Quora Scraper

Scrape Quora questions and answers by providing direct question URLs or keyword search terms. Extracts answer text, author info, upvote counts, and engagement metrics from public Quora pages.

Features

• Scrape questions and answers by keyword search or direct URL
• Extracts question title, answer text, author credentials, and upvotes
• Handles Quora's Cloudflare fingerprint protection automatically
• Configurable maximum items and answers per question
• Supports topic pages and search result pages

Usage

Keyword Search

Provide one or more keywords — the actor searches Quora for matching questions and scrapes the results:

{
  "keywords": ["machine learning", "artificial intelligence"],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 5
}

Direct URL Scraping

Provide specific Quora question URLs to scrape directly:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-machine-learning" },
    { "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-programming" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 3
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	—	Direct Quora question or search URLs. Takes priority over keywords.
keywords	Array	—	Search terms. Used when startUrls is empty.
maxItems	Integer	10	Maximum total records (question+answer pairs) to scrape.
maxAnswersPerQuestion	Integer	5	Maximum answers to extract per question page.

One of startUrls or keywords is required.

Output

Each output record represents one answer to a Quora question:

{
  "question_url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-machine-learning",
  "question_title": "What is machine learning?",
  "answer_author": "Jane Smith",
  "answer_author_bio": "PhD in Computer Science, Stanford",
  "answer_text": "Machine learning is a branch of computer science...",
  "answer_upvotes": "2.1K",
  "answer_index": 1,
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-07T20:00:00.000Z"
}

If a question has no accessible answers (login gating), a record is still saved with the question title and null answer fields.

Notes

• Quora content is public for most questions but may require a login for some. The actor scrapes available content without authentication.
• The actor uses real browser rendering to handle Quora's Cloudflare protection. No proxy or CAPTCHA solver is required.
• Answer counts per question depend on how many answers Quora renders before the login wall appears.