# Weibo Scraper (`blueskyscraper/weibo-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Weibo (微博) without an account: real-time keyword search and any user's posts with reposts, comments, likes, images, video links and publish time, plus post comments with likes, replies and commenter followers. Chinese or English keywords. JSON, CSV, Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/blueskyscraper/weibo-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BlueskyScraper](https://apify.com/blueskyscraper) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News, 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 posts

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

**Weibo Scraper** extracts posts and comments from **Weibo (微博)** without an account or cookies: real-time keyword search, any user's posts and the comments of any post, with reposts, comments, likes, images, video files and publish time. **$3.99 per 1,000 posts or comments, no start fee.**

### What can you scrape?

- 🔍 **Real-time search** — the newest posts for any Chinese or English keyword or hashtag.
- 👤 **Users** — a user's posts, newest first, with repost details, images, video and the province they were posted from.
- 💬 **Comments** — the comments of a post with likes, reply count, commenter followers and location.
- 🔔 **Monitoring mode** — schedule it and get only posts and comments that are new since the last run.

For public-opinion monitoring in China, brand and crisis tracking, media research and sentiment analysis.

### How much does it cost?

| Row | Price |
|---|---|
| **Post** | $0.00399 — $3.99 per 1,000 |
| **Comment** | $0.00399 — $3.99 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.

The most used Weibo scraper in the Store charges $35 per 1,000 posts.

### ⬇️ Input

```json
{
    "keywords": ["新能源汽车"],
    "userUrls": ["https://weibo.com/u/1669879400"],
    "postUrls": ["https://weibo.com/1669879400/RnKflnakp"],
    "maxResultsPerInput": 100
}
```

### ⬆️ Output

```json
{
    "type": "post",
    "id": "5356593195521249",
    "url": "https://weibo.com/1669879400/RnKflnakp",
    "text": "纪念中国工农红军长征胜利90周年。接力长征，继续向前！#致敬伟大的长征#",
    "isRepost": true,
    "repostOfText": "【此刻，发条微博，#致敬伟大的长征#】#红星永远闪耀# 1934年10月至1936年10月，英雄的红军将士历时2年，纵横十余省，长驱数万里，战胜千难万险，胜利完成震撼世界、彪炳史册的长征，创造了气吞山河的人间奇迹。纪念#红军长征胜利90周年#，弘扬伟大长征精神，走好新时代的…",
    "repostOfAuthor": "人民日报",
    "reposts": 20415,
    "comments": 408058,
    "likes": 244616,
    "videoUrl": "http://f.video.weibocdn.com/o0/CFyehmxulx08BKnzNTgY01041200iKAU0E010.mp4?label=mp4_720p&template=720x1280.24.0&ori=0&ps=1Cx9YB1mmR49jS&Ex…",
    "authorName": "Dear-迪丽热巴",
    "authorId": "1669879400",
    "authorUrl": "https://weibo.com/u/1669879400",
    "authorVerified": true,
    "location": "上海",
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-21T15:00:01.000Z",
    "source": "user"
}
```

### FAQ

#### Do I need a Weibo account?

No. Paste keywords, profile links or post links and run.

#### Which user links work?

Links with the numeric user ID (`weibo.com/u/1669879400` or `weibo.com/1669879400`) or the ID itself. Custom-name links (`weibo.com/rmrb`) are not resolved — open the profile and copy the numeric ID.

#### What time zone are the dates in?

`publishedAt` is converted to UTC (ISO 8601). Search rows also keep `publishedText`, the time as Weibo showed it ("5分钟前", "今天22:50").

#### Is it legal?

The Actor reads public posts 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>新能源汽车</code>, <code>iPhone</code>. Real-time search: the newest posts first.

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

Profile link with the numeric ID, or the ID: <code>https://weibo.com/u/1669879400</code>, <code>1669879400</code>. Returns the user's posts, newest first.

## `postUrls` (type: `array`):

Post link or ID: <code>https://weibo.com/1669879400/RnKflnakp</code>, <code>5356020178093109</code>. Returns the post's comments.

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

Cap for each keyword, user or post: posts per search or user; comments per post.

## `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": [
    "新能源汽车"
  ],
  "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": [
        "新能源汽车"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("blueskyscraper/weibo-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": ["新能源汽车"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("blueskyscraper/weibo-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": [
    "新能源汽车"
  ]
}' |
apify call blueskyscraper/weibo-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,blueskyscraper/weibo-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/VRocTCTSDs4660blO/builds/tc3J7kQhRRQerhGes/openapi.json