QUserAPI

An API to extract information from Quora User Profiles.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Usage
• Todo
• Contributing

Features

• Quora Profile Name
• Quora Profile Picture Link
• Quora Profile URL
• Number of Questions
• Number of Answers
• Number of Followers
• Number of Following
• Number of Edits

API Usage

API Base URL: http://quser-api.herokuapp.com/

Result :

{
  "author": "Hansika Hewamalage", 
  "base_url": "quser-api.herokuapp.com", 
  "endpoints": {
    "Number of Answers": "/profile/number/answers/{user_name}", 
    "Number of Edits": "/profile/number/edits/{user_name}", 
    "Number of Followers": "/profile/number/followers/{user_name}", 
    "Number of Following": "/profile/number/following/{user_name}", 
    "Number of Questions": "/profile/number/questions/{user_name}", 
    "Quora Profile Name": "/profile/name/{user_name}", 
    "Quora Profile Picture Link": "/profile/picture_link/{user_name}", 
    "Quora Profile URL": "/url/{user_name}"
  }, 
  "project_issues": "https://github.com/hansika/QUserAPI/issues", 
  "project_name": "QUserAPI", 
  "project_url": "https://github.com/hansika/QUserAPI"
}

GET: /profile/name/<user_name>

Example

Example usage: GET http://quser-api.herokuapp.com/profile/name/Tapasweni-Pathak

Example result:

{
  "profile_name": "Tapasweni Pathak"
}

GET: /profile/picture_link/<user_name>

Example

Example usage: GET http://quser-api.herokuapp.com/profile/picture_link/Tapasweni-Pathak

Example result:

{
  "profile_picture_link": "https://qph.cr.quoracdn.net/main-thumb-5489960-200-betrgtobgepblvqkfadwafpzwbnbuntt.jpeg"
}

GET: /url/<user_name>

Example

Example usage: GET http://quser-api.herokuapp.com/url/Tapasweni-Pathak

Example result:

{
  "url": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Tapasweni-Pathak"
}

GET: /profile/number/questions/<user_name>

Example

Example usage: GET http://quser-api.herokuapp.com/profile/number/questions/Tapasweni-Pathak

Example result:

{
  "no_of_questions": "103"
}

GET: /profile/number/answers/<user_name>

Example

Example usage: GET http://quser-api.herokuapp.com/profile/number/answers/Tapasweni-Pathak

Example result:

{
  "no_of_answers": "432"
}

GET: /profile/number/followers/<user_name>

Example

Example usage: GET http://quser-api.herokuapp.com/profile/number/followers/Tapasweni-Pathak

Example result:

{
  "no_of_followers": "3,820"
}

GET: /profile/number/following/<user_name>

Example

Example usage: GET http://quser-api.herokuapp.com/profile/number/following/Tapasweni-Pathak

Example result:

{
  "no_of_following": "190"
}

GET: /profile/number/edits/<user_name>

Example

Example usage: GET http://quser-api.herokuapp.com/profile/number/edits/Tapasweni-Pathak

Example result:

{
  "no_of_edits": "4,346"
}

Todo

• Facebook Profile Link
• Twitter Link
• Wordpress Link
• LinkedIn Link

####Note : This parses Quora unofficialy.