Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper: fields and price

What it returns

18 fields from the published dataset schema. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.

content_type
title
url
question_id
answer_id
author_name
upvotes
view_count
comments_count
created_at
follower_count
answer_count
search_rank
search_result_type
discovery_source
source_query
access_state
source_url

Not in the schema among the core Quora fields: question, answer, votes, posted_at. The field matrix shows which other tools return them.

How it differs from the other Quora Actors

Among the 4 catalogue Actors for Quora with a published schema, only this one returns search_rank, search_result_type.

Pick another Actor if you need

Fields other Quora catalogue Actors return that Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper does not
Actor	Fields it adds	Price / 1K
Quora Question, Answer & Relationship Dataset Builder	event_type, state_snapshot_hash, previous_snapshot_hash, state_scope_fingerprint	$0.99
Quora Space Activity & Content Change Monitor	parser_strategy, parser_version, field_sources, fields_present	$0.99

Input

Input settings for Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper
Setting	Type	Required	Default	What it does
mode	string	No	search	Search discovers questions through the DuckDuckGo index and Quora related questions. URLs is deterministic and does not depend on search.
searchQueries	array	No	[]	Two to four word phrases work best. Each query finds at most a couple of question seeds, then related questions expand the result.
searchTarget	string	No	questions	Choose whether keyword discovery looks for question pages, profile pages, or both. Profile search is best-effort because search engines index few Quora profiles.
directUrls	array	No	[]	Question, answer, profile, or topic URLs. Language subdomains are accepted. Comma-separated or one URL per line.
usernames	array	No	[]	Quora profile usernames or slugs, with or without @ or a trailing slash. Each is normalised to a profile URL.
resultTypes	array	No	["question","answer","search_result"]	Which rows to save. Status and run-manifest rows are always emitted so blocked or empty sources stay visible.
includeAnswers	boolean	No	true	Expand question pages into answer rows. Turn off to keep question rows only.
maxAnswersPerQuestion	integer	No	20	Answers to collect from each question, including the 3-5 already visible on the page. Zero means no answers.
expandRelatedQuestions	boolean	No	true	Open related questions linked from each question page. Quora exposes up to 70, which is how keyword search reaches more than its first result.
maxRelatedQuestionsPerSeed	integer	No	20	How many related questions to open from each question page. Zero lists the links without opening them.

Show the other 12 settings

More input settings for Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper
Setting	Type	Required	Default	What it does
maxQuestionsPerQuery	integer	No	50	Hard cap on question rows for each search query, including seed and related questions.
includeAuthorProfiles	boolean	No	true	Open each discovered author's profile to add follower, answer, question, view, and join-date fields. Turn off to keep author rows from answer evidence only.
maxAuthors	integer	No	100	Maximum unique author rows to emit when author is included in Result Types.
minAnswerUpvotes	integer	No	0	Keep only answers with an explicit upvote count at or above this value. Answers with unknown upvotes are excluded when this is positive.
filterAiAnswers	string	No	include	Include all answers, drop answers Quora explicitly labels as AI, or keep only those labelled answers.
answerSortOrder	string	No	observed	Keep Quora's order, sort by explicit upvotes, or sort by the answer creation timestamp.
onlyUnanswered	boolean	No	false	Keep only questions whose visible answer count is exactly zero. Questions with an unknown count are excluded.
includeProfileSensitiveFields	boolean	No	true	Include location, employment, education, and join date on profile and author rows when Quora shows them.
includeSocialLinks	boolean	No	true	Include website and social links from a profile's public bio when present.
includeAnswerHtml	boolean	No	true	Include a rendered HTML version of each answer beside its plain text. Turn off to reduce dataset size.
maxItems	integer	No	200	Maximum question, answer, profile, author, topic, and search-result rows across the run. Status and manifest rows do not count.
includeFieldEvidence	boolean	No	true	Include field_sources and fields_present provenance maps on each row.

Example input

Built from the input form's published example values and defaults.

{
  "mode": "urls",
  "searchQueries": [],
  "searchTarget": "questions",
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"
  ],
  "usernames": [],
  "resultTypes": [
    "question",
    "answer"
  ],
  "includeAnswers": true,
  "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 2,
  "expandRelatedQuestions": false,
  "maxRelatedQuestionsPerSeed": 0,
  "maxQuestionsPerQuery": 1,
  "includeAuthorProfiles": true,
  "maxAuthors": 1,
  "minAnswerUpvotes": 0,
  "filterAiAnswers": "include",
  "answerSortOrder": "observed",
  "onlyUnanswered": false,
  "includeProfileSensitiveFields": true,
  "includeSocialLinks": true,
  "includeAnswerHtml": false,
  "maxItems": 3,
  "includeFieldEvidence": true
}

Run it from code or an AI agent

The same run through the Apify API, with the example input. You need an Apify API token; the run is billed to your account at the Store price.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
    "mode": "urls",
    "searchQueries": [],
    "searchTarget": "questions",
    "directUrls": [
        "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"
    ],
    "usernames": [],
    "resultTypes": [
        "question",
        "answer"
    ],
    "includeAnswers": True,
    "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 2,
    "expandRelatedQuestions": False,
    "maxRelatedQuestionsPerSeed": 0,
    "maxQuestionsPerQuery": 1,
    "includeAuthorProfiles": True,
    "maxAuthors": 1,
    "minAnswerUpvotes": 0,
    "filterAiAnswers": "include",
    "answerSortOrder": "observed",
    "onlyUnanswered": False,
    "includeProfileSensitiveFields": True,
    "includeSocialLinks": True,
    "includeAnswerHtml": False,
    "maxItems": 3,
    "includeFieldEvidence": True
}

run = client.actor("dataspryva/quora-question-answer-and-profile-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
    raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

pip install apify-client

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
    "mode": "urls",
    "searchQueries": [],
    "searchTarget": "questions",
    "directUrls": [
        "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"
    ],
    "usernames": [],
    "resultTypes": [
        "question",
        "answer"
    ],
    "includeAnswers": true,
    "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 2,
    "expandRelatedQuestions": false,
    "maxRelatedQuestionsPerSeed": 0,
    "maxQuestionsPerQuery": 1,
    "includeAuthorProfiles": true,
    "maxAuthors": 1,
    "minAnswerUpvotes": 0,
    "filterAiAnswers": "include",
    "answerSortOrder": "observed",
    "onlyUnanswered": false,
    "includeProfileSensitiveFields": true,
    "includeSocialLinks": true,
    "includeAnswerHtml": false,
    "maxItems": 3,
    "includeFieldEvidence": true
};

const run = await client.actor("dataspryva/quora-question-answer-and-profile-search-scraper").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

npm install apify-client

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~quora-question-answer-and-profile-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items"   -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"mode":"urls","searchQueries":[],"searchTarget":"questions","directUrls":["https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"],"usernames":[],"resultTypes":["question","answer"],"includeAnswers":true,"maxAnswersPerQuestion":2,"expandRelatedQuestions":false,"maxRelatedQuestionsPerSeed":0,"maxQuestionsPerQuery":1,"includeAuthorProfiles":true,"maxAuthors":1,"minAnswerUpvotes":0,"filterAiAnswers":"include","answerSortOrder":"observed","onlyUnanswered":false,"includeProfileSensitiveFields":true,"includeSocialLinks":true,"includeAnswerHtml":false,"maxItems":3,"includeFieldEvidence":true}'

Waits for the run and returns the dataset items (runs over 300 seconds return HTTP 408; start an async run instead).

MCP (AI agents)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dataspryva/quora-question-answer-and-profile-search-scraper",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Adds this Actor as a tool in an MCP client that takes a remote server URL (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) through Apify's hosted MCP server. OAuth sign-in also works without the header. Clients that only start local servers can wrap the URL with npx mcp-remote.

What a run costs

The result rate falls on higher Apify plans. Each figure is the published per-result rate times the number of results.

Cost of Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper results by Apify plan
Apify plan	Per 1,000	10,000 results	100,000 results
Free plan	$0.99	$9.90	$99
Starter plan	$0.82	$8.20	$82
Scale plan	$0.66	$6.60	$66
Business plan	$0.49	$4.90	$49

Every run also has a start event, charged per GB of memory (minimum one): $0.10 on Free, $0.03 on Business. At its default memory of 4 GB a run starts at $0.40 on Free. Fewer, larger runs keep this small.
The Free plan includes $5 of monthly usage (Apify pricing, checked 2026-11-11); at the Free rate that covers at most about 5,050 results, less start events and platform usage.
Worked example: 10,000 results in one run on the Free plan cost $10.30 ($9.90 for results + $0.40 start), plus Apify platform usage (compute), billed separately by Apify.
Pay per event. Platform usage (compute) is billed by Apify on top of the event prices. Compare other tools in the cost estimator.

Where it fits among Quora routes

It ranks 3 of 4 catalogue Actors for Quora on the published formula (fields, price, reliability, freshness). Its line is highlighted on the map.

1 Quora Question, Answer & Relationship Dataset Builder 120 output fields, pay per event 5 of 6 core fields
$0.99 / 1K
2 Quora Space Activity & Content Change Monitor 120 output fields, pay per event 2 of 6 core fields
$0.99 / 1K
3 Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper 18 output fields, pay per event 2 of 6 core fields
$0.99 / 1K
4 Quora Keyword Search & Author Discovery Scraper 15 output fields, pay per event 2 of 6 core fields
$0.99 / 1K
+ 8 other Store tools, combined Reference only 5 of 6 core fields
from $1.20 / 1K
API No public content API No open API fields not compared

Stops are fields. A ring means the field is in that route's published output schema; no ring means the line passes without it. Bold labels are the core fields for this website, the rest are fields that differ between routes. A white capsule means every data line stops there. The red line is the official API; its field coverage is not compared. A crossed red line means there is no open official API.

Official route: No public content API

No open API. Quora does not publish an open public content API for question and answer data.

Not applicable.

Official documentation

Other Store tools for Quora

Reference only, from their public listings.

Other Store tools for Quora
Tool	Fields	Price / 1K
Quora Scraper (Questions & Answers)	120	$2.99
Quora Questions Scraper	16	$1.92
Quora Scraper	12	$1.20
Quora Scraper: Questions, Answers and Profiles (No Login)	28	$1.90
Quora Scraper	9	$2.50

What people use it for

Discover questions
Collect answers
Analyze engagement

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Questions people ask

How much does Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper cost?

The published result rate depends on your Apify plan: $0.99 per 1,000 on Free, $0.82 per 1,000 on Starter, $0.66 per 1,000 on Scale, $0.49 per 1,000 on Business. So 10,000 results cost about $9.90 on the Free plan and $4.90 on Business, plus a start fee of $0.10 per run per GB of memory on Free. Platform usage is billed separately.

What data does Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper return?

Its published output schema lists 18 fields: content_type, title, url, question_id, answer_id, author_name, upvotes, view_count, comments_count, created_at, follower_count, answer_count, and 6 more. A listed field is not guaranteed to be filled in every row.

What input does Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper need?

No input is strictly required; the defaults run as is. Common settings: mode, searchQueries, searchTarget, directUrls, usernames, resultTypes.

What are the alternatives to Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper for Quora?

4 catalogue Actors cover Quora. Close alternatives: Quora Question, Answer & Relationship Dataset Builder; Quora Space Activity & Content Change Monitor; Quora Keyword Search & Author Discovery Scraper. The Quora page compares all of them field by field.

How do I run Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper from Python or the API?

Use the Apify API client: in Python, ApifyClient(token).actor("dataspryva/quora-question-answer-and-profile-search-scraper").call(run_input=...), then read the run's default dataset (run.default_dataset_id); in JavaScript the same call is client.actor("dataspryva/quora-question-answer-and-profile-search-scraper").call(input). Without a client, POST the input JSON to https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~quora-question-answer-and-profile-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items with your API token. Ready-to-paste code with the example input is on this page.

Sources

Actor updated 2026-10-26 Data synced 2026-11-12

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Scraper Finder. "Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper." https://scraperfinder.com/catalogue/quora-question-answer-and-profile-search-scraper/ (data checked 2026-11-12).

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Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper

Short answer

What it returns

How it differs from the other Quora Actors

Pick another Actor if you need

Input

Example input

Run it from code or an AI agent

Python

JavaScript

cURL

MCP (AI agents)

What a run costs

Where it fits among Quora routes

Official route: No public content API

Other Store tools for Quora

What people use it for

Other catalogue Actors for Quora

Similar Actors

Questions people ask

Sources

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