Quora data API: the official API or an Apify Actor?

Quora has no official API for this data. 4 Apify Actors in this catalogue return Quora data over HTTP too: send the input to Apify's run-sync endpoint with your token and get the records back as JSON, from $0.40 a run plus $0.99 per 1,000 results at Store prices (plus platform usage).

Side by side

No public content APIApify Actors (4)
AccessNo official API for this dataApify API token (any account)
What you getQuora does not publish an open public content API for question and answer data.Rows defined by each Actor's published schema; up to 150 fields per record
PriceNot applicable.From $0.40 a run plus $0.99 per 1,000 results (Store price, Free plan), plus platform usage
LimitsPublic-page collection is an alternative used by third-party tools, subject to Quora's terms.Synchronous calls wait up to 300 s; longer runs go asynchronous
DocsNo public content APIApify API: run-sync

Official API facts checked 2026-11-09. Public content only; Quora terms prohibit some automated access; not legal advice.

Which Actor for which job

All of them list $0.99 per 1,000 results on the Store, plus a start fee per run.

ActorReturnsFields includeCall it
Quora Keyword Search & Author Discovery Scraper Quora questions, full answers, author profiles, topics, and access-status rows. content_type, title, question_id run-sync · Apify
Quora Question, Answer & Profile Search Scraper Quora questions, full answers, profiles, authors, topics, search-result cards, access-status rows, and a run manifest. content_type, title, question_id run-sync · Apify
Quora Question, Answer & Relationship Dataset Builder Normalized Quora questions, answers, comments, profiles, Spaces, relationship edges, status rows, and a run manifest. content_type, event_type, state_snapshot_hash run-sync · Apify
Quora Space Activity & Content Change Monitor Quora Space metadata, feed, contributor and content-change rows with run diagnostics. content_type, parser_strategy, parser_version run-sync · Apify

Call Quora Space Activity & Content Change Monitor

The call waits for the run and returns the records as JSON. Swap the Actor ID for any Actor in the table. Set APIFY_TOKEN first; runs bill to that account.

curl

Actor on Apify 
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/nimbryxo-studio~quora-space-activity-and-content-change-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"spaceUrls":["https://cryptocurrency.quora.com/"],"includeMetadata":true,"includeFeed":true,"scrapeDepth":"overview","includeContributors":false,"maxFeedQuestionExpansions":0,"includeFeedText":true,"includeMedia":false,"includeOutboundLinks":false,"includeRules":true,"includeTopics":true,"includeSettings":false,"onlyNewItems":false,"includeUnchanged":true,"proxyConfiguration":{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]},"includeFieldEvidence":true,"maxItemsPerSource":0}'

Generated from the Actor's published schema and checked, not executed.

Same data, other routes

When a call fails

Why does the workflow or script stop with HTTP 408?

The synchronous endpoint waits at most 300 seconds. After that it answers 408 while the run keeps going in Apify. Lower the result limit, or start the run asynchronously, wait for it to finish and then read its dataset.

Source: Apify API: run Actor synchronously and get dataset items

What do 400, 401, 402 and 403 from the Apify API mean?

Read error.type in the response body. 400 is invalid Actor input. 401 (user-or-token-not-found) means a token reached Apify but it is wrong or revoked. 402 with x402-payment-required means no token reached Apify at all: the n8n credential or the Authorization: Bearer header is missing, and Apify is offering its pay-per-run x402 route for agents instead; any other 402 is an exhausted usage limit on the account that pays for the run. 403 is a token without permission for that Actor or storage.

Source: Apify API: authentication; Apify documentation: agentic payments with x402; Apify API: run Actor synchronously and get dataset items

Why does starting an Actor through the API return run information instead of scraped results?

The Run Actor endpoint starts the Actor and immediately returns a Run object without waiting for completion. For results stored in the default dataset, pass the response's defaultDatasetId to Get dataset items; to wait and receive output directly, use the synchronous endpoint for dataset items or a key-value store record.

Source: Apify Run Actor API

Why are rows and hidden fields missing from my Apify dataset export?

The clean parameter enables both skipEmpty and skipHidden, removing empty items and fields whose names begin with #. This can produce fewer items than the requested limit; to retain those rows and fields, disable clean and ensure skipEmpty and skipHidden are also disabled.

Source: Apify Get dataset items API

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Questions

Is there an official Quora API?

Quora does not publish an open public content API for question and answer data. Not applicable.

How much does Quora data cost through an Apify Actor?

The Actors listed here charge from $0.40 a run plus $0.99 per 1,000 results on the Apify Store (Free plan), checked 2026-11-12, billed to the Apify account whose token makes the call. Actor start events and platform usage can add to that.

Can I get Quora data as JSON in one HTTP request?

Yes, through Apify's run-sync-get-dataset-items endpoint: POST the Actor input with your token and the response is the dataset as JSON. It waits up to 300 seconds; longer runs need the asynchronous run endpoint.

Can an AI agent use the same Quora data?

Yes. The Quora MCP page bundles these Actors into one Apify MCP URL for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, VS Code and Codex.

Is it allowed to collect Quora data?

Public content only; Quora terms prohibit some automated access; not legal advice. Read Quora's terms before you build on the data.

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