# Hongguo Drama Search (`dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-search`) Actor

Search Hongguo short dramas, comic dramas, and film/TV titles and return normalized metadata with reusable book IDs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Drama Data Lab](https://apify.com/dramadatalab) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.002 / successful drama search

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## Hongguo Short Drama Search API

Search Hongguo short dramas, comic dramas, and film/TV titles by name. Get normalized metadata and the reusable `bookId` required by the episode-list Actor. Users do not need to provide a Hongguo API key.

### What you get

- One Dataset row per matching title
- Normalized `bookId`, title, author, cover, introduction, and episode count
- Short drama, comic drama, and film/TV search modes
- A `traceId` for troubleshooting without exposing upstream billing or credentials
- JSON, CSV, Excel, and other Dataset export formats provided by Apify

### Quick start

```json
{
  "name": "重生",
  "page": 1,
  "tabType": 11
}
```

| `tabType` | Catalog |
| --- | --- |
| `11` | Short dramas |
| `19` | Comic dramas |
| `21` | Film and TV |

### Call with curl

Keep your Apify token in an environment variable. Never put it in client-side code.

```bash
curl -L "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dramadatalab~hongguo-drama-search/run-sync-get-dataset-items?timeout=120" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"重生","page":1,"tabType":11}'
```

### Call with JavaScript

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

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

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-search').call({
    name: '重生',
    page: 1,
    tabType: 11,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);
```

### Call with Python

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

```python
import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"])
run = client.actor("dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-search").call(run_input={
    "name": "重生",
    "page": 1,
    "tabType": 11,
})
items = list(client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items())
print(items)
```

### Example result

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "bookId": "7651964941498338328",
  "title": "Example title",
  "author": "Example author",
  "episodeCount": 80,
  "cover": "https://example.invalid/cover.jpg",
  "intro": "Example introduction",
  "traceId": "request-trace-id"
}
```

The example shows the output shape. Live catalog data comes from the Actor run.

### Complete workflow

1. Search here and copy a `bookId`.
2. Send it to [Hongguo Drama Episodes](https://apify.com/dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-episodes) to obtain episode `videoId` values.
3. Resolve those IDs with the detailed, direct, or batch parser.

### Pricing

| Event | Price | When it is charged |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Actor start | `$0.00005` | Once per run at up to 1 GB memory |
| Successful metadata query | `$0.002` | Once only when valid title records are returned |

A typical successful search costs **$0.00205**. Empty results and failed metadata queries do not trigger the metadata event. Platform usage is included in the event prices.

### Troubleshooting

- **No results:** confirm the title, page, and catalog type.
- **Run spending limit reached:** set `maxTotalChargeUsd` to at least `$0.00205`.
- **Temporary upstream error:** retry later and include `traceId` when opening an issue.

### Related Actors

- [Hongguo Drama Episodes](https://apify.com/dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-episodes) — list episodes and obtain `videoId` values.
- [Hongguo Video Parser](https://apify.com/dramadatalab/hongguo-video-parser) — detailed quality and media metadata.
- [Hongguo Direct Video](https://apify.com/dramadatalab/hongguo-direct-video) — automatic direct-route resolution.
- [Hongguo Batch Video Parser](https://apify.com/dramadatalab/hongguo-batch-video-parser) — parse up to ten episode IDs per request.
- [Hongguo Latest Releases](https://apify.com/dramadatalab/hongguo-latest-releases) — discover newly released titles.
- [Hongguo Release Calendar](https://apify.com/dramadatalab/hongguo-release-calendar) — browse releases by date.
- [Hongguo Drama Rankings](https://apify.com/dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-rankings) — discover ranked titles.

Use this Actor only for content and data you are authorized to access and process.

# Actor input Schema

## `name` (type: `string`):

Chinese title or keyword to search.

## `page` (type: `integer`):

Result page, starting at 1.

## `tabType` (type: `string`):

Choose the upstream content category.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "name": "重生",
  "page": 1,
  "tabType": "11"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "name": "重生"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-search").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 = { "name": "重生" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-search").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 '{
  "name": "重生"
}' |
apify call dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dramadatalab/hongguo-drama-search"
        }
    }
}
```

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/5VKbK6ePI3WcAv96x/builds/RFVFjp75zJEeELv4E/openapi.json