🇹🇭 Pantip High-Signal Intent & Trend Scraper

Uncover high-intent forum discussions, consumer recommendations, product reviews, and rising social trends directly from Pantip.com (Thailand's largest and most active online forum, spanning over 4 million monthly active users).

This production-grade, highly optimized Apify Actor is built specifically on Crawlee and CheerioCrawler, utilizing lightweight API fallbacks and scraping tricks designed to minimize request overhead, maintain low resource footprint, and prevent IP blocking.

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🔥 Key Value Propositions & Use Cases (Thai Market)

• High-Signal Purchase Intent: Track when users ask questions such as "ซื้อครีมแบรนด์ดิ้งไหนดี" (Which branding cream is good?) or "เทียบรถยนต์ไฟฟ้า BYD กับ Tesla" (Compare BYD with Tesla EVs).
• Competitor Sentiment: Analyze direct, unfiltered Thai consumer opinions on products, customer support, and pricing structures.
• Micro-Influencer Discovery: Identify respected forum posters, specialists, and community leaders who write detailed recommendation reviews.
• Trend Detection: Automatically map current forum trends from the Pantip Homepage and key tags (e.g. blueplanet, toyota, skincare, etc.).

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🛠️ Actor Input Parameters

This Actor accepts the following customizable JSON parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
keywords	Array	No	Target keywords to search on Pantip search engine.	["รถไฟฟ้า", "ครีมบำรุงผิว"]
tags	Array	No	Target Category/Forum Tags to scrape directly.	["blueplanet", "pantip-market"]
maxThreads	Number	Yes (Default: 100)	Maximum threads to crawl before ending the task.	150
scrapeComments	Boolean	Yes (Default: true)	Whether to extract and attach thread comments.	true
maxCommentsPerThread	Number	Yes (Default: 50)	Max comments to fetch per forum thread.	30
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings config. Residential proxy is recommended.	{"useApifyProxy": true}

Input JSON Example

{
  "keywords": ["เครื่องซักผ้า", "เที่ยวญี่ปุ่น"],
  "tags": ["sinthorn"],
  "maxThreads": 50,
  "scrapeComments": true,
  "maxCommentsPerThread": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

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📤 Output Dataset Format Example

The output is written directly to the Apify dataset in a clean, token-efficient format ready for LLMs, RAG pipelines, or direct import into Google Sheets/Airtable:

{
  "id": "45689104",
  "url": "https://pantip.com/topic/45689104",
  "title": "แนะนำเครื่องซักผ้าฝาหน้าตระกูลสเปกสูงทนๆ หน่อยครับ งบ 20,000 บาท",
  "content": "สวัสดีปีใหม่ครับ พอดีตู้ซักผ้าเก่าพังไปแล้ว อยากได้ฝาหน้าทนทาน แนะนำตัวไหนดีครับ...",
  "author": "TechReviewMaster",
  "date": "2026-07-01T15:30:00.000Z",
  "tags": ["เครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้า", "งานบ้าน", "SmartHome"],
  "comments": [
    {
      "commentId": 1,
      "commentNo": 1,
      "content": "งบ 20k แนะนำ LG ฝาหน้า Direct Drive ครับ ทนจริงสิบปีไม่ซ่อม",
      "author": "HousewifeXP",
      "likes": 12,
      "date": "2026-07-01T16:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}