Bilibili Pro Scraper

Full-featured Bilibili / 哔哩哔哩 scraper. Four modes, one Actor, clean structured JSON. No login, no cookies, no broken-token surprises.

Built for serious workloads — China-video research, UP creator discovery, AI training pipelines harvesting Chinese UGC, brand-watch dashboards, ML datasets of long-form Chinese video metadata.

What does this Actor do?

Pick a mode, give it inputs, get a dataset:

• Keyword search — search Bilibili by keyword. Six sort options (comprehensive ranking, most played, newest, most danmaku, most favorited, most commented).
• Video detail by BV / AID — paste a BV1xxxxxxxxx code, an av… numeric ID, or a full bilibili.com/video/... URL; get title, description, UP info, plays, danmaku, likes, favorites, replies, cover, publish time, and (optional) top comments.
• User profile + uploads — fetch a UP's profile (avatar, bio, level, top banner) and their recent uploaded videos with pagination.
• Popular / trending feed — the public "Popular" feed (com_popular). Surfaces what's blowing up across the entire platform right now.

Each video returns a flat, schema-validated JSON row that's downloadable as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML — and queryable via the Apify REST API for pipeline integration.

Why use Bilibili Pro Scraper?

• No cookies, no breakage. Other Bilibili actors in the store ask the user for a logged-in SESSDATA cookie that expires within days. Customers end up with a stream of 412/-352 errors and 1.5★ reviews. We use a maintained backend surface that stays stable.
• Four modes in one Actor. Search, detail, user, popular — pick a mode per run; no juggling separate Actors.
• Full-field output. Title, description, UP name + uid, plays, danmaku, likes, favorites, replies, duration, publish time, cover URL, tags — all in one row.
• AI training-ready. Chinese-language UGC video metadata, clean JSON, deduplicable by bvid. Drop straight into a vector DB, an LLM fine-tune set, or a trend classifier.
• Marketing dashboards. Schedule keyword runs hourly and build a real-time pulse of any brand, product, or category on China's largest Gen-Z video platform.

How to use

1. Open the Actor and click Try for free.
2. In the Input tab, pick a Scrape mode (search is the default).
3. Fill the inputs for your mode:
   • search: keywords, optional sort (searchOrder)
   • videos: BV codes / AV IDs / Bilibili URLs in videoIds
   • user: numeric UIDs in userIds (find in space.bilibili.com/<uid>)
   • popular: nothing required
4. Set Max items per input (default 50).
5. Click Save & Start. Results stream into the dataset live.
6. Download or stream the dataset; schedule the run under the Schedules tab.

Input

Field	Type	Used in mode	Description
mode	string	all	One of search, videos, user, popular.
keywords	array	search	Search queries; Chinese or English.
searchOrder	enum	search	totalrank / click / pubdate / dm / stow / scores.
videoIds	array	videos	BV codes, AV IDs, or full bilibili.com URLs.
userIds	array	user	Numeric Bilibili UIDs.
maxItemsPerInput	integer (1–1000)	all	Cap per input. Default 50.
fetchComments	boolean	videos	Fetch up to 20 top comments per video. Extra cost.

JSON example — keyword search:

{
    "mode": "search",
    "keywords": ["AI编程", "Claude"],
    "searchOrder": "click",
    "maxItemsPerInput": 100
}

Output

{
    "bvid": "BV1xx411c7mD",
    "aid": "170001",
    "title": "Claude Code 完全入门指南",
    "description": "从安装到 Hooks 全流程演示。",
    "author": "AI研究室",
    "authorUid": "12345678",
    "authorPic": "https://i0.hdslb.com/bfs/face/abc.jpg",
    "cover": "https://i0.hdslb.com/bfs/archive/cover.jpg",
    "videoUrl": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1xx411c7mD",
    "duration": "12:34",
    "plays": 482915,
    "danmaku": 2841,
    "likes": 39201,
    "favorites": 12480,
    "comments": 1832,
    "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T08:15:00.000Z",
    "typeName": "科技",
    "tags": ["AI", "编程", "Claude"],
    "keyword": "AI编程",
    "searchOrder": "click",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T13:45:00.000Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Description
bvid	Bilibili BV code (use as canonical ID).
aid	Numeric AV ID (legacy).
title	Video title.
description	Video description / synopsis.
author	UP display name.
authorUid	Numeric UID — pair with mode: "user" to drill in.
authorPic	UP avatar URL.
cover	Cover image URL.
videoUrl	Public deep link.
duration	Video length.
plays	Total view count.
danmaku	Danmaku (bullet comment) count.
likes	Like count.
favorites	Favorite count.
comments	Reply / comment count.
publishedAt	ISO 8601 publish time.
typeName	Bilibili category name.
tags	Tags inferred from search metadata.
userProfile	UP profile object (user mode only).
topComments	Top 20 comments (videos mode with fetchComments only).
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 timestamp of scrape.

Pricing

$3.99 per 1,000 results. Each video returned counts as one result. videos mode with fetchComments=true returns richer rows but is billed at the same rate.

Cost estimates

Goal	Items / run	Mode	Est. cost / run
Quick scan of one keyword	50	search	~$0.20
Category round-up	500	search	~$2.00
UP deep dive	200 uploads	user	~$0.80
Daily brand monitoring	1,000	search	~$4.00 / day

Apify also charges a small compute fee (typically $0.01-0.05 per minute of run time).

Tips

• Schedule, don't poll. Bilibili rotates the popular feed every few hours; scheduling daily / 6-hourly delivers the right cadence vs cost.
• Deduplicate by bvid. Sequential runs overlap; merge and dedupe on bvid.
• Pair user + videos modes. Use mode: "user" to find prolific UPs, then drill into each top video with mode: "videos" + fetchComments.
• Pair searchOrder: "pubdate" with hourly scheduling for real-time keyword monitoring.
• Don't enable fetchComments unless you need them. Each comment-bearing video takes an extra request.

FAQ

Q: Why is this Actor different from the other Bilibili scrapers on the Store? A: Most existing actors depend on a customer-provided SESSDATA cookie that expires in days. We don't ask for one. We've engineered around stable backend surfaces so the Actor stays usable across cookie expiries.

Q: Will this break when Bilibili changes their API? A: Possibly. Our team maintains the backend; we patch usually within 24-72 hours of a backend change. Bug reports via the Issues tab.

Q: Is scraping Bilibili legal? A: We pull only publicly-accessible content — what any visitor can see without an account. Your usage is your responsibility; comply with your jurisdiction's law and Bilibili's Terms of Service.

Q: Can I get my data via API? A: Yes. Every Apify run exposes a stable REST API for inputs, datasets, and run status. Plug into n8n, Make, Zapier, or your own pipeline.

Q: How do I find a user's UID? A: Open the UP's profile on space.bilibili.com; the URL ends with /<uid> — that number is the UID.

Q: How fast are runs? A: Search: ~3 seconds per page (~42 videos). User: ~2 seconds per page. Video detail: ~1 second per video. Popular: ~2 seconds per page.

Q: I need a richer integration or higher-volume contract. A: Reach out via Apify chat. Custom endpoints and SLAs available on request.