Keywords: naver knowledge in, korean Q&A, naver kin data, south korea, korean web scraping, naver data, apify actor, korean data extraction

Naver Knowledge iN Scraper 🇰🇷

Scrape Naver Knowledge iN (지식iN) — Korea's largest Q&A platform — by keyword. Extract questions, answers, adopted answers, view counts, categories, and more.

No browser needed — uses fast, lightweight HTML parsing.

⚡ Quick Start

{
    "query": "파이썬 공부",
    "maxResults": 20,
    "fetchDetails": true
}

🎯 Use Cases

• Market Research — Understand what Koreans ask about any topic
• Content Strategy — Find frequently asked questions for blog/SEO topics
• Competitive Analysis — Monitor Q&A trends about products or brands
• Academic Research — Collect Korean-language Q&A datasets
• Customer Insights — Discover pain points people discuss online
• Language Learning — Gather real Korean Q&A for study material

📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
query	string	(required)	Search keyword (Korean or English)
maxResults	integer	20	Maximum questions to scrape (1-500)
fetchDetails	boolean	true	Fetch full question content + answers
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Apify Proxy settings

📤 Output Fields

Each result contains:

Field	Type	Description
questionId	string	Unique document ID
title	string	Question title
content	string	Full question text (when fetchDetails: true)
url	string	Direct URL to the question
category	string	Category path (e.g., "Q&A > 웹프로그래밍")
answerCount	integer	Number of answers
viewCount	integer	View count (when fetchDetails: true)
author	string	Question author (may be "비공개" = anonymous)
createdAt	string	Question creation date
adoptedAnswer	object	Adopted (best) answer with content, author, date
additionalAnswers	array	Other answers
tags	array	Tags/hashtags
searchQuery	string	Original search query used
scrapedAt	string	Scrape timestamp (UTC)

Sample Output

{
    "questionId": "489500647",
    "title": "모바일로는 파이썬 공부 못하나요?",
    "content": "모바일에서는 파이썬 공부 못하나요?\n혹시 있으면 알려주세요",
    "url": "https://kin.naver.com/qna/detail.naver?docId=489500647&dirId=10402&d1id=1",
    "category": "Q&A > 웹프로그래밍",
    "answerCount": 3,
    "viewCount": 267,
    "author": "비공개",
    "createdAt": "2025.10.14.",
    "adoptedAnswer": {
        "content": "할 수 있습니다. 구글 colab같은거 이용하시면...",
        "author": "답변자닉네임",
        "date": "2025.10.14.",
        "isAdopted": true
    },
    "additionalAnswers": [
        {
            "content": "모바일에서도 가능합니다...",
            "author": "다른답변자",
            "date": "2025.10.13.",
            "isAdopted": false
        }
    ],
    "tags": ["파이썬", "코딩"],
    "searchQuery": "파이썬 공부",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-02-28T02:30:00.000000"
}

💰 Pricing

• $0.50 per 1,000 questions — Pay only for results
• Detail page fetching included in the price
• No hidden fees or minimum spend

⚙️ Performance

Mode	Speed	Data
fetchDetails: true	~3-5 questions/sec	Full content + answers
fetchDetails: false	~50+ questions/sec	Titles + metadata only

🔧 Technical Details

• Method: Server-side rendered HTML parsing (httpx + BeautifulSoup)
• Rate limiting: Built-in delays to respect Naver's servers
• Proxy support: Optional Apify Proxy for high-volume scraping
• Language: Python 3.12+

📋 Notes

• Naver Knowledge iN is primarily Korean-language. English queries may return fewer results.
• Some question authors set their profile to "비공개" (anonymous).
• View counts and answer counts reflect the time of scraping.