Knowledge API for Quora.

Provides access to various details of any question using simple REST API:

• Question:
  • Title
  • Details
  • Topics
• Answers (Upto 6 top answers):
  • Author
  • Votes
  • Rank
  • Answer body
  • Answer body (HTML)

Author: Karan Goel

Start

$ pip install -r requirements.txt   # install dependencies
$ python app.py                     # start the api

Deploy to Heroku

$ pip install -r requirements.txt   # install dependencies
$ heroku create
$ heroku addons:add newrelic
$ (git add, git commit)
$ git push heroku master

Usage

Base URL: http://q.goel.im

Output: JSON

Get the question details

GET /url=<url>

Example:

http://q.goel.im/url=https://www.quora.com/Google/What-are-the-changes-made-to-the-host-matching-phase-for-Google-Summer-Internships-from-2013-to-2014

Output:

{
"answers": [
    {
    "answer": "A2AThe process is the same as last summer (unless I missed an important memo!).Embed QuoteVia  Elynn Lee.", 
    "answer_html": "A2A<br/><br/>The process is the same as last summer (unless I missed an important memo!).", 
    "author": {
        "bio": "Google University Programs", 
        "name": "Jessica Safir"
    }, 
    "rank": 1, 
    "votes": "3"
    }, 
    {
    "answer": "A2A.As far as I know, the process has not changed between last year and this year.Embed Quote", 
    "answer_html": "A2A.<br/><br/>As far as I know, the process has not changed between last year and this year.", 
    "author": {
        "bio": "SDE Intern - Google Forms - Summer 2013 and 2014, 2013-2014 Google Student Ambassador for UT Austin", 
        "name": "Elynn Lee"
    }, 
    "rank": 2, 
    "votes": "3"
    }, 
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Donations

If Qnowledge has helped you in any way, and you'd like to help the developer, please consider donating.

- BTC: 19dLDL4ax7xRmMiGDAbkizh6WA6Yei2zP5

- Flattr: https://flattr.com/profile/thekarangoel

Contribute

If you want to add any new features, or improve existing ones, feel free to send a pull request!