---
title: "Get a Quora answer"
method: GET
path: "/v1/quora/answer"
tags: ["Quora"]
---

# Get a Quora answer

`GET /v1/quora/answer`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com`
- URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/quora/answer`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Read one public answer page (/{question}/answer/{author} or /{question}/answers/{id}): full rich-text content with images and links, author, credential, timestamps and counters. The answer's identity is verified against the request. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Response `200`

Inspect the response status and failure or coverage fields.

- union
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_page' | 'web_index', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
    - `answer` object, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `url` string, uri, required
      - `question` object, required
        - `id` string, required
        - `url` string, uri, required
        - `slug` string, required
        - `title` string, required
        - `answerCount` integer, nullable, required
      - `isFromOtherQuestion` boolean, required
      - `content` object, required
        - `text` string, required
        - `images` string[], required
        - `links` string[], required
      - `author` object, required
        - `id` string, nullable, required
        - `name` string, nullable, required
        - `handle` string, nullable, required
        - `url` string, uri, nullable, required
        - `avatar` string, uri, nullable, required
        - `verified` boolean, required
        - `isAnonymous` boolean, required
        - `credential` string, nullable, required
      - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
      - `updatedAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
      - `upvotes` integer, nullable, required
      - `views` integer, nullable, required
      - `shares` integer, nullable, required
      - `comments` integer, nullable, required
      - `isMachineAnswer` boolean, required
      - `isCollapsed` boolean, required
  - object
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'search_unavailable' | 'search_failed' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'busy' | 'payload_too_complex', required
      - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `401`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `402`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `403`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `404`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `408`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `413`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `429`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `500`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `502`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `503`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `504`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.

---

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