How do I find a user's profile from his or her Quora User ID?

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Baptiste Fontaine · Accepted Answer

The user who has the id #15936 is Sean Flannagan [ https://www.quora.com/profile/Sean-Flannagan ].

I found a method to get the name (which gives you the profile) of an user from their id. It’s a little bit complicated, so I’ll explain with images.

First, here is how it works: When you put your mouse over an user picture, an hover card [ https://www.quora.com/topic/Hover-Cards-Quora-feature ] is displayed with the name of the user, their user picture, and their bio. Behind the scenes, a script makes a call to Quora’s servers, asking “hey server, could you give me the info of user number #XXX”, then the servers reply “Ok little script, I found the user from the id you gave us, here is their info”. So, the trick is to make a fake call, to let the servers believe we are this script. It sounds simple, but the script also send some other data, which has an expiration date. So we have to read this data somewhere, quickly make our requests, and then read again some other data to make more requests. If you don’t send this data with your request, the servers reply something like “it seems like you’re not a Quora script, sorry, we can’t answer your request”.

Note: I made the screenshots with Chromium, but it should work with Chrome, Safari, Firefox (with Firebug) and others.

1. First, go on a page where you can find some user pictures, and open the Network panel of Chrome Dev Tools (Ctrl+Shift+I [ https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/shortcuts ])

2. Click on the clear button at the bottom, to remove uninteresting stuff

3. Move your mouse over an user picture. You should see a new request to [code]server_call_POST[/code]

4. Click on this request and scroll down to “Form Data” in the new panel. On my screenshot, you can see more requests, we don’t care of them.

5. The three important values are [code]window_id[/code], [code]parent_cid[/code], [code]parent_domid[/code], and of course the [code]uid[/code] field in [code]json[/code]’s value. The other values don’t change, and some of them can me omitted.
Keep these values somewhere for the next step (you can open another page on Quora in a next tab for the next step, and then switch tabs to copy/paste these values)

6. Open the console panel of Chrome Dev Tools (Ctrl+Shift+J), and copy/paste the JS code which is at the end of this answer. Then press “Enter”, and enter the following code, where you have to replace the values you got on the previous step:
[code js]
var getName = nameGetter("%3Cwindow_id%3E", "%3Cparent_cid%3E", "%3Cparent_domid%3E");
[/code]
(replace [code]%3Cwindow_id%3E[/code] with [code]window_id[/code]’s value (on my screenshot it’s [code]dep9-4371…[/code]), and do the same for other values.

7. You can now call the [code js]getName[/code] function with any id. Just type [code js]getName( 1234 )[/code] (where [code]1234[/code] is the id), and press “Enter”. You may have to wait some time (up to a few seconds) before seeing the name (or an error, if you’re unlucky).
As you can see on the screenshot, Justine Ezarik [ https://www.quora.com/profile/Justine-Ezarik ] has the id #1234.

8. After a few minutes, you may get some errors, so move your mouse over another avatar, and repeat the steps 3,4,5 and 7.

--
Here is the code mentioned in the step 6:

[code js]

function nameGetter( w_id, p_cid, p_domid ) {

return function getName( id ) {

$.ajax( 'https://www.quora.com/webnode2/server_call_POST', {

type: 'post',
      data: {
        json: '{"args":[],"kwargs":{"uid":' + id + '}}',
        formkey:"ac61dadfcae1da2abb0873f38921a072",
        window_id: w_id,
        parent_cid: p_cid,
        parent_domid: p_domid,
        __vcon_json:'["cls","a.view.user","PhotoTooltip", "5CU7Sw7+jK6hc5"]',
        __vcon_method:"load_menu"

},
      success: function( o ) {
    
        if ( o.exception ) { console.log( "Error: " + o.exception.args[0] ); }
        else { console.log( $( 'img', o.value.html ).first().attr( 'alt' ) ); }
      }
    });

};

}

[/code]

Here is a minified version:

[code js]

function nameGetter(d,a,c){return function b(e){$.ajax("https://www.quora.com/webnode2/server_call_POST",{type:"post",data:{json:'{"args":[],"kwargs":{"uid":'+e+"}}",formkey:"ac61dadfcae1da2abb0873f38921a072",window_id:d,parent_cid:a,parent_domid:c,__vcon_json:'["cls","a.view.user","PhotoTooltip", "5CU7Sw7+jK6hc5"]',__vcon_method:"load_menu"},success:function(f){if(f.exception){console.log("Error: "+f.exception.args[0])}else{console.log($("img",f.value.html).first().attr("alt"))}}})}};

[/code]

Disclaimer: I’ve no access to Quora data, I don’t work for Quora, I found this by doing some reverse-engineering on the website.

Lorenzo P. · Answer

Why on earth would you want to do that? As demonstrated in Baptiste Fontaine's answer [ https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-find-a-users-profile-from-his-or-her-Quora-User-ID/answer/Baptiste-Fontaine ] to this question, it might require some serious hacking.

Or maybe not. You could simply add the user ID to the f...

Or maybe not. You could simply add the user ID to the following URL:

%3E www.quora.com/search?q=%20&author= [ https://www.quora.com/search?author=%5B%2Fcode%5D&q=+ ]
In the example given in the question details (user ID 15936), you would thus open the following page:
www.quora.com/search?q=%20&author=15936 [ https://www.quora.com/search?author=15936&q=+ ]

Now look at the top row where it says "Results for by". There's the user name! (Sean Flannagan in this example.)

PS: This works in the other direction too, cf. my answer to: How do I figure out my Quora user ID? [ https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-figure-out-my-Quora-user-ID/answer/Lorenzo-P-51 ]

Anonymous · Answer

Just click on their name (as attached to a question, answer, or comment) or their avatar.

ChatGPT · Answer

To find a user's profile on Quora using their User ID, you can follow these steps:
1. Understand the User ID Format: Quora User IDs are typically a string of alphanumeric characters.
2. Construct the URL: You can access a user's profile by using the following URL format:
   [code]https://www.quora.com/profile/User-ID[/code]
   Replace [code]User-ID[/code] with the actual User ID of the person you are trying to find.
3. Visit the URL: Open a web browser and enter the constructed URL. If the User ID is valid, it should take you directly to the user's profile page.
4. Search Directly on Quora: If you don't have the User ID, you can also try searching for the user’s name or any known details about their profile directly on Quora using the search bar.
Keep in mind that some profiles may be private, and you might not be able to view all their content unless you are connected with them on Quora.

Darshil Shah (दर्शील शाह) · Answer

Hello, Thanks for the A2A Kheerthighiri Anantha Ganesan [ https://www.quora.com/profile/Kheerthighiri-Anantha-Ganesan ]...

You can type the Username in the search bar provided on top of the page once you logged into the website and you will find all the profiles available with the Username you have typed in the search box.

You can also type the email address in the same search box and if the email id matches with the records of the website, you will be able to see the name of the user.

I hope my answer helps you...

Cheers :)

K Grace-deLily · Answer

Simply use the search window and type the person’s name. There may be multiple same names, so if you are looking for a specific person, you may need to reference their profile image if you know them, or look for any other reference.

Some users don’t allow private messaging, so you may have to guess if there are multiple profile names the same.

Lorenzo P. · Answer

If you're using a browser (not an app), it's pretty easy to find your Quora User ID with Search Filters [ https://www.quora.com/topic/Search-Filters-Quora-feature ]:

(1.) Search for anything.
Literally, if you must: type “anything”, then press the ANY key. Just kidding. Press ENTER.

%3E Result: www.quora.com/search?q=anything [ https://www.quora.com/search?q=anything ]
(2.) Ignore the search results. 
Instead, below “by author” enter your user name (not your user ID, that's what we're looking for). In case you've forgotten, check your profile page, it will contain your user name at the top. Use that one.

%3E Result: www.quora.com/search?q=anything&author=19712317 [ https://www.quora.com/search?author=19712317&q=anything ] (in my case)
(3.) Look closely at the URL. 
Do you notice anything? I had expected a name with hyphens, like on my profile page URL, but no, it's a number. Behold! That's the user ID. Mine, in this example. Now show me yours.

%3E Result: 19,712,317.

This works in the other direction too, cf. my answer to: How do I find a user's profile from his or her Quora User ID? [ https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-find-a-users-profile-from-his-or-her-Quora-User-ID/answer/Lorenzo-P-51 ]

Anonymous · Answer

Kevin Der has the lowest Quora UID of 334 (See Why did Quora start assigning UIDs at 334? [ https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Quora-start-assigning-UIDs-at-334 ]).  You can find your UID by:
 * (hat tip: How do I figure out my Quora user ID? [ https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-figure-out-my-Quora-user-ID ]) Typing [code]javascript:alert(Q.uid);[/code] into your browser address bar after loading a page on Quora.
 * Examining the source HTML for any Quora page once logged in.  The source should contain a snippet like:
[code]
(function (Q) {
            Q.instance = "main";
            // some code ...
            Q.uid = 1234;  // [yourUID]
            // some code ...
        })(Quora);
[/code]

where the line marked by [yourUID] should hold an integer specifying your UID. 
 
With the UID in hand, a Quora User # can be determined relative to Kevin Der's:

User # = ([yourUID] - 334 + 1).

Garrick Saito · Answer

* Go to your profile (or anyone else you want to stalk)
 * Right-click on the Quora user's photo (instructions for a PC)
 * Left-click on the "Copy image"
 * Paste or "Ctrl-V" to any text editor or word processor
 * Identify the user ID in the URL immediately after "main-thumb"
This is the procedure Joshua is describing.

Anonymous · Answer

How do you look up a person's profile on Quora?

You click on their name.

Anonymous · Answer

OR

You can google "site:quora.com 15935" and you'll find that 15935 is D. Charles Holloway.

Usman Siddiqui · Answer

To find your Quora profile address, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Quora account on your desktop or mobile device.
2. Click on your profile picture in the top right corner of the screen.
3. Select "Profile" from the dropdown menu.
4. On your profile page, look at the URL in the address bar of your web browser. This will be your Quora profile address.
Alternatively, you can also find your Quora profile address by searching for your username on Quora and clicking on your profile from the search results. The URL of your profile page will be displayed in your web browser's address bar.

Sarah Madden · Answer

Click on this link (or on your picture/avatar): David Lee [ https://www.quora.com/profile/David-Lee-1812 ]

Your profile will look like this:

Anonymous · Answer

Click on your name in the upper right corner of your browser window. That will pull down a menu on which Profile is the first option. Click on that.

Anonymous · Answer

In their profile scroll down to the line where it says Profile Answers Questions etc

Scroll to the right, to find edits and select that

You'll get a list of their questions and comments. eg

Hope this helps.

Keili Torborough · Answer

I assume you’ve encountered the new and not-so-improved bug report form [ https://help.quora.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=239223 ], which has a link to your Quora page as a required field. (Why they couldn’t collect this from the fact that you are signed in to Quora when you file the bug report is a minor mystery to me.)

At any rate, if you are on a computer, go to the “You” menu (it’s your profile picture in miniature, next to the search box), click on the profile picture, and right-click on the “Profile” entry, and you can copy the link.

On mobile, you can obtain this link by going to the three-dot menu on your profile, tapping “share” out of the list that comes up, and then “Copy link.”

Anonymous · Answer

How do you find a questioner's Quora profile?

If you know their name, just enter it in the Quora Search Engine.

Otherwise it’s a bit of a cumbersome process:

On my laptop/desktop, I click on the question in my feed to bring up the main question page… and once on that page, scroll down to the grey links for “Question Stats” on the right under the similar questions. EDITS is on the bottom of this group of of options..click on EDITS.

This will bring you to the log of changes made, and includes the OP’s name, if they aren’t Anonymous. It’s at the bottom of the list of topic changes and answers etc.

Click on the name for the profile.

In the mobile app, in your feed, click on the 3 elipses..the grey dots to the right of the question and select View Stats and Log. Then follow the above directions.

If you are iffy abut the sincerity of the question and find it by Anonymous, it’s usually a troll..Report and Downvote the question.

Don’t feed the troll by answering or engaging…they will then pick on you and send you fake A2A’s and smarmy personal messages.

If the profile is essentially blank, it might also be a troll who has made up a name and asked one stupid question..Again, down vote and report the question, and I also report the fake name as a Fake Name.

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