# Quora Answers Universal Scraper (`scrapifier/quora-answers-universal-scraper`) Actor

💬 Scrape Quora answers by question URL or profile URL. Get the full answer text, author, upvotes, views, shares, the question and dates — as clean structured data. No login and no cookies needed.

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

## Pricing

from $0.61 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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/docs.md):

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

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```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

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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.

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# README

## 💬 Quora Scraper

Extract Quora answers from any question or profile — full text, author, upvotes, views and dates — and export them as structured JSON, CSV or Excel. No code required.

[![Apify Actor](https://apify.com/actor-badge?actor=scrapifier/quora-answers-universal-scraper)](https://apify.com/scrapifier/quora-answers-universal-scraper)

### 📋 Contents

- [Overview](#-overview)
- [How to use](#-how-to-use)
- [Input](#-input)
- [Output](#-output)
- [Pricing](#-pricing)
- [Proxy and performance](#-proxy-and-performance)
- [Integrations](#-integrations)
- [Related Actors](#-related-actors)
- [FAQ](#-faq)
- [Support](#-support)

### 📖 Overview

Collect Quora answers by pasting a Quora URL. Give a **question URL** to get every answer to that question, or a **profile URL** to get the answers a person has written. For each answer you get the full text, the author (name, profile, whether anonymous), upvotes, views, shares, the question it belongs to, and the creation/updated dates.

- Scrape by **question URL** (all answers to a question) or **profile URL** (all answers by a user).
- Full **answer text** plus author, upvotes, views, shares and dates.
- Attaches the **question** each answer belongs to (title, URL, answer count).
- No login and no cookies required — works on public content.
- Exports to JSON, CSV, Excel, or the Apify dataset API.
- Pay per result — no subscription.

### 🚀 How to use

1. Paste one or more Quora **question** or **profile** URLs into **Quora URLs**.
2. Set **Max answers per URL** (`0` = as many as Quora exposes).
3. Start the run.
4. Download your data from the **Storage** tab, or fetch it from the API.

### 📥 Input

| Field | Key | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quora URLs | `startUrls` | array | question example | Quora question URLs and/or profile URLs. |
| Max answers per URL | `maxAnswersPerItem` | integer | `50` | Answers to collect per question / profile. `0` = all. |
| Include question details | `includeQuestion` | boolean | `true` | Attach the question (title, URL, answer count) to each answer. |
| Include raw content | `includeRawContent` | boolean | `false` | Also include Quora's original rich-text content structure. |
| Flat columns | `flatten` | boolean | `false` | Add flat `authorName` / `authorUrl` / `questionTitle` columns for CSV/Excel. |
| Proxy configuration | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Off | Leave off — the Actor works best with no proxy. |

<details>
<summary>Example input</summary>

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-programming" },
    { "url": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Adam-DAngelo" }
  ],
  "maxAnswersPerItem": 50,
  "includeQuestion": true
}
````

</details>

### 📤 Output

Each answer is stored as one dataset item. Export it as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it from the API.

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `answerId` | Unique Quora answer ID |
| `url` | Direct link to the answer |
| `content` | The full answer text |
| `wordCount` | Number of words in the answer |
| `numViews` / `numUpvotes` / `numShares` | Engagement metrics |
| `creationTime` / `updatedTime` | When the answer was written / last updated |
| `isDeleted` | Whether the answer is deleted |
| `author{}` | Author: name, profile URL, ID, whether anonymous |
| `question{}` | Question: title, URL, answer count |
| `authorName` / `authorUrl` / `questionTitle` | Flat columns (with **Flat columns**) |

<details>
<summary>Example output</summary>

```json
{
  "answerId": 630508,
  "url": "https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-best-way-to-learn-how-to-program/answer/Zed-A.-Shaw",
  "content": "If you've got experience programming then making something with a new language does work…",
  "wordCount": 210,
  "numViews": 8232,
  "numUpvotes": 49,
  "numShares": 0,
  "creationTime": "2013-05-02T18:41:10Z",
  "author": { "name": "Zed A. Shaw", "url": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Zed-A-Shaw", "isAnonymous": false },
  "question": { "title": "What's the best way to learn how to program?", "url": "https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-best-way-to-learn-how-to-program", "answerCount": 42 }
}
```

</details>

### 💰 Pricing

**$0.90 per 1,000 answers.** No subscription — you pay only for the results you extract. New Apify users can try the Actor with their free monthly platform credits.

### 🛡️ Proxy and performance

- **Leave the proxy off** — this Actor is tuned to run without one, and a proxy usually makes Quora runs less reliable.
- Start with a small **Max answers per URL** to validate your setup, then increase it.
- Add several question or profile URLs in one run to collect in bulk.
- The first request per run warms up the session; the rest are fast.

### 🔌 Integrations

Run the Actor from the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2), the [JavaScript](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js) or [Python](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python) clients, or connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets and Slack through Apify integrations. Each run's data is available as JSON or CSV via the dataset API.

### 🔗 Related Actors

- [Trustpilot Universal Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapifier/trustpilot-universal-scraper) — customer reviews from Trustpilot.
- [Glassdoor Reviews Universal Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapifier/glassdoor-reviews-universal-scraper) — company reviews from Glassdoor.
- [Vinted Universal Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapifier/vinted-universal-scraper) — second-hand marketplace listings.

Need another source? Open an issue.

### ❓ FAQ

**Which URLs are supported?**

Quora **question** URLs (`https://www.quora.com/<question>`) and **profile** URLs (`https://www.quora.com/profile/<name>`). Space and topic URLs are not supported yet.

**Do I need to log in or provide cookies?**

No. The Actor collects public content without any login or cookies.

**How many answers can I get per question?**

As many as Quora exposes publicly. Set **Max answers per URL** to `0` to collect them all.

**How fresh is the data?**

It is collected live at runtime.

### 💬 Support

Questions or issues? Post them in the **Issues** tab and I will respond quickly. If the Actor is useful to you, a review is appreciated.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste one or more Quora URLs. A question URL (e.g. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-programming) collects every answer to that question. A profile URL (e.g. https://www.quora.com/profile/Adam-DAngelo) collects the answers that person has written.

## `maxAnswersPerItem` (type: `integer`):

How many answers to collect per question / per profile (0 = as many as Quora exposes).

## `includeQuestion` (type: `boolean`):

Attach the question (title, URL, answer count) to every answer.

## `includeRawContent` (type: `boolean`):

Also include Quora's original rich-text content structure alongside the readable text.

## `flatten` (type: `boolean`):

Add flat authorName / authorUrl / questionTitle columns (drops the nested objects) for clean CSV/Excel exports.

## `emitInputStatus` (type: `boolean`):

Add an input\_status report to the run's OUTPUT record.

## `maxChallengeRetries` (type: `integer`):

How many retry attempts if a page fails to load. Increase only if runs report being blocked.

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

Leave OFF (recommended). A proxy usually makes Quora runs fail — the Actor works best without one. Only add a proxy if you have your own clean, ISP-grade IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-programming"
    }
  ],
  "maxAnswersPerItem": 50,
  "includeQuestion": true,
  "includeRawContent": false,
  "flatten": false,
  "emitInputStatus": true,
  "maxChallengeRetries": 6,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `answers` (type: `string`):

All Quora answers extracted by this run.

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-programming"
        }
    ],
    "maxAnswersPerItem": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapifier/quora-answers-universal-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-programming" }],
    "maxAnswersPerItem": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapifier/quora-answers-universal-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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-programming"
    }
  ],
  "maxAnswersPerItem": 50
}' |
apify call scrapifier/quora-answers-universal-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Quora Answers Universal Scraper",
        "description": "💬 Scrape Quora answers by question URL or profile URL. Get the full answer text, author, upvotes, views, shares, the question and dates — as clean structured data. No login and no cookies needed.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "CX9R1yeGyjth3sAFE"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/scrapifier~quora-answers-universal-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapifier-quora-answers-universal-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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapifier~quora-answers-universal-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapifier-quora-answers-universal-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapifier~quora-answers-universal-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapifier-quora-answers-universal-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                    "startUrls": {
                        "title": "Quora URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Paste one or more Quora URLs. A question URL (e.g. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-programming) collects every answer to that question. A profile URL (e.g. https://www.quora.com/profile/Adam-DAngelo) collects the answers that person has written.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": [
                                "url"
                            ],
                            "properties": {
                                "url": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "title": "URL of a web page",
                                    "format": "uri"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    "maxAnswersPerItem": {
                        "title": "Max answers per URL",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "How many answers to collect per question / per profile (0 = as many as Quora exposes).",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "includeQuestion": {
                        "title": "Include question details",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Attach the question (title, URL, answer count) to every answer.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "includeRawContent": {
                        "title": "Include raw content",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Also include Quora's original rich-text content structure alongside the readable text.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "flatten": {
                        "title": "Flat columns (CSV-friendly)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Add flat authorName / authorUrl / questionTitle columns (drops the nested objects) for clean CSV/Excel exports.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "emitInputStatus": {
                        "title": "Report empty inputs",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Add an input_status report to the run's OUTPUT record.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "maxChallengeRetries": {
                        "title": "Page load retries",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "How many retry attempts if a page fails to load. Increase only if runs report being blocked.",
                        "default": 6
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Leave OFF (recommended). A proxy usually makes Quora runs fail — the Actor works best without one. Only add a proxy if you have your own clean, ISP-grade IPs.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": false
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```