zhihuR

R Scraper for Zhihu, a popular Quora-like question-and-answer platform in China

Using

• search_zhihu(): search posts by keyword
• zhihu_answer(): retrieve answers from a given question
• zhihu_comment(): retrieve comments from a given post
• zhihu_child_comment(): retrieve child comments from a given comment
• zhihu_user(): retrieve details of a given comment
• zhihu_question_metadata(): retrieve metadata of a given question
• zhihu_answer_metadata(): retrieve metadata of a given comment

Note

The scrapper requires a Node.js API to sign a parameter in the request header. Run app.js in the directory sign before using the scrapper.