# Pantip Trend Scraper (`gravityzer0/pantip-scraper`) Actor

Extracts high-intent forum posts, comments, questions and consumer feedback from Pantip.com. Powered by Crawlee & Cheerio for speed and low cost.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gravityzer0/pantip-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Gravity Zero](https://apify.com/gravityzer0) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, AI, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## 🇹🇭 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.

---

### 🔥 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.).

---

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

***

### 📤 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:

```json
{
  "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"
    }
  ]
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

List of keywords to search on Pantip (e.g., 'รถไฟฟ้า', 'ครีมบำรุงผิว').

## `tags` (type: `array`):

Pantip tags to scrape directly (e.g., 'blueplanet', 'pantip-market'). Leave empty if searching by keywords.

## `maxThreads` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of Pantip forum threads to extract and parse.

## `scrapeComments` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, comments inside each thread will also be scraped and structured.

## `maxCommentsPerThread` (type: `integer`):

Limit comments scraped per individual thread.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Specifies proxy configuration to bypass Pantip rate limits and IP filters. Highly recommended to use Apify Residential Proxies.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "รถไฟฟ้า",
    "เที่ยวญี่ปุ่น"
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "maxThreads": 100,
  "scrapeComments": true,
  "maxCommentsPerThread": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Structured JSON items from Pantip threads, containing clean titles, body contents, authors, dates, tags, and comments.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "รถไฟฟ้า",
        "เที่ยวญี่ปุ่น"
    ],
    "tags": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gravityzer0/pantip-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keywords": [
        "รถไฟฟ้า",
        "เที่ยวญี่ปุ่น",
    ],
    "tags": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gravityzer0/pantip-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "รถไฟฟ้า",
    "เที่ยวญี่ปุ่น"
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call gravityzer0/pantip-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gravityzer0/pantip-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Pantip Trend Scraper",
        "description": "Extracts high-intent forum posts, comments, questions and consumer feedback from Pantip.com. Powered by Crawlee & Cheerio for speed and low cost.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "gmQk9Q821mtMLZfNn"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/gravityzer0~pantip-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-gravityzer0-pantip-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/gravityzer0~pantip-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-gravityzer0-pantip-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/gravityzer0~pantip-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-gravityzer0-pantip-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "maxThreads"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "keywords": {
                        "title": "Search Keywords",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of keywords to search on Pantip (e.g., 'รถไฟฟ้า', 'ครีมบำรุงผิว').",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "tags": {
                        "title": "Category/Forum Tags",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Pantip tags to scrape directly (e.g., 'blueplanet', 'pantip-market'). Leave empty if searching by keywords.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxThreads": {
                        "title": "Max Threads limit",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 5000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of Pantip forum threads to extract and parse.",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "scrapeComments": {
                        "title": "Scrape Thread Comments",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "If enabled, comments inside each thread will also be scraped and structured.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "maxCommentsPerThread": {
                        "title": "Max Comments per Thread",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 500,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Limit comments scraped per individual thread.",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Specifies proxy configuration to bypass Pantip rate limits and IP filters. Highly recommended to use Apify Residential Proxies."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```