Quora Monitor

Watch public Quora questions, answers, profiles, Topics, Spaces, posts, and visible feeds across scheduled runs. The actor compares each successful observation with its saved history and reports what is new, changed, or unchanged without turning a blocked page into a false deletion.

What this actor does

• Watches several public Quora pages or search phrases in one run.
• Tracks visible page text, answer counts, authors, Topics, media, links, Space settings, rules, and feed items.
• Supports all, posts, questions, top, unanswered, about, and rules Space-feed views.
• Returns new, changed, and unchanged events with either a summary or before/after field values.
• Keeps common event and content values at the top level and less-common observations under details.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
directUrls	list of URLs	one public question URL	Public Quora pages to watch.
searchQueries	list of text	none	Phrases whose public Quora discovery results should be watched.
scrapeDepth	choice	detail	overview for a lighter check; detail for visible feed and page details.
maxResults	number	100	Maximum watched sources.
maxResultsPerSource	number	0	Maximum observations per source; 0 uses the actor default.
includeFeed	true/false	true	Check visible Space/feed items.
feedTab	choice	all	Space feed section: all, posts, questions, top, unanswered, about, or rules.
maxFeedItems	number	50	Maximum visible feed items per Space.
maxFeedQuestionExpansions	number	0	Maximum feed questions to open for additional visible text.
includeFeedText	true/false	true	Keep text visible on feed cards.
includeContributors	true/false	false	Track visible Space contributors.
maxContributors	number	50	Maximum visible contributors per Space.
includeSettings	true/false	false	Track visible Space settings.
includeRules	true/false	true	Track visible Space rules.
includeTopics	true/false	true	Track visible Topic links.
includeMedia	true/false	false	Track visible image and video links.
includeOutboundLinks	true/false	false	Track links visible in watched content.
onlyNewItems	true/false	false	Return only items not present in the saved history.
includeUnchanged	true/false	true	Return an event when a successful observation has not changed.
historyName	text	generated for one-time checks	Stable name used to compare later runs. Reuse it for a scheduled monitor.
changeDetail	choice	hash_and_summary	hash_only, field_summary, field_values, or hash_and_summary.
stateRetentionDays	number	0	How long saved history is retained; 0 uses the default.
language	choice	auto	Language/locale for public page discovery.
reachMode	choice	standard	standard, maximum, or direct public access.
outputFields	list	all available	Optional field selection; usable event identity fields remain available.
cookies	list of browser cookies	none	Optional cookies from your own authorized Quora session. Never enter a password.
includeAccessIssues	true/false	false	Add a labelled row when Quora does not make a source available.

All limits are upper bounds on visible observations. A failed or blocked observation is not treated as unchanged, removed, or deleted. Empty optional fields are omitted.

Output per record

Each row describes a successful public observation or a clearly labelled access event. Values come from Quora; no change is invented.

Identity, event, and text

• recordType, id, url, title, text, collectedAt, accessState, details
• eventType, changeType, changes, questionText, answerText, postText, commentText, profileBio, authorBio, topicDescription, spaceDescription, resultSnippet

Watched content

• questionId, questionUrl, questionTitle, questionPublishedAt, questionUpdatedAt, questionLastAnsweredAt, isUnanswered, topics, relatedQuestions
• answerId, answerUrl, answerPostedAt, answerCreatedAt, answerRelativeAge, answerUpdatedAt, answerRank, answerVisibility, answerTextCompleteness, answerAccessOption, isAiAnswer, isTopAnswer, isTruncated
• authorName, authorUrl, authorId, authorHandle, authorCredentials, authorImageUrl, authorIsVerified, username

Counts, media, and relationships

• answerCount, followerCount, followingCount, questionCount, postCount, memberCount, contributorCount, viewCount, upvotes, commentsCount, sharesCount, commentReplyCount, reactionCount, totalAnswerViews, totalContentViews, answerToViewRatio, followToAnswerRatio, answersCollected, answersLimitReached
• images, videos, externalLinks, textCompleteness, searchType, searchRank, searchTitle, searchSnippet, isPromoted
• fromUrl, toUrl, relationshipType

Less-common observed values are retained under details. There are no run-summary, billing, parser, proxy, cookie, or repeated-input fields in content rows.

Examples

Watch a public question

{
  "directUrls": ["https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-major-differences-between-NAFTA-and-TPP"],
  "historyName": "trade-question-watch",
  "includeFeed": false,
  "includeUnchanged": true,
  "changeDetail": "field_values"
}

Watch a Space feed

{
  "directUrls": ["https://www.quora.com/q/Pakistan"],
  "historyName": "pakistan-space-watch",
  "includeFeed": true,
  "feedTab": "questions",
  "maxFeedItems": 100,
  "includeFeedText": true
}

Watch a topic subdomain

{
  "directUrls": ["https://cryptocurrency.quora.com/"],
  "historyName": "cryptocurrency-topic-watch",
  "includeFeed": true,
  "feedTab": "questions",
  "maxFeedItems": 25
}

Notify only about new items

{
  "directUrls": ["https://www.quora.com/q/Urban-Planning"],
  "historyName": "urban-planning-new-items",
  "onlyNewItems": true,
  "includeUnchanged": false,
  "feedTab": "unanswered"
}

Watch public search results

{
  "searchQueries": ["renewable energy cooperatives", "community health workers in Kenya"],
  "historyName": "global-research-queries",
  "includeFeed": false,
  "changeDetail": "hash_and_summary",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Example output

{
  "recordType": "monitor_event",
  "eventType": "snapshot",
  "changeType": "initial_snapshot",
  "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for",
  "title": "What is Python primarily used for?",
  "accessState": "public"
}

Use cases

• Scheduled alerts: detect new or changed public Quora content.
• Community monitoring: watch Space feeds, Topics, rules, and contributors.
• Content operations: identify when a public question or answer changes.
• Research tracking: compare search results across recurring runs.
• Change review: receive before/after values for important fields.

FAQ

What is required for change detection?

Use the same historyName on later runs. The first successful run establishes the baseline.

Does a blocked page count as unchanged?

No. A blocked or incomplete observation is kept separate so it cannot create a false unchanged or deleted event.

Do I need cookies?

No. Cookies are optional and only add content available to your own authorized session. They cannot unlock private, removed, or Quora+ content.

What is the difference between onlyNewItems and includeUnchanged?

onlyNewItems limits feed output to items not already seen. includeUnchanged controls whether an unchanged observation event is returned.

How much history is retained?

stateRetentionDays controls retention. The exact number of changes also depends on what Quora makes visible on each run.

Can this detect every change on Quora?

It detects changes in the public values it can observe. Private, removed, gated, or challenge-protected content cannot be compared.

Why is a field missing from changes?

That value was not displayed in one of the observations, or the selected change detail does not include field-level values.

Is this affiliated with Quora?

No. This is a third-party actor using public Quora pages and public page data.

Quora actor catalog

• Quora Scraper — collect known public URLs, usernames, and mixed Quora content.
• Quora Search Scraper — discover public Quora content from keywords and enrich matching pages.
• Quora Dataset Builder — build deduplicated content rows and explicit relationships.
• Quora Monitor — compare watched pages, Spaces, and feeds across runs.

Access notes

The actor attempts public Quora pages without cookies and reports only values actually observed. Standard, maximum, and direct choices help with different public-access conditions, but no scraper can guarantee a future response from Quora for every page.