "includeAnswers": true,
  "answersPerQuestion": 3,
  "minAnswerUpvotes": 0,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "sessionCookies": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Required	Description
demoMode	boolean	true	No	Run with sample data without scraping. Great for testing the output format before using real cookies.
searchQuery	string	-	No	What to search for on Quora (e.g., 'local SEO strategies', 'small business marketing', 'how to get more reviews').
topics	array	-	No	Only keep questions that match these topics. Leave empty to keep all questions. Example: ['SEO', 'Marketing']
maxResults	integer	50	No	Maximum number of questions to scrape. The actor scrolls search results to find more questions.
includeAnswers	boolean	true	No	Scrape top answers for each question. Slower but gives you the actual answer text, author info, and upvote counts.
answersPerQuestion	integer	3	No	How many answers to scrape per question. Only used when Include Answers is enabled.
minAnswerUpvotes	integer	0	No	Only include answers with at least this many upvotes. Set to 0 to include all answers.
sortBy	string	"relevance"	No	How to sort the scraped questions in the output.
sessionCookies	string	-	Yes*	JSON array of cookies from Cookie-Editor browser extension. Steps: 1) Install Cookie-Editor in Chrome, 2) Log into quora.com, 3) Click the Cookie-Editor icon, 4) Click Export → JSON, 5) Paste the entire JSON array here. Without cookies, Quora blocks most requests.
webhookUrl	string	-	No	URL to POST results when scraping completes. Works with Zapier, Make, n8n, or any custom endpoint.

*Required when Demo Mode is off.

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

Event	Description	Price
Question Found	Each Quora question found and analyzed	$0.05

Demo mode is free -- no charges for sample data.

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Troubleshooting

"API key is required"

You have Demo Mode turned off but didn't provide an API key. Either:

• Turn Demo Mode on to test with sample data
• Add your API key in the input

"API error 403" or "Unauthorized"

Your API key is invalid, expired, or doesn't have access to this specific API endpoint. Double-check your key and account permissions.

"API error 429" or "Rate limit"

Too many requests. Wait a minute and try again, or reduce the number of items per run.

No results or empty dataset

Check the run log for error messages. Common causes:

• Invalid input format (check the examples above)
• API key without proper permissions
• The target data doesn't exist or is too small to track

How do I test without an API key?

Enable Demo Mode in the input. This returns realistic sample data so you can verify the output format works for your workflow.

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