# Bing People Also Ask Scraper (`searchapi/bing-people-also-ask-scraper`) Actor

Extracts People Also Ask questions, answers, and source information from Bing search results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/bing-people-also-ask-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, SEO tools, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 search 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?

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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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — 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

## Bing People Also Ask Scraper

Extracts People Also Ask questions, answers, and source information from Bing search results.

### What this Actor collects

Each dataset item represents one expanded Bing People Also Ask question, with its answer, cited source, nesting depth, parent question, and discovered related questions.

- Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
- Stores source-backed fields defined by the 16-field dataset schema.
- Omits optional fields when the source does not expose a value instead of writing nulls or fabricated placeholders.

### Use cases

- Question and intent research
- Source and answer monitoring
- FAQ and content-gap discovery

### Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied; source-specific alternatives and constraints are described in the field text.

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | :---: | --- | --- |
| `query` | string | Yes | `"how does climate change work"` | The search query to find PAA panels for (e.g. 'how does climate change work') |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | `20` | Maximum number of PAA question-answer pairs to extract |
| `expandNested` | boolean | No | `true` | Click nested PAA questions to expand deeper follow-up questions |
| `market` | string | No | `"en-US"` | Bing market code (language-country), e.g. en-US, en-GB, de-DE |
| `headless` | boolean | No | `true` | Run browser in headless mode (recommended for performance) |
| `debug` | boolean | No | `false` | Log sanitized Bing answer-module structure without response bodies, credentials, or proxy details |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | `{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}` | Proxy settings for the scraper |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "climate change",
  "maxItems": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "countryCode": "US"
  },
  "expandNested": true,
  "market": "en-US",
  "headless": true,
  "debug": false
}
```

### Output

The default dataset contains one item per People Also Ask question-and-answer pair. The following are the most useful fields; answer and source fields appear only when Bing exposes them.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `position` | integer | Position |
| `question` | string | Question |
| `answer` | string | Answer |
| `sourceUrl` | string | Source URL |
| `sourceTitle` | string | Source title |
| `depth` | integer | Expansion depth |
| `searchQuery` | string | Search query |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scraped at (ISO 8601) |
| `type` | string | Record type |
| `answerHtml` | string | Answer HTML |
| `sourceDomain` | string | Source domain |
| `parentQuestion` | string | Parent question |
| `relatedQuestions` | array | Related questions |
| `resultType` | string | Result type |
| `searchUrl` | string | Search URL |
| `searchMetadata` | object | Search metadata |

<details>
<summary>All 16 declared dataset fields</summary>

`type`, `position`, `question`, `answer`, `answerHtml`, `sourceUrl`, `sourceDomain`, `sourceTitle`, `depth`, `parentQuestion`
`relatedQuestions`, `resultType`, `searchQuery`, `searchUrl`, `searchMetadata`, `scrapedAt`

</details>

#### Example dataset item

No static output record is embedded because the current local storage has no trustworthy item. Run the Actor with the example input to create source-backed output; the Actor does not fabricate a sample record.

### Related Actors

- [Bing Images Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/bing-images-scraper)
- [Bing Keywords Discovery Tool](https://apify.com/searchapi/bing-keywords-discovery-tool)
- [Bing Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/bing-maps-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

The search query to find PAA panels for (e.g. 'how does climate change work')

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of PAA question-answer pairs to extract

## `expandNested` (type: `boolean`):

Click nested PAA questions to expand deeper follow-up questions

## `market` (type: `string`):

Bing market code (language-country), e.g. en-US, en-GB, de-DE

## `headless` (type: `boolean`):

Run browser in headless mode (recommended for performance)

## `debug` (type: `boolean`):

Log sanitized Bing answer-module structure without response bodies, credentials, or proxy details

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

Proxy settings for the scraper

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "how does climate change work",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "expandNested": true,
  "market": "en-US",
  "headless": true,
  "debug": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Normalized People Also Ask question and answer records with source and expansion metadata.

# 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 = {
    "query": "how does climate change work",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "market": "en-US"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/bing-people-also-ask-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 = {
    "query": "how does climate change work",
    "maxItems": 20,
    "market": "en-US",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/bing-people-also-ask-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "how does climate change work",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "market": "en-US"
}' |
apify call searchapi/bing-people-also-ask-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,searchapi/bing-people-also-ask-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/bNoR91sQPYKilwnod/builds/aoUIK3iHMVYL2Y0oQ/openapi.json