# Tor Hidden Service Search Engine for Email

**Use case:** 

Find Ahmia index results related to anonymous email services. Review each result’s title, onion URL, rank, snippet, and last-seen claim to support privacy research. Set searchQueries to choose the keywords and maxResultsPerQuery to cap results for each query.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "source": "onionTree",
  "categories": [],
  "searchQueries": [
    "email",
    "mail"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 20,
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 1,
  "verifyLiveness": false,
  "livenessTimeoutSecs": 8,
  "includeUnreachable": true,
  "extractEmails": false,
  "extractPhones": false,
  "extractSocialHandles": false,
  "extractPgpContacts": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "onionUrl": {
    "label": "Onion URL",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "categories": {
    "label": "Categories",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Measured status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Tor Hidden Service Crawler & Contact Extractor Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Tor Hidden Service Search Engine for Email". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/GmcELXqzguboJx1gH) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Tor Hidden Service Search Engine for Email" task

The Tor Hidden Service Crawler & Contact Extractor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like mode, directory source, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Tor Hidden Service Search Engine for Email" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as name, onion url, categories, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Tor Hidden Service Search Engine for Email" task via API](https://apify.com/xyrelith-data/tor-hidden-service-crawler-and-contact-extractor.md).

## FAQ

### How do I search Ahmia for Tor hidden services related to email?

The Tor search results task searches Ahmia for “email” and “mail.” Set the keywords to suit your research; each keyword is one search request.

### What information does Ahmia show for Tor hidden service search results?

Each result in the Tor search results task can include its title, onion URL, rank, snippet, and last-seen claim. Search results are metadata; their pages are not opened.

### How many Tor hidden service results can I GET for each keyword?

The Tor search results task is set to return up to 20 results per keyword, with a global cap of 20 records for this run.

### Can I search for Tor hidden service setup or directory links?

You can enter keywords such as “setup” or “directory” in the Tor search results task. It queries Ahmia’s index and does not open result pages.

### Does the Tor search results task need a login or API key?

The Tor search results task requires no cookies, API keys, or proxy configuration. It queries Ahmia’s index for the keywords you provide.

### Can I download Tor hidden service search results?

Results from the Tor search results task land in a dataset that can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or an HTML table.

### Can I schedule Tor hidden service searches or run them through an API?

You can run the Tor search results task on an Apify Schedule, through the Apify API, or from integrations such as Zapier, Make, and n8n.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Tor Hidden Service Crawler & Contact Extractor](https://apify.com/xyrelith-data/tor-hidden-service-crawler-and-contact-extractor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/xyrelith-data/tor-hidden-service-crawler-and-contact-extractor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/xyrelith-data/tor-hidden-service-crawler-and-contact-extractor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).