Note: parts of this library may be broken due to changes on Quora's end. Issues and pull requests welcome.
A Python module to fetch and parse data from Quora.
You will need Python 2. pip is recommended for installing dependencies.
Install using pip:
pip install quora
from quora import User user = User('Christopher-J-Su') # Get user activity activity = user.activity # Do stuff with the parsed activity data print activity # Get user statistics stats = user.stats # Take a gander print stats
from quora import Quora # Get question statistics question = Quora.get_question_stats('what-is-python') # question is: # { # 'want_answers': 3, # 'question_text': u'What is python?', # 'topics': [u'Science, Engineering, and Technology', u'Technology', u'Electronics', u'Computers'], # 'question_details': None, 'answer_count': 1, # 'answer_wiki': '<div class="hidden" id="answer_wiki"><div id="ld_mqcfmt_15628"><div id="__w2_po3p1uM_wiki"></div></div></div>', # }
from quora import Quora # The function can be called in any of the following ways. answer = Quora.get_one_answer('http://qr.ae/6hARL') answer = Quora.get_one_answer('6hARL') answer = Quora.get_one_answer(question, author) # question and answer are variables # answer is: # { # 'want_answers': 8, # 'views': 197, # 'author': u'Mayur-P-R-Rohith', # 'question_link': u'https://www.quora.com/Does-Quora-similar-question-search-when-posing-a-new-question-work-better-than-the-search-box-ove', # 'comment_count': 1, # 'answer': '...', # 'upvote_count': 5 # } # Get the latest answers from a question latest_answers = Quora.get_latest_answers('what-is-python')
- User statistics
- User activity
- Question statistics
- Answer statistics
- Detailed user information (followers, following, etc.; not just statistics)
Check out the issues on GitHub and/or make a pull request to contribute!
quora-api– A REST API for Quora.quora-backup– A Python package and CLI for backing up Quora data.