Bilibili Scraper — Video Metadata Extractor (Views, Tags, Playlists)

Extract Bilibili video metadata in bulk: title, duration, views, likes, formats available, uploader, tags, comments count. Supports single videos, playlists, channels, and batch URL input (up to 1,000). Optional cookies for 1080p+ formats. Powered by yt-dlp — the most robust video extractor. $0.001 per video ($1 per 1,000).

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What is the Bilibili Scraper?

The Bilibili Scraper is an Apify actor that pulls metadata from any Bilibili video, playlist, or channel — China's largest community-driven video platform with 300M+ monthly active users. Drop in a list of URLs (videos, playlists, user pages) and get back clean structured JSON: title, duration, view count, likes, comment count, uploader, upload date, tags, available format count + best format quality.

Powered by yt-dlp, the most-maintained video extractor — handles Bilibili's varying URL formats (BV..., av..., bilibili.com/video/..., space.bilibili.com/...) automatically.

Use cases

• Chinese-content research — analyze Bilibili top creators in tech, anime, gaming, food categories.
• Cross-platform creator analytics — combine Bilibili with YouTube data for Asia + Western view of the same creator.
• Brand monitoring in China — track which Bilibili creators mention your brand, their reach.
• Content trend forecasting — Bilibili trends often predict TikTok/YouTube trends 6-12 months later in Western markets.
• Influencer marketing in APAC — find rising Bilibili creators by view velocity.
• Multi-language video analytics — Bilibili content + auto-translation pipelines.

Input

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1xx411c7XE",
    "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1yy411c7YE"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "extractFlat": false,
  "cookiesString": "(optional Netscape cookies for 1080p+ formats)"
}

extractFlat: true enables fast playlist mode (returns playlist items without fetching every video's full metadata).

Output

{
  "url": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1xx411c7XE",
  "id": "BV1xx411c7XE",
  "title": "Example video title",
  "description": "Description body...",
  "duration": 342,
  "upload_date": "2026-01-15",
  "uploader": "Example Channel",
  "uploader_id": "12345678",
  "uploader_url": "https://space.bilibili.com/12345678",
  "view_count": 1500000,
  "like_count": 45000,
  "comment_count": 3200,
  "thumbnail": "https://i0.hdslb.com/...",
  "tags": ["tech", "tutorial"],
  "formats_count": 8,
  "best_format": "mp4/1080p"
}

Pricing

PAY_PER_EVENT — $0.001 per video metadata fetched (= $1 per 1,000). Failed fetches not charged. Batch up to 1,000 URLs per run with 5 parallel extractions.

FAQ — Bilibili API alternatives

Bilibili official API alternative? Bilibili's official API is undocumented in English and rate-limited. This scraper bypasses with yt-dlp, which has the most up-to-date Bilibili extractor.

Why are some videos in 720p only? Bilibili gates 1080p+ behind login. Pass a cookiesString (Netscape format) to unlock higher resolutions in the metadata.

Playlist support? Yes — playlist URLs auto-expand to constituent videos. Set extractFlat: true for fast playlist enumeration without fetching every video's full record.

Does it download files? No — metadata only. For download, use yt-dlp directly (which supports Bilibili).

How fast for bulk? ~3-5 videos per second per actor instance with 5 parallel extractions. For 10K videos, run 4-8 concurrent actor runs.

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License: MIT · Author: dltik