Pantip Scraper & API – Scrape Thai Forum Topics and Comments

A Pantip scraper for pantip.com (พันทิป), Thailand's biggest discussion forum. Pantip has no official public API, so this Actor works as an unofficial Pantip API. You can search the whole site by keyword, or pull a full topic with every comment and nested reply. Export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel. No login or API key needed.

Built for Thai social listening and brand monitoring: share of voice against competitors, product-launch reactions, customer complaints and market research.

What the Pantip API returns

One row for the main post, then one row per comment (nested replies included). These are real rows from a topic run:

[
  {
    "topic_id": "44027563",
    "site": "pantip",
    "title": "อยากได้ไอโฟน",
    "author": "สมาชิกหมายเลข 8467380",
    "author_id": "8467380",
    "tags": ["โทรศัพท์มือถือ", "สมาร์ทโฟน", "iPhone"],
    "created_at": "2026-03-24T05:07:02.000Z",
    "topic_url": "https://pantip.com/topic/44027563",
    "content": "ตอนนี้จะซื้อ iPhone ใหม่แต่อยากได้เป็นรุ่นโปรมือหนึ่งอยากรู้ว่ามีที่ไหนเหลือบ้างผ่อนแบบถูกๆตั้งแต่ 14 ถึง 16",
    "source_mode": "topic"
  },
  {
    "comment_id": "44027563-1",
    "topic_id": "44027563",
    "floor": "1",
    "is_reply": false,
    "author": "เจ็ดกอ",
    "content": "เช็กที่ AIS Online/AIS Shop เลย เพราะมักมีสต็อก iPhone 14–16 Pro และโปรผ่อน 0%",
    "score": 0,
    "created_at": "2026-03-24T05:10:06.000Z"
  }
]

Some fields are trimmed here. The full list is in Output fields below.

How to scrape Pantip in 3 steps

1. Choose a mode. search finds topics by keyword across the whole site. topic returns a full thread with every comment.
2. Add your input. Use keywords in Thai, English or brand names, or paste topic IDs or URLs.
3. Run and export. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it from the Apify API.

{ "mode": "search", "keywords": ["iPhone", "Samsung"], "maxItems": 10 }

You pay per result: $0.002 per search result, $0.008 per topic and $0.003 per comment (see Modes).

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
topic_id	string	Topic ID (the topic/{id} in the URL)
site	string	Always "pantip"
comment_id	string | null	On comment rows, {topic_id}-{floor}; null on topic/search rows
floor	string | null	Comment floor; nested replies are {comment_no}-{reply_no}
is_reply	boolean | null	Whether this is a nested reply; null on topic/search rows
title	string | null	Topic title (search/main-post rows); null on comment rows
author	string | null	Poster / commenter display name
author_id	string | null	Member ID
content	string | null	Main post or comment body (HTML converted to plain text); null on search rows
content_images	array	Image URLs found in the content (stickers / attachments)
tags	array	Topic tags (main-post rows); empty array on search and comment rows
comment_count	number | null	Comment count shown on the search card; null on topic and comment rows
score	number | null	Comment vote score (Pantip good_bad_vote.point); null on topic/search rows
created_at	string | null	Post/comment time (ISO 8601; search cards are day-level precision)
topic_url	string | null	Topic link
source_mode	string	search or topic (comment rows are topic)
source_query	string	The matched keyword, or the topic ID (main post and its comments)
scraped_at	string	Scrape time (ISO 8601)

Modes

Mode	Input	Output	Billing
search (default)	keywords[] (site-wide search), dateFrom, maxItems	Topic list per keyword	search-listing $0.002/item
topic	topicIds[]／topicUrls[], maxItems (comment cap per topic)	Main post + all comments (incl. nested replies)	product-detail $0.008/topic ＋ review-item $0.003/comment

Input fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search (site-wide search) or topic (full topic)
keywords	array	—	Search keywords (Thai/English/brand names). Required for search mode
topicIds	array	—	Topic IDs (numbers). Used by topic mode
topicUrls	array	—	Full topic URLs; ID extracted automatically
bulkInput	string	—	One per line; keywords in search, IDs/URLs in topic
maxItems	integer	50	search: topics per keyword; topic: comments per topic (main post always returned). Max 500
dateFrom	string	—	Applies to search; relative 3d／12h／2w or absolute MM/DD/YY
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify datacenter	On by default; without a proxy you share an egress IP and risk rate-limiting

JSON examples

1) Search brand share-of-voice

{ "mode": "search", "keywords": ["iPhone", "Samsung"], "maxItems": 10 }

2) Only topics from the last 30 days

{ "mode": "search", "keywords": ["โตโยต้า"], "maxItems": 20, "dateFrom": "30d" }

3) Fetch a full topic (main post + all comments)

{ "mode": "topic", "topicIds": ["44209153"], "maxItems": 200 }

4) Fetch multiple topics by URL

{ "mode": "topic", "bulkInput": "https://pantip.com/topic/44209153\nhttps://pantip.com/topic/44008597" }

5) One row per comment (incl. nested replies)

{ "mode": "topic", "topicIds": ["44209153"], "maxItems": 500 }

Notes

• search is a site-wide Pantip keyword search (not in-room filtering), but v1 returns the first page per keyword (~10 most relevant); multi-page search uses Pantip's authenticated API and is scoped to v1.1. Schedule periodic runs and use dateFrom to keep new topics for continuous monitoring.
• Comment pagination in topic mode: Pantip shows 100 comments per page; the Actor auto-paginates up to maxItems. A single hot topic can have thousands of comments — use maxItems to control cost.
• Sticker/image-only comments have content = null; the image URLs are in content_images.
• Times: main post and comments are exact timestamps; search cards are day-level precision (Thai Buddhist-era dates, converted to Gregorian).
• Defaults to Apify datacenter proxy; for local testing set proxyConfiguration.useApifyProxy = false.

FAQ

• Do I need a login or API key? No — only public content is scraped.
• Can it get comments? Yes — topic mode returns the main post and all comments (including nested replies), one row each.
• Can I monitor only certain keywords? Yes — use search mode with keywords, plus dateFrom for the most economical scheduled monitoring.
• Output format? Export via the Apify Dataset as JSON／CSV／Excel／HTML／API.

📚 Related tutorials & tools

Hands-on guides and free tools built on this actor, at AI Social API:

• 📖 Guide: Pantip API and Southeast Asia Forum Data: Getting Thai and Vietnamese Forum Posts and Comments Without an Official API
• 📖 Tutorial: Build a no-code forum sentiment pipeline with Apify + n8n + GPT
• 📊 Data: Asian forum scrapability × cost table — measured on live runs: which forums need only a plain request, which need a residential IP, and what one item costs
• 🛠 Free tools: Forum sentiment quick-check · Apify cost calculator
• 🤝 Rather not run it yourself? I run it for you — scheduled daily, delivered to your Google Sheet or Slack, from US$299/mo.

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Disclaimer

This Actor only scrapes publicly visible content on Pantip, for research and sentiment-analysis purposes. Please comply with Pantip's terms of service and local regulations, and do not use it to violate personal data or for commercial abuse. Keep your scraping frequency reasonable to avoid burdening the source site.

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