Xiaohongshu (RedNote) Scraper: notes, creator profiles and trending feeds

Get public Xiaohongshu (RedNote, 小红书, Little Red Book) notes, creator profiles and trending category feeds as JSON, CSV or Excel. Note links give full text, tags, images, video link and like, collect, comment and share counts; profile links give followers, bio, location and the newest notes; feeds give what the site is recommending in fashion, food, beauty, gaming, travel and more. No login, no account, no browser. $3 per 1,000 notes or profiles ($0.003 each).

Why this one

• No login and no cookies. It reads only public pages, so there is no account to get banned and no session to refresh.
• One price for everything. $0.003 per note row or profile record. The newest notes inside a profile (recentNotes, up to about 30) are included in the profile price.
• Paste what you have. Note links (with the xsec_token Xiaohongshu puts in shared links), xhslink.com short links, or the whole share text the app copies; profile links with or without a token.
• Trending without a keyword. The recommended feed and ten category feeds, each page about 35 notes; set fetchNoteDetails to expand every note into the full note.
• Counts as numbers. "1.7万" arrives as 17000; timestamps are ISO 8601.
• Upfront about what it cannot do. No keyword search and no comment scraping: both need a logged-in session or request signing, so they are not offered. Feeds are the site's recommendations, not a ranked top list, and can include older notes.

Minimal input

{"feedChannels": ["food"], "maxItems": 10}

Or a profile: {"profileUrls": ["https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/<userId>"]}. An empty input runs 5 notes from the recommended feed.

Sample output rows

A full note and a profile, from platform runs on 2026-10-11 (links and long fields shortened; image and video links are signed and expire):

{
  "recordType": "note",
  "noteId": "6a74330100000000350154bf",
  "title": "入了好看的新杯子🧊",
  "description": "#杯子也有高颜值 #小众杯子  #小众水杯 #高颜值玻璃杯 #高颜值杯子 #杯子颜值控 #让你喝水有仪式感的水杯...",
  "type": "video",
  "author": {
    "userId": "5657b081b8ce1a502dd11621",
    "nickname": "岛里",
    "avatarUrl": "https://sns-avatar-qc.xhscdn.com/..."
  },
  "tags": [
    "杯子也有高颜值",
    "小众杯子",
    "小众水杯"
  ],
  "likes": 9025,
  "collects": 1687,
  "comments": 78,
  "shares": 727,
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-07T01:09:03Z",
  "createdAt": "2026-08-06T07:08:49Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-06T07:08:50Z",
  "imageUrls": [
    "https://sns-webpic-qc.xhscdn.com/..."
  ],
  "videoDurationSec": 17,
  "videoUrl": "https://sns-video-zl.xhscdn.com/stream/...",
  "titleEnglish": null,
  "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a74330100000000350154bf?xsec_token=...",
  "isFull": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-11T06:10:45Z",
  "input": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a74330100000000350154bf?xsec_token=..."
}

{
  "recordType": "profile",
  "userId": "5657b081b8ce1a502dd11621",
  "nickname": "岛里",
  "redId": "27760756276",
  "description": "一个专注于多巴胺美学的生活方式品牌\n让有趣的奇思妙想都在岛里实现🏖",
  "ipLocation": "浙江",
  "gender": "male",
  "avatarUrl": "https://sns-avatar-qc.xhscdn.com/...",
  "followers": 10000,
  "following": 10,
  "likesAndCollects": 10000,
  "notesCount": 2094,
  "recentNotes": [
    {
      "title": "好看的餐具可以拯救世界✨🍽️🥂",
      "type": "video",
      "likes": 2844,
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-14T04:51:00Z",
      "videoDurationSec": null,
      "coverUrl": "https://sns-webpic-qc.xhscdn.com/...",
      "pinned": true
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/5657b081b8ce1a502dd11621",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-11T06:10:49Z",
  "input": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/5657b081b8ce1a502dd11621"
}

Price

$3 per 1,000 notes or profiles ($0.003 each). 1,000 feed notes cost $3.00; 50 note links plus 10 profiles cost $0.18. Set a maximum charge on the run and it stops when it is reached.

What it does

• Note details. Give it note links (with the xsec_token Xiaohongshu puts in shared links) and get title, full text, tags, image links, video link (videoUrl) and length, like, collect, comment and share counts, publish time and createdAt. A note link can also be an xhslink.com short link or the share text the app copies; the link inside it is followed. A short link only works if it leads to a link that carries an xsec_token; older short links do not and are skipped. A bare note ID does not work.
• Trending discovery feeds. Pull the public recommended feed or a category: fashion, food, beauty, film and TV, career, relationships, home, gaming, travel, fitness. Each page gives about 35 notes the site recommends (they can be old) with title, author, likes, creation time and cover. Optionally expand each into the full note.
• Profiles. Name, RED ID, bio, IP location, gender, followers, following, likes and collects, note count, plus the user's newest notes (up to about 30) in recentNotes. In the rare case the site shows a profile note's ID, that note comes as its own note row instead and is billed like a feed note.

What it does not do

Keyword search and comment scraping need a logged-in session or Xiaohongshu's request signing, so they are not offered. Profile notes cannot be expanded into full notes, because Xiaohongshu hides their IDs from guests; for that reason they come inside the profile record as recentNotes and are not billed as separate rows (a profile note whose ID the site does show becomes its own billed note row, without full details).

Use cases

Tracking trending topics by category, content research for brands and creators, following a creator's recent posts, building a Chinese lifestyle content dataset.

Input

Field	What it does
noteUrls	Note links, xhslink.com short links or pasted share text. The xsec_token part of the link is required.
profileUrls	Profile links, e.g. https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/<userId> (token optional), or xhslink.com short links.
feedChannels	Any of recommend, fashion, food, cosmetics, movie_and_tv, career, love, household_product, gaming, travel, fitness.
maxItems	Notes per feed channel or profile (default 20, max 500).
fetchNoteDetails	Expand feed notes into full notes, one extra request each (default false).
requestDelaySecs	Pause between requests (default 3 seconds).
proxyConfiguration	Optional Apify Proxy settings. Default is no proxy.

{
  "noteUrls": ["https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a806816000000003400d263?xsec_token=AB-TptKasaeUkLXsxJNrR2kZ3EjFdgY2ttd9WGCqfwfMA=&xsec_source=pc_feed"],
  "profileUrls": ["https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/69129eb000000000370059f0"],
  "feedChannels": ["food"],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "fetchNoteDetails": false
}

With an empty input it runs a built-in example: 5 notes from the recommended feed. Inputs that give nothing (bad link, missing xsec_token, removed note) are skipped and named in the run's status message (the first three, with a count of the rest).

Output

A full note (from noteUrls, or a feed note with fetchNoteDetails):

{
  "recordType": "note",
  "noteId": "6a806816000000003400d263",
  "title": "短甲天花板｜不用延长也自带高级感",
  "description": "...",
  "type": "normal",
  "author": {"userId": "69129eb000000000370059f0", "nickname": "裙摆小陈", "avatarUrl": "https://..."},
  "tags": ["短款美甲", "通勤美甲"],
  "likes": 1700, "collects": 783, "comments": null, "shares": 145,
  "publishedAt": "2026-08-18T12:00:07Z",
  "createdAt": "2026-08-18T12:00:07Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-18T12:00:07Z",
  "imageUrls": ["https://..."],
  "videoDurationSec": null,
  "videoUrl": null,
  "titleEnglish": null,
  "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a806816000000003400d263?xsec_token=...",
  "isFull": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-08T15:30:00Z",
  "input": "feed:food"
}

Image and cover URLs are signed and expire, so download them soon after the run. Feed note cards have isFull: false and carry noteId, title, type, author, likes, publishedAt, createdAt, videoDurationSec, coverUrl and url. Profile records have recordType: "profile" with userId, nickname, redId, description, ipLocation, gender, avatarUrl, followers, following, likesAndCollects, notesCount, recentNotes (title, type, likes, publishedAt, videoDurationSec, coverUrl, pinned) and url. Counts the site shows as "1.7万" are converted to numbers (17000).

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.003 per note. Each note row and each profile record counts as one note; recentNotes inside a profile are not charged; a profile note the site gives with its ID is a note row and is charged. Example: 1,000 feed notes cost $3.00. Set a max charge in the run options and the Actor stops when it is reached.

Use with Python

# pip install apify-client
import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"])
run = client.actor("datagleaner/xiaohongshu-rednote-scraper").call(
    run_input={"feedChannels": ["food"], "maxItems": 10}
)
if run is None:
    raise SystemExit("Run did not start")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("title"), item.get("likes"), item.get("url"))

Use with JavaScript / Node.js

// npm install apify-client
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('datagleaner/xiaohongshu-rednote-scraper').call({
    feedChannels: ['food'],
    maxItems: 10,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
for (const item of items) console.log(item.title, item.likes, item.url);

Use it from n8n, Make, Zapier or an AI agent

Actor ID: datagleaner/xiaohongshu-rednote-scraper

Minimal input:

{"feedChannels": ["food"], "maxItems": 10}

Each tool below runs this Actor with your own Apify API token.

• n8n: add the Apify node (@apify/n8n-nodes-apify). On n8n Cloud you install it from the community node registry. Choose Run an Actor and get dataset, set Actor to datagleaner/xiaohongshu-rednote-scraper and paste the input above.

• Make: use the Apify app's Run an Actor module, then Get Dataset Items to read the results. Watch Actor Runs can trigger a scenario when a run finishes.

• Zapier: use the Apify action Run Actor, then the search Fetch dataset items. The trigger Finished Actor run starts a Zap when a run ends.

• AI agents (MCP): connect to https://mcp.apify.com?tools=datagleaner/xiaohongshu-rednote-scraper. In Claude Code:

  claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=datagleaner/xiaohongshu-rednote-scraper"
  

  Then run /mcp to sign in to Apify in your browser. After that, ask in plain language, for example: "Get the 10 newest notes on this Xiaohongshu profile, https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/69129eb000000000370059f0, and list each title with its like count."

• LangChain (Python):

# pip install langchain-apify, then set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment
import json
from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool
tool = ApifyActorsTool("datagleaner/xiaohongshu-rednote-scraper")
result = tool.invoke({"run_input": json.loads('{"feedChannels": ["food"], "maxItems": 10}')})

Limits

• Note links need the xsec_token; links without it return nothing.
• Feeds are recommendations: repeat loads give new notes but no date or keyword control. Duplicates are dropped.
• The default pacing is 3 seconds per request, so expanding 100 feed notes into full notes takes about 5 minutes.
• It reads www.xiaohongshu.com and falls back to the international www.rednote.com if the first is unreachable from the run's network.
• Xiaohongshu may add a login wall at any time; the run then ends with a clear message and keeps what it already saved.

FAQ

Is there a Xiaohongshu API for this? Xiaohongshu has no public data API. This Actor works as one: call it from the Apify API, Python, JavaScript or MCP and get JSON back.

Does it need a Xiaohongshu account or login? No. It reads only public pages.

Can it scrape a Xiaohongshu profile? Yes. Each profile gives one profile record with up to about 30 of the user's newest notes in recentNotes.

Can it get trending Xiaohongshu notes? Yes, from the recommended feed and ten category feeds. These are Xiaohongshu's own recommendations, not a ranked top list.

Can I search by keyword or get comments? Not currently.

Responsible use

Only public pages are read. The data may include personal information (names, bios, locations); how you store and use it is your responsibility under the laws that apply to you, including China's PIPL and the GDPR.

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