Quora Question, Answer & Relationship Dataset Builder: MCP config, n8n workflow and API

{
  "mode": "auto",
  "scrapeDepth": "detail",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-life"
    }
  ],
  "outputFormat": "normalized",
  "dedupeMode": "canonical",
  "onlyNewItems": false,
  "includeUnchanged": true,
  "includeFieldEvidence": true,
  "includeUnresolvedEdges": true,
  "includeProfileEdges": false,
  "includeQuestionFollowerEdges": false,
  "includeAnswerUpvoterEdges": false,
  "includeSensitiveRelationshipData": false,
  "includeTargetMetadata": false,
  "includeRelationshipCounts": false,
  "includeSpaceRoleEdges": false,
  "includeSpaceContentEdges": true,
  "maxQuestions": 10,
  "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 5,
  "includeQuestion": true,
  "includeAuthor": true,
  "includeAuthorSnapshot": false,
  "includeTopics": true,
  "includeSpaces": false,
  "includeComments": false,
  "includeEngagementBreakdown": true,
  "includeRelatedContent": false,
  "topCommentsOnly": false,
  "includeReplyGraph": false,
  "includeMedia": false,
  "includeFeedText": false,
  "includeOutboundLinks": false,
  "includeEntityGraph": false,
  "maxCommentsPerAnswer": 0,
  "maxCommentDepth": 20,
  "maxGraphEdges": 1000,
  "includeRawEvidence": false,
  "includeHtml": false,
  "redactSensitiveQueryParams": true,
  "maxItemsPerSource": 0,
  "searchDiscovery": "relatedOnly",
  "maxRelatedQuestions": 0,
  "searchResultsPerQuery": 0,
  "maxAnswerPages": 0,
  "maxTopicFeedPages": 0,
  "maxSpaceFeedBundles": 1,
  "includeCommentReplies": false,
  "includeQuoraPlusPreview": true,
  "includeProfileStats": true,
  "includeTopicStats": true,
  "includeSpaceStats": true,
  "includePostStats": true,
  "includeAnswerStats": true,
  "includeTopicFeed": false,
  "includeQuestionAudit": false,
  "includeProfileHistory": false,
  "maxProfileHistoryPages": 0,
  "maxRelationshipPages": 0
}

---
name: quora-question-answer-and-relationship-dataset
description: "Normalized Quora questions, answers, comments, profiles, Spaces, relationship edges, status rows, and a run manifest. Runs the Apify Actor nimbryxo-studio/quora-question-answer-and-relationship-dataset. Use when the user needs Quora data with fields such as content_type, event_type, state_snapshot_hash, previous_snapshot_hash, state_scope_fingerprint, state_store_state and an Apify token is available."
compatibility: "Needs network access, curl, and an APIFY_TOKEN environment variable. Runs are billed to the token owner's Apify account."
metadata:
  actor: "nimbryxo-studio/quora-question-answer-and-relationship-dataset"
  store-url: "https://apify.com/nimbryxo-studio/quora-question-answer-and-relationship-dataset"
---

# Quora Question, Answer & Relationship Dataset Builder

Use this skill to fetch Quora data with the Apify Actor `nimbryxo-studio/quora-question-answer-and-relationship-dataset` and work with the returned rows.

## Before running

1. Check that `APIFY_TOKEN` is set in the environment. Never print it or write it to a file.
2. Build `input.json` from the user's request using the fields below. Keep limits small for a first run.
3. Confirm the search terms or URLs with the user if the request is ambiguous.

## Input fields

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mode` | one of `auto`, `byQuestionUrls`, `byAnswerUrls`, `byProfileUrls`, `byTopicUrls`, `bySpaceUrls`, `byPostUrls`, `search` | Optional dispatcher. auto detects every supported Quora route; typed modes validate startUrls against that route. Typed seed lists still work without mode. |
| `scrapeDepth` | one of `overview`, `detail` | Overview emits page metadata without answer/comment/feed expansion; detail enables SSR answers plus bounded GraphQL pagination and optional comments/topic feeds. |
| `startUrls` | array | Question, answer, profile, topic, Space, or search URLs. Mixed lists are auto-detected; invalid hosts become status rows instead of failing the run. |
| `outputFormat` | one of `normalized`, `nested`, `flat`, `edges` | Projection after one canonical extraction path. Nested groups emitted answers and comments under explicit question/answer parents; flat keeps entity rows with parent context; edges emits explicit edge rows plus status rows. |
| `dedupeMode` | one of `canonical`, `none` | canonical suppresses overlapping entity rows by stable ID or canonical URL (default); none preserves every observed non-status row. The run manifest reports duplicate_records_suppressed. |
| `onlyNewItems` | boolean | Annotate canonical entity rows with new/changed/unchanged/scope_mismatch state and suppress only unchanged semantic rows when includeUnchanged is false. Requires stateStoreId; status, graph, and manifest rows remain visible. |
| `includeUnchanged` | boolean | Retain unchanged semantic entities when incremental state is enabled; output projection does not alter comparison hashes. |
| `includeFieldEvidence` | boolean | Include field_sources and fields_present maps. Disable only when a smaller payload is required; semantic values and protected access fields remain unchanged. |
| `includeUnresolvedEdges` | boolean | Retain relationship rows whose endpoint URL was not explicitly observed, with unresolved_reason. Disabling this suppresses only those edge rows and does not imply complete relationships. |
| `includeProfileEdges` | boolean | Enable explicitly labeled profile follower/following/followed-question/Space/Topic relationship collections. This does not prove a complete list. |
| `includeQuestionFollowerEdges` | boolean | Enable explicitly labeled question follower or want-answer collections. Sensitive identity rows also require the privacy gate. |
| `includeAnswerUpvoterEdges` | boolean | High-sensitivity opt-in for explicitly labeled answer upvoter identities; requires includeSensitiveRelationshipData=true. |
| `includeSensitiveRelationshipData` | boolean | Explicit privacy gate required for follower, want-answer, and upvoter identity edges. |
| `includeTargetMetadata` | boolean | Retain explicitly visible target link text and image (to_name, to_image_url) on relationship edges. URLs remain evidence; no target navigation or recursive target scraping is performed. |

Example `input.json` (the Actor's published prefill):

```json
{
  "mode": "auto",
  "scrapeDepth": "detail",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-life"
    }
  ],
  "outputFormat": "normalized",
  "dedupeMode": "canonical",
  "onlyNewItems": false,
  "includeUnchanged": true,
  "includeFieldEvidence": true,
  "includeUnresolvedEdges": true,
  "includeProfileEdges": false,
  "includeQuestionFollowerEdges": false,
  "includeAnswerUpvoterEdges": false,
  "includeSensitiveRelationshipData": false,
  "includeTargetMetadata": false,
  "includeRelationshipCounts": false,
  "includeSpaceRoleEdges": false,
  "includeSpaceContentEdges": true,
  "maxQuestions": 10,
  "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 5,
  "includeQuestion": true,
  "includeAuthor": true,
  "includeAuthorSnapshot": false,
  "includeTopics": true,
  "includeSpaces": false,
  "includeComments": false,
  "includeEngagementBreakdown": true,
  "includeRelatedContent": false,
  "topCommentsOnly": false,
  "includeReplyGraph": false,
  "includeMedia": false,
  "includeFeedText": false,
  "includeOutboundLinks": false,
  "includeEntityGraph": false,
  "maxCommentsPerAnswer": 0,
  "maxCommentDepth": 20,
  "maxGraphEdges": 1000,
  "includeRawEvidence": false,
  "includeHtml": false,
  "redactSensitiveQueryParams": true,
  "maxItemsPerSource": 0,
  "searchDiscovery": "relatedOnly",
  "maxRelatedQuestions": 0,
  "searchResultsPerQuery": 0,
  "maxAnswerPages": 0,
  "maxTopicFeedPages": 0,
  "maxSpaceFeedBundles": 1,
  "includeCommentReplies": false,
  "includeQuoraPlusPreview": true,
  "includeProfileStats": true,
  "includeTopicStats": true,
  "includeSpaceStats": true,
  "includePostStats": true,
  "includeAnswerStats": true,
  "includeTopicFeed": false,
  "includeQuestionAudit": false,
  "includeProfileHistory": false,
  "maxProfileHistoryPages": 0,
  "maxRelationshipPages": 0
}
```

## Run

```bash
curl -sS -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nimbryxo-studio~quora-question-answer-and-relationship-dataset/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json > results.json
```

The call waits for the run to finish and returns the dataset items as a JSON array. If the run needs more than 300 seconds the API answers with HTTP 408; then start the run with `POST /v2/acts/nimbryxo-studio~quora-question-answer-and-relationship-dataset/runs`, poll `GET /v2/actor-runs/{runId}` until `SUCCEEDED`, and read `GET /v2/datasets/{defaultDatasetId}/items`.

## Output

Each item is one record. Published fields include: `content_type`, `event_type`, `state_snapshot_hash`, `previous_snapshot_hash`, `state_scope_fingerprint`, `state_store_state`, `state_store_error`, `only_new_items`, `include_unchanged`, `parser_strategy`, `parser_version`, `field_sources`, `fields_present`, `final_url`, `http_status`, `error`, `scrape_duration_ms`, `navigation_attempts`, `navigation_retries`, `proxy_resolution_state`.

Summarise what was found, cite the record URLs when present, and say how many items came back. Do not invent values for empty fields.