# RedNote Scraper (Xiaohongshu) (`blueskyscraper/rednote-scraper`) Actor

Scrape RedNote (Xiaohongshu, 小红书) without an account: notes from keyword search and creator profiles with likes, saves, comments, shares, tags, images and video links, plus note comments with replies. Search sort and filters. Chinese or English keywords. JSON, CSV, Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/blueskyscraper/rednote-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BlueskyScraper](https://apify.com/blueskyscraper) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, AI
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.79 / 1,000 notes

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

**RedNote Scraper** extracts notes and comments from **RedNote (Xiaohongshu, 小红书)** without an account, cookies or a Chinese phone number: keyword search, creator profiles and note comments, with likes, saves, comments, shares, hashtags, images and video files. **$3.99 per 1,000 notes, no start fee.**

### What can you scrape?

- 🔍 **Search** — notes for any Chinese or English keyword, sorted by best match, newest, most liked, most commented or most saved; filter video or image notes and recent periods.
- 👤 **Creators** — every note of a creator profile (profile link, user ID or xhslink.com share link).
- 💬 **Comments** — the comments of a note with likes, reply count and region, plus the replies RedNote shows under each.
- 🔔 **Monitoring mode** — schedule it and get only notes and comments that are new since the last run.

Built for influencer discovery in China, trend and product research, competitor monitoring and consumer sentiment on Xiaohongshu.

### How much does it cost?

| Row | Price |
|---|---|
| **Note** | $0.00399 — $3.99 per 1,000 |
| **Comment** | $0.00479 — $4.79 per 1,000 |

No start fee, no proxy or compute charge on top. Error rows are never billed. **Maximum rows per run** is a hard ceiling on the bill.

Other RedNote scrapers in the Store charge $4.99–$9.99 per 1,000 results.

### ⬇️ Input

```json
{
    "keywords": ["护肤", "skincare routine"],
    "sortBy": "popular",
    "noteType": "video",
    "publishedWithin": "week",
    "maxResultsPerInput": 100
}
```

### ⬆️ Output

```json
{
    "type": "note",
    "id": "69425774000000001e001818",
    "title": "Nabi's BALI 碎片 ﹏𓊝🙂‍↔️",
    "text": "峇里島一直在我旅行計劃清單裡 終於和朋友們一起去啦！ 這次入住的是#GrandHyattBali  幾乎著名的景點還有體",
    "noteType": "image",
    "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/69425774000000001e001818?xsec_token=YB0GT-kzcyJi0K1n7Jfm5e5XB1irzuZTq8G0y3uvmj9_c%3D&xsec_source=pc_s…",
    "likes": 117624,
    "saves": 10514,
    "comments": 1403,
    "shares": 6644,
    "tags": [
        "GrandHyattBali"
    ],
    "coverUrl": "https://sns-na-i11.xhscdn.com/1040g2sg31q6bc3d570eg4a17u1t7pm7fnv37f98?imageView2/2/w/1440/format/webp&ap=5&sc=SRH_DTL&sign=e8ba48b384115…",
    "authorName": "欧阳娜娜Nana",
    "authorId": "5a747a7ce8ac2b215c98d8ef",
    "authorRedId": "499391728",
    "authorUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/5a747a7ce8ac2b215c98d8ef",
    "authorVerified": false,
    "publishedAt": "2025-12-17T08:30:15.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-07T03:35:35.000Z",
    "query": "巴厘岛",
    "source": "search"
}
```

### FAQ

#### Do I need a RedNote account?

No. The Actor works without login, cookies or proxies on your side.

#### Does it work with English keywords?

Yes, but RedNote is mostly Chinese — Chinese keywords (`护肤`, `咖啡`, `巴厘岛`) return far more notes.

#### Why do some notes have 0 comments and no comment rows?

Comment rows come only from the note links you give. A note with no comments returns an error row (free) saying nothing was found.

#### Is it legal?

The Actor reads public notes only. Names and comments can be personal data under the PIPL and GDPR — have a lawful reason to process them.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Chinese or English: <code>护肤</code>, <code>skincare routine</code>, <code>巴厘岛</code>. Each keyword returns notes as RedNote's search shows them.

## `userUrls` (type: `array`):

Profile link or user ID: <code>https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/5db2781e0000000001009db4</code>, or an <code>xhslink.com</code> share link. Returns the creator's notes.

## `noteUrls` (type: `array`):

Note link or ID: <code>https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a3284d6000000001702e30f</code>, or an <code>xhslink.com</code> share link. Returns the note's comments.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Search: RedNote's own orders.

## `noteType` (type: `string`):

Search: video notes, image notes or both.

## `publishedWithin` (type: `string`):

Search: only recent notes.

## `commentSort` (type: `string`):

Note links: order of the comments.

## `includeReplies` (type: `boolean`):

Note links: add the replies RedNote shows under each comment.

## `maxResultsPerInput` (type: `integer`):

Cap for each keyword, creator or note: notes per search or creator; comments per note.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows in the whole run — a hard ceiling on cost.

## `monitoringStoreName` (type: `string`):

Give the run a name (e.g. <code>brand-mentions</code>) and every later run with the same name returns <b>only rows it has not delivered before</b>. Empty = normal run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "skincare routine"
  ],
  "sortBy": "general",
  "noteType": "any",
  "publishedWithin": "any",
  "commentSort": "default",
  "includeReplies": true,
  "maxResultsPerInput": 50,
  "maxItems": 10000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `rows` (type: `string`):

One row per result; error rows explain inputs that could not be read.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "skincare routine"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("blueskyscraper/rednote-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": ["skincare routine"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("blueskyscraper/rednote-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "skincare routine"
  ]
}' |
apify call blueskyscraper/rednote-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,blueskyscraper/rednote-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/MyHbLey5RD95r9UvV/builds/RhQoEVekU0mJGjia2/openapi.json