# Quora Scraper (`scrapier/quora-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapier/quora-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapier](https://apify.com/scrapier) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.99 / 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.md):

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

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

## Quora Scraper 🔍 — Questions, Answers, Profiles, Topics & Spaces

Extract structured data from **Quora** at scale — **no login, no cookies required**. Search by keyword or paste direct URLs and get back clean rows for **questions, answers, user profiles, topics and spaces**, including full answer text, author info, upvotes, comments, shares and engagement metrics.

### ✨ Why Choose This Scraper?

- **No login / no account** — works on public Quora data out of the box.
- **5 content types** — questions, answers, profiles, topics and spaces from a single input.
- **Full answer pagination** — not just the first page; collect up to thousands of answers per question.
- **Smart proxy ladder** — starts **direct** (cheapest), and only escalates to **datacenter → residential** if Quora blocks you, then sticks with residential. You never pay for proxy you don't need.
- **Headless browser fallback** — hard-blocked pages are rendered in a real browser as a last resort.
- **Live results** — rows stream into the dataset as they are scraped, so nothing is lost on a long run.

### 🔑 Key Features

| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 🔍 Keyword search | Resolves keywords to relevant Quora URLs and scrapes each one. |
| 🔗 Bulk URLs | Paste any number of Quora question / profile / topic / space URLs. |
| 💬 Answer extraction | Full answer text, author, credentials, upvotes, comments, shares, AI-answer flag. |
| 🛡️ Auto proxy escalation | direct → datacenter → residential, sticky after fallback. |
| 🗂️ Per-section views | Separate Console tables for Questions, Answers, Profiles, Topics, Spaces. |

### 📥 Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `searchQueries` | array | Keywords to search on Quora. |
| `directUrls` | array | Direct Quora URLs to scrape (bulk). |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max results per keyword / answers per question (default 50). |
| `requestDelay` | number | Polite delay (seconds) before each request. |
| `useBrowserFallback` | boolean | Render hard-blocked pages in a headless browser. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Apify proxy settings. |

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["python programming"],
  "directUrls": ["https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
````

### 📤 Output

Each row carries a `content_type` of `question`, `answer`, `profile`, `topic` or `space`.

```json
{
  "content_type": "answer",
  "title": "What is Python primarily used for?",
  "answer_text": "Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language…",
  "author_name": "Rahat Ahmed",
  "author_url": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Rahat-Ahmed-475",
  "author_credentials": "Software Engineer",
  "upvotes": 2,
  "comments_count": 0,
  "shares_count": 3,
  "answer_timestamp": "3y",
  "is_ai_answer": false,
  "question_url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for",
  "scrape_timestamp": "2026-06-14T07:46:04.556861+00:00"
}
```

### 🚀 How to Use (Apify Console)

1. Log in at <https://console.apify.com> → **Actors**.
2. Open **Quora Scraper** and go to the **Input** tab.
3. Add **search keywords** and/or **direct Quora URLs**, set **Maximum Results**.
4. (Optional) Adjust the **proxy** — the default starts direct and self-escalates.
5. Click **Start** and watch the live logs.
6. Open the **Output** tab — switch between the **Questions / Answers / Profiles / Topics / Spaces** views.
7. Export to JSON / CSV / XLSX.

### 🤖 Use via API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<ACTOR_ID>/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"directUrls":["https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"],"maxResults":10}'
```

### 💡 Best Use Cases

- Market & audience research on any topic discussed on Quora.
- Lead and expert discovery from profiles and credentials.
- Content ideation and competitive analysis from top answers.
- Training / evaluation datasets of real Q\&A text.

### 💳 Pricing

This Actor uses **pay-per-result**: you are charged per row (question, answer, profile, topic or space) written to the dataset. Searching and proxy escalation add no extra charge — you only pay for data you receive.

### ❓ FAQ

**Do I need a Quora account?** No. Only public data is collected.

**Why did a search return nothing?** Search uses a third-party engine that occasionally rate-limits flagged IPs. Enable the proxy or rerun — the Actor auto-escalates to residential.

**Can I scrape every answer on a question?** Yes — raise `maxResults`.

### ⚖️ Legal

Only **publicly available** data is collected. You are responsible for compliance with Quora's Terms, GDPR/CCPA and any applicable laws. Do not scrape private or authenticated content.

### 📨 Support

Open an issue from the Actor's **Issues** tab with your run ID and input, and we'll help.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Quora. Each keyword is resolved to relevant Quora URLs and scraped automatically. Leave empty to only use direct URLs.

## `directUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste Quora URLs to scrape in bulk — questions, profiles (/profile/...), topics (/topic/...) or spaces (/q/...). Example: https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Max results per search keyword, and max answers scraped per question URL.

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

Proxy settings. The scraper starts DIRECT (no proxy) and only escalates to datacenter, then residential, if Quora blocks the request — sticking with residential afterwards.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "python programming"
  ],
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "python programming"
    ],
    "directUrls": [
        "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"
    ],
    "maxResults": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapier/quora-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 = {
    "searchQueries": ["python programming"],
    "directUrls": ["https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"],
    "maxResults": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapier/quora-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "python programming"
  ],
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call scrapier/quora-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Quora Scraper",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "vJoa1nTJfvW98b7df"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapier~quora-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapier-quora-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapier~quora-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapier-quora-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapier~quora-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapier-quora-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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",
                "properties": {
                    "searchQueries": {
                        "title": "🔍 Search Keywords",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Keywords to search on Quora. Each keyword is resolved to relevant Quora URLs and scraped automatically. Leave empty to only use direct URLs.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "directUrls": {
                        "title": "🔗 Direct Quora URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Paste Quora URLs to scrape in bulk — questions, profiles (/profile/...), topics (/topic/...) or spaces (/q/...). Example: https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "📊 Maximum Results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 50000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Max results per search keyword, and max answers scraped per question URL.",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "🛡️ Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings. The scraper starts DIRECT (no proxy) and only escalates to datacenter, then residential, if Quora blocks the request — sticking with residential afterwards."
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```