Quora Scraper | No Cookies | $5 / 1K ## Overview Quora Scraper | No Cookies | $5 / 1K collects public data from Quora, including questions, answers, posts, profiles, topics, and spaces. Quora hosts millions of discussions that reveal real user opinions, expertise, and interests, making it a rich source for research, outreach, LLM-ready Q&A corpora, and trend monitoring. This actor automates the process end-to-end so you can capture structured information reliably without manual browsing or handling cookies. ## Why Use This Actor * Research-ready insights: Track conversations, sentiment, and recurring themes for market, product, content, and LLM research. * Lead and expert discovery: Surface profiles and spaces where your audience or subject-matter experts are active. * Content inspiration: Mine questions and answers to fuel blog posts, FAQs, and knowledge bases. * Directory building: Compile lists of spaces, topics, or profiles with their key details for analysis or enrichment. * LLM training and evaluation: Gather natural Q&A pairs, topic clusters, and long-form community discussions that can support dataset creation, benchmarking, and hallucination-spotting workflows. * Time and consistency: Schedule repeat runs, keep datasets fresh, and export in formats that plug directly into your workflows. ## Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | Default | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | queries | array of strings | Search keywords to look up on Quora. Combine with searchType and timeFilter to refine results. Use this for scraping from search pages. | ["Cheesecake", "acai bowl", "Elon Musk"] | | searchType | string | Content type returned for keyword searches. Options: Question, Answer, Post, Profile, Space. Ignored for direct URLs. | Question | | timeFilter | string | Limit keyword search results by recency. Options: All Time, Past Day, Past Week, Past Month, Past Year. Ignored for direct URLs. | All Time | | startUrls | array of strings | Direct Quora URLs (search pages, profiles, spaces, topics, questions, or posts). Use this to target specific pages without relying on search. | Prefilled examples provided | | maxItemsPerQuery | integer | Maximum number of results saved per keyword or direct URL (minimum 10). | 10000 | | proxyConfiguration | object | Proxy settings. Residential proxies are recommended for smoother runs. | Apify Proxy with RESIDENTIAL group | ## Example Input Below are two ways to configure the actor: ### Scraping by Query 🎯 (use search keywords) Use this when you want Quora search results filtered by content type and time window. json { "queries": ["Human"], "searchType": "Space", "timeFilter": "Past Year", "maxItemsPerQuery": 50 } When to use: Ideal for discovering spaces related to a topic (e.g., searching "Human" with Space returns matching spaces with their info and links). ### Scrape by Direct URL 🎯 (paste full Quora links) Use this when you already have the exact pages to capture. json { "startUrls": [ "https://humanity.quora.com/", "https://www.quora.com/Is-AI-an-existential-threat-to-humanity", "https://www.quora.com/topic/Humans" ], "maxItemsPerQuery": 100 } When to use: Perfect for scraping specific spaces, questions, or topics directly (e.g., providing https://humanity.quora.com/ collects its posts and related details). ## Example Output Each dataset item represents one captured result, organized with content details and general metadata. json { "question": { "title": "Is AI an existential threat to humanity?", "url": "https://www.quora.com/Is-AI-an-existential-threat-to-humanity", "answerCount": 120, "followerCount": 240, "commentCount": 8, "postedTime": "2024-03-18T10:22:00.000Z" }, "answer": { "url": "https://www.quora.com/Is-AI-an-existential-threat-to-humanity/answer/Example-Author", "text": "AI poses risks, but robust governance and alignment research can mitigate them...", "commentCount": 3, "upvoteCount": 56, "authorName": "Example Author", "authorUrl": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Example-Author", "postedTime": "2024-04-01T09:10:00.000Z" }, "post": null, "general": { "query": "Human", "type": "Question", "resultUrl": "https://www.quora.com/Is-AI-an-existential-threat-to-humanity", "scrapedFromUrl": "https://www.quora.com/search?q=Human&type=question", "scrapedAt": "2024-05-01T12:00:00.000Z", "searchTimeFilter": "Past Year" } } * question — Title, link, engagement counts, and publish time for the question. * answer — Answer URL, excerpt, engagement, author details, and timestamp. * post — Present when the result is a space post; otherwise null. * general — The original query or URL, the result type, source URL, scrape timestamp, and time filter used. ## Notes & Limitations * Use this actor responsibly and only for lawful purposes. Review and respect Quora’s terms of service and policies before scraping or using the data. * Public data may include personal information; ensure you have a legal basis to process and store it in your jurisdiction. * Start with smaller result limits when testing new queries or URLs. ## Support Questions or custom needs? Open an issue on the Issues tab of the actor page in Apify Console and it will be resolved around the clock. Happy Scraping, - Fatih