Quora Scraper | No Cookies | $5 / 1K

Overview

Quora Scraper | No Cookies | $5 / 1K collects public data from Quora, including questions, answers, posts, profiles, topics, and spaces. Quora hosts millions of discussions that reveal real user opinions, expertise, and interests, making it a rich source for research, outreach, LLM-ready Q&A corpora, and trend monitoring. This actor automates the process end-to-end so you can capture structured information reliably without manual browsing or handling cookies.

Why Use This Actor

• Research-ready insights: Track conversations, sentiment, and recurring themes for market, product, content, and LLM research.
• Lead and expert discovery: Surface profiles and spaces where your audience or subject-matter experts are active.
• Content inspiration: Mine questions and answers to fuel blog posts, FAQs, and knowledge bases.
• Directory building: Compile lists of spaces, topics, or profiles with their key details for analysis or enrichment.
• LLM training and evaluation: Gather natural Q&A pairs, topic clusters, and long-form community discussions that can support dataset creation, benchmarking, and hallucination-spotting workflows.
• Time and consistency: Schedule repeat runs, keep datasets fresh, and export in formats that plug directly into your workflows.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
queries	array of strings	Search keywords to look up on Quora. Combine with searchType and timeFilter to refine results. Use this for scraping from search pages.	["Cheesecake", "acai bowl", "Elon Musk"]
searchType	string	Content type returned for keyword searches. Options: Question, Answer, Post, Profile, Space. Ignored for direct URLs.	Question
timeFilter	string	Limit keyword search results by recency. Options: All Time, Past Day, Past Week, Past Month, Past Year. Ignored for direct URLs.	All Time
startUrls	array of strings	Direct Quora URLs (search pages, profiles, spaces, topics, questions, or posts). Use this to target specific pages without relying on search.	Prefilled examples provided
maxItemsPerQuery	integer	Maximum number of results saved per keyword or direct URL (minimum 10).	10000
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings. Residential proxies are recommended for smoother runs.	Apify Proxy with RESIDENTIAL group

Example Input

Below are two ways to configure the actor:

Scraping by Query 🎯 (use search keywords)

Use this when you want Quora search results filtered by content type and time window.

{
  "queries": ["Human"],
  "searchType": "Space",
  "timeFilter": "Past Year",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 50
}

When to use: Ideal for discovering spaces related to a topic (e.g., searching "Human" with Space returns matching spaces with their info and links).

Scrape by Direct URL 🎯 (paste full Quora links)

Use this when you already have the exact pages to capture.

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://humanity.quora.com/",
    "https://www.quora.com/Is-AI-an-existential-threat-to-humanity",
    "https://www.quora.com/topic/Humans"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 100
}

When to use: Perfect for scraping specific spaces, questions, or topics directly (e.g., providing https://humanity.quora.com/ collects its posts and related details).

Example Output

Each dataset item represents one captured result, organized with content details and general metadata.

{
  "question": {
    "title": "Is AI an existential threat to humanity?",
    "url": "https://www.quora.com/Is-AI-an-existential-threat-to-humanity",
    "answerCount": 120,
    "followerCount": 240,
    "commentCount": 8,
    "postedTime": "2024-03-18T10:22:00.000Z"
  },
  "answer": {
    "url": "https://www.quora.com/Is-AI-an-existential-threat-to-humanity/answer/Example-Author",
    "text": "AI poses risks, but robust governance and alignment research can mitigate them...",
    "commentCount": 3,
    "upvoteCount": 56,
    "authorName": "Example Author",
    "authorUrl": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Example-Author",
    "postedTime": "2024-04-01T09:10:00.000Z"
  },
  "post": null,
  "general": {
    "query": "Human",
    "type": "Question",
    "resultUrl": "https://www.quora.com/Is-AI-an-existential-threat-to-humanity",
    "scrapedFromUrl": "https://www.quora.com/search?q=Human&type=question",
    "scrapedAt": "2024-05-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "searchTimeFilter": "Past Year"
  }
}

• question — Title, link, engagement counts, and publish time for the question.
• answer — Answer URL, excerpt, engagement, author details, and timestamp.
• post — Present when the result is a space post; otherwise null.
• general — The original query or URL, the result type, source URL, scrape timestamp, and time filter used.

Notes & Limitations

• Use this actor responsibly and only for lawful purposes. Review and respect Quora’s terms of service and policies before scraping or using the data.
• Public data may include personal information; ensure you have a legal basis to process and store it in your jurisdiction.
• Start with smaller result limits when testing new queries or URLs.

Support

Questions or custom needs? Open an issue on the Issues tab of the actor page in Apify Console and it will be resolved around the clock.

Happy Scraping,

• Fatih