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

\[from $3/1K posts] Scrape Weibo posts from accounts, keyword search and post links: full text, likes, comments, reposts, pictures, video, IP region, author. Add comments, profiles and the Weibo hot search list. No login, no cookies, no run fee.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lergassy/weibo-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Matvey](https://apify.com/lergassy) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, AI, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 weibo 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?

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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,
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

**Weibo Scraper** is an all-in-one **Weibo API** for posts, comments, profiles and the **Weibo hot search list (微博热搜)**. Give it Weibo accounts (profile link, uid or screen name), search keywords or post links, and it returns one clean row per **Weibo post** with the **full text, publish time, likes, comments, reposts, pictures, video, #topics#, @mentions, IP region and author** — plus, if you want them, **top-level comments**, **account profiles** and the **50 trending topics** of the moment.

![Weibo Scraper output: Weibo posts with date, author, post text, likes, comments, reposts and topics](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lergassy/apify-actor-assets/main/weibo-scraper/weibo-scraper-output-table.png)

It works **without a Weibo account, without login and without cookies**. Chinese counters such as `1.58亿` or `100万+` arrive as plain numbers, long posts arrive as full text instead of the cut-off `…全文` preview, and failed inputs are returned as free error rows. **From $0.003 per post** on paid plans ($0.012 on the Apify Free plan), no start fee.

### What is Weibo Scraper?

Weibo (新浪微博, Sina Weibo) is China's largest public social network — the place where Chinese media, brands, celebrities, government bodies and hundreds of millions of users publish short posts, videos and comments, and where the national **hot search list** decides what China is talking about today. Weibo has no open public API for this data, and most of the site asks visitors to log in.

**Weibo Scraper** reads the public pages that Weibo shows to logged-out visitors on **m.weibo.cn** and **weibo.com** and turns them into structured rows you can download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull from the **Apify API**. It is built for:

- **brand and competitor monitoring in China** — what is said about a brand, a product or a person, every day;
- **media and trend research** — the Weibo hot search list, the newest posts of official accounts, reactions in the comments;
- **influencer (KOL) discovery** — who writes about your category, with follower counts and verification;
- **AI and RAG pipelines** — Chinese-language social media data as clean text, through the API or the **Apify MCP server**.

One Actor covers five jobs that usually need several tools: **account posts**, **keyword search**, **post by link**, **comments** and **hot search**.

### What data can Weibo Scraper extract?

Every row has a `type` column first, so posts, comments, profiles and hot topics never get mixed up — even in one run.

#### 📝 Weibo posts (`type: post`)

| Field | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `id`, `bid`, `url` | `5348998178410235`, `RkyFjzhSX`, `https://weibo.com/2803301701/RkyFjzhSX` | Post id, short code and link |
| `createdAt` | `2026-09-30T16:00:08.000Z` | Publish time, ISO 8601 (UTC) |
| `text`, `textLength`, `isFullText` | `【#家门口的海洋经济#】家门口的海鲜市场…`, `145`, `true` | Full post text; emoji kept as `[name]` |
| `topics`, `mentions` | `["家门口的海洋经济"]`, `[]` | #Topics# and @accounts in the text |
| `likesCount`, `commentsCount`, `repostsCount` | `14`, `8`, `4` | Engagement as numbers (万/亿 converted) |
| `engagementCount` | `26` | Likes + comments + reposts, computed for you |
| `pictures`, `pictureCount` | full-size image URLs, `3` | All pictures of the post |
| `videoUrl`, `videoTitle`, `videoPlayCount` | MP4 link, title, `6825` | For video posts |
| `isRepost`, `repostOfUrl`, `repostOfAuthor`, `repostOfAuthorId`, `repostOfText`, `repostOfCreatedAt` | `true`, link, name, uid, text, time | The original of a repost |
| `repostOfLikesCount`, `repostOfCommentsCount`, `repostOfRepostsCount` | `51234`, `812`, `3020` | Engagement of the reposted original |
| `isPinned` | `false` | Pinned to the top of the profile |
| `ipLocation` | `四川` | IP region Weibo shows under the post (发布于…) |
| `client` | `iPhone客户端` | App or label the post was sent from |
| `authorId`, `authorName`, `authorUrl`, `authorVerified`, `authorVerifiedReason`, `authorFollowers`, `authorAvatar` | `2803301701`, `人民日报`, …, `true`, `《人民日报》法人微博`, `158000000` | Who posted it |
| `account` / `keyword` / `requestedUrl` | the input this row came from | Lets you group rows by input |

#### 💬 Weibo comments (`type: comment`)

`id`, `postId`, `postUrl`, `createdAt`, `text`, `likesCount`, `replyCount`, `ipLocation` (the commenter's IP region, 来自…), and the commenter: `authorId`, `authorName`, `authorUrl`, `authorVerified`, `authorVerifiedReason`, `authorFollowers`, `authorAvatar`. Top-level comments come hottest first, the way Weibo orders them.

#### 👤 Weibo profiles (`type: profile`)

`id`, `screenName`, `url`, `customDomain`, `description` (bio), `contactEmail` (an e-mail written in the bio, if there is one), `location`, `gender`, `followers`, `following`, `postsCount`, `verified`, `verifiedType`, `verifiedReason`, `company`, `accountCreatedAt`, `avatar`, `coverImage`, `memberRank`.

#### 🔥 Weibo hot search (`type: hot-topic`)

`rank`, `topic`, `heat` (numeric heat score), `label` (新 new, 热 hot, 沸 boiling, 爆 exploding), `category`, `topicUrl`. Advertising slots are removed, so ranks are the real trending topics.

### 💰 How much does it cost to scrape Weibo?

Weibo Scraper uses **pay-per-event** pricing: you pay for the rows you get, nothing else. There is **no start fee, no fee per page and no proxy surcharge**.

| Event | Free plan | Starter (Bronze) | Scale (Silver) | Business (Gold) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 📝 Post (from an account, a search or a link) | $0.012 ($12 / 1K) | **$0.003 ($3 / 1K)** | $0.00225 ($2.25 / 1K) | $0.0015 ($1.50 / 1K) |
| 💬 Comment | $0.0015 ($1.50 / 1K) | **$0.00135 ($1.35 / 1K)** | $0.0012 ($1.20 / 1K) | $0.00105 ($1.05 / 1K) |
| 👤 Profile | $0.075 ($75 / 1K) | **$0.01875 ($18.75 / 1K)** | $0.01641 ($16.41 / 1K) | $0.0140625 ($14.06 / 1K) |
| 🔥 Hot search topic | $0.0015 ($1.50 / 1K) | **$0.00135 ($1.35 / 1K)** | $0.0012 ($1.20 / 1K) | $0.00105 ($1.05 / 1K) |

Platinum and Diamond plans pay the Business price. A full 50-topic hot search snapshot costs about $0.075 on the Free plan and $0.0675 on Starter.

What is **free**: error rows (unknown account, deleted post, bad link), posts skipped by your date filter, duplicate posts, and anything above your `maxItems` cap.

**What the demo run costs:** the prefilled input returns 20 posts of 人民日报 (People's Daily) for **$0.06** on the Starter plan ($0.24 on the Free plan). Apify's free plan includes $5 of monthly credit — roughly **400 Weibo posts** or **3,300 comments** a month at no cost to you.

#### Weibo Scraper vs. other Weibo actors

| Job | Weibo Scraper, Free plan | Weibo Scraper, Starter | Most-used Weibo actor, Free / Starter | Flat-rate alternative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 posts from keyword search | $12 | **$3** | $12 / $4 + start fee | $35 |
| 1,000 posts by link | $12 | **$3** | $75 / $25 | $35 |
| 1,000 account profiles | $75 | **$18.75** | $75 / $25 | $35 |
| 1,000 comments | $1.50 | **$1.35** | — | $35 |

Free plan: same as the leader; paid plans ~25% cheaper. Leader prices checked on the Apify Store on 15 October 2026: the actor with the most monthly users in this category charges $0.012 per search post on the Free plan and $0.004 on Starter, $0.075 / $0.025 per post detail and per profile, and a run start fee of $0.14 / $0.014. The flat-rate alternative charged $0.035 per row on 15 October 2026.

### How to scrape Weibo with Weibo Scraper

1. Open **Weibo Scraper** and press **Try for free** (an Apify account is free).
2. Choose what to scrape — you can combine all of these in one run:
   - **👤 Weibo accounts**: profile links, uids or exact screen names, one per line;
   - **🔍 Search keywords**: words or #topics#, in Chinese for the best results;
   - **🔗 Post links**: links to individual posts;
   - **🔥 Weibo hot search list**: one switch.
3. Optionally set **💬 Comments per post**, **👤 Add the account profile** and **📅 Only posts from the last N days**.
4. Press **Start**. The prefilled run finishes in about 10 seconds.
5. Download the results as **JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML**, open them in Google Sheets, or fetch them through the **Apify API**.

### ⬇️ Input

![Weibo Scraper input form: Weibo accounts, posts per account, keyword search order, comments and Weibo hot search list](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lergassy/apify-actor-assets/main/weibo-scraper/weibo-scraper-input-form.png)

The prefilled input is the fastest working example — the newest 20 posts of 人民日报:

```json
{
  "accounts": ["https://weibo.com/u/2803301701"],
  "postsPerAccount": 20
}
```

#### 👤 Weibo account posts

Accounts accept a profile link (`https://weibo.com/u/2803301701`, `https://weibo.com/rmrb`, `https://m.weibo.cn/u/2803301701`), a numeric uid (`2803301701`) or the exact screen name (`人民日报`). The same account given twice is scraped once.

```json
{
  "accounts": ["人民日报", "https://weibo.com/u/1192329374"],
  "postsPerAccount": 20,
  "includeProfile": true
}
```

**How many posts per account?** Weibo shows logged-out visitors only the first screen of each profile tab. The Actor reads the All, Original, Video, Photo and Article tabs in turn and merges them, newest first — usually **20–35 recent posts per account** (31 for 人民日报 in our tests). Older posts need a login and are not available.

#### 🔍 Weibo keyword search

```json
{
  "keywords": ["比亚迪", "#国庆#"],
  "postsPerKeyword": 50,
  "searchSort": "latest"
}
```

`searchSort` is `top` (Weibo's mixed 综合 results), `latest` (real-time 实时 posts, newest first) or `hot` (popular 热门 posts). Without a login Weibo search shows the first screen of each search tab; merged, that is typically **50–90 unique posts per keyword** (89 for 比亚迪 in our tests).

#### 🔗 Weibo posts by link, with comments

```json
{
  "postUrls": ["https://weibo.com/2803301701/RkyFjzhSX", "https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5349240140471787"],
  "commentsPerPost": 100
}
```

`commentsPerPost` works for every post the run returns — from accounts, searches or links. Comments are paged 20 at a time, hottest first. Posts with zero comments cost nothing extra.

#### 🔥 Weibo hot search

```json
{ "hotTopics": true }
```

Returns the current Weibo hot search list — about 50 trending topics. When you turn on hot topics, add keywords or post links, the prefilled demo account is skipped automatically, so you only get what you asked for.

#### All input fields

| Field | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| `accounts` | `["https://weibo.com/u/2803301701"]` | Accounts to read |
| `postsPerAccount` | 20 | Newest posts per account (1–50) |
| `keywords` | — | Search keywords |
| `postsPerKeyword` | 30 | Posts per keyword (1–100) |
| `searchSort` | `top` | `top`, `latest` or `hot` |
| `postUrls` | — | Post links or ids |
| `commentsPerPost` | 0 | Top-level comments per post (0–500) |
| `includeProfile` | false | Add a profile row per account |
| `hotTopics` | false | Add the hot search list |
| `maxAgeDays` | — | Skip posts older than N days |
| `expandLongText` | true | Full text of long posts |
| `maxItems` | — | Cap on billable rows per run |
| `proxyConfiguration` | off | Direct connection; switches to Apify proxy by itself if Weibo throttles |

### ⬆️ Output

A post row:

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "5349240140471787",
  "bid": "RkEXA1YJt",
  "url": "https://weibo.com/2803301701/RkEXA1YJt",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-01T08:01:36.000Z",
  "text": "【#家门口的海洋经济#】家门口的海鲜市场、周末的滨海度假游，这些看似平常的生活片段，其实都连着同一个宏大命题——海洋经济。…",
  "textLength": 145,
  "isFullText": true,
  "topics": ["家门口的海洋经济", "高质量发展故事汇"],
  "mentions": [],
  "repostsCount": 12,
  "commentsCount": 16,
  "likesCount": 24,
  "engagementCount": 52,
  "pictures": [],
  "pictureCount": 0,
  "videoUrl": "https://f.video.weibocdn.com/o0/…mp4?label=mp4_720p…",
  "videoPlayCount": 6825,
  "isRepost": false,
  "isPinned": false,
  "ipLocation": null,
  "client": "微博视频号",
  "authorId": "2803301701",
  "authorName": "人民日报",
  "authorVerified": true,
  "authorVerifiedReason": "《人民日报》法人微博",
  "authorFollowers": 158000000,
  "account": "https://weibo.com/u/2803301701",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-01T08:04:03.143Z"
}
```

A comment row:

```json
{
  "type": "comment",
  "id": "5348999909611044",
  "postId": "5348998178410235",
  "postUrl": "https://weibo.com/2803301701/RkyFjzhSX",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-30T16:07:01.000Z",
  "text": "祝祖国繁荣昌盛，祝大家国庆快乐！#庆祝新中国成立77周年#",
  "likesCount": 1701,
  "replyCount": 155,
  "ipLocation": "上海",
  "authorName": "叶童",
  "authorVerified": true,
  "authorFollowers": 1415777
}
```

A hot search row:

```json
{
  "type": "hot-topic",
  "rank": 1,
  "topic": "央视国庆晚会阵容发布",
  "heat": 1114954,
  "label": "热",
  "category": "晚会",
  "topicUrl": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E5%A4%AE%E8%A7%86…"
}
```

The dataset has five views: **Posts**, **Comments**, **Profiles**, **Hot topics** and **Errors**.

#### Error rows

If an account does not exist, a post was deleted or a link is not a Weibo link, you get a free row like this instead of a failed run:

```json
{ "type": "error", "mode": "account", "input": "no_such_user", "error": "Weibo account \"no_such_user\" not found — use the exact screen name, the profile link (weibo.com/u/123…) or the numeric uid. Not charged." }
```

An empty result is never silent: the run always says why.

### Use cases for Weibo data

#### Brand and competitor monitoring in China

Search your brand, products and competitors every day with `searchSort: latest` and `maxAgeDays: 1`; every new post comes with likes, comments, reposts and the poster's IP region.

#### Weibo hot search tracking

Schedule the hot search list every hour and build a history of what trends in China, how hot it got and which category it belongs to. Feed a topic back into **🔍 Search keywords** to read the posts behind it.

#### Media and official account monitoring

Follow the newest posts of media outlets, ministries, companies and celebrities in one run, with full text of long posts and video links.

#### Comment and sentiment analysis

Collect hundreds of top comments per post with likes, reply counts and IP regions — a ready dataset for sentiment analysis or regional breakdowns.

#### Influencer (KOL) research and lead generation

Profiles carry followers, verification, company, sign-up date and any contact e-mail written in the bio.

#### AI agents and RAG

Clean Chinese-language text with stable field names — easy to embed, summarise or translate.

### Integrations

Weibo Scraper works with everything on the Apify platform: **schedules**, **webhooks**, **Google Sheets**, **n8n**, **Make**, **Zapier**, **LangChain**, **Airbyte** and the **Apify MCP server**.

#### Use the Weibo Scraper API from Python

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("lergassy/weibo-scraper").call(run_input={
    "keywords": ["比亚迪"],
    "postsPerKeyword": 50,
    "searchSort": "latest",
})
for post in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(post["createdAt"], post["authorName"], post["likesCount"], post["text"][:80])
```

#### Use the Weibo Scraper API from JavaScript

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

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('lergassy/weibo-scraper').call({ hotTopics: true });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.map((t) => `${t.rank}. ${t.topic} (${t.heat})`).join('\n'));
```

#### Run it with one HTTP request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lergassy~weibo-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"accounts": ["人民日报"], "postsPerAccount": 20}'
```

### 🤖 For AI agents and LLM apps

Compact reference for agents calling `lergassy/weibo-scraper` through the Apify MCP server or the Apify API.

**Purpose:** Weibo (China) posts, comments, profiles and the hot search list, without login. One row = one post, comment, profile or trending topic; `type` tells which.

**Minimal input:** `{"keywords": ["比亚迪"]}` or `{"accounts": ["人民日报"]}` or `{"hotTopics": true}`.

**Output fields (posts):** type, id, bid, url, createdAt, text, textLength, isFullText, topics, mentions, repostsCount, commentsCount, likesCount, engagementCount, pictures, pictureCount, videoUrl, videoTitle, videoPlayCount, isRepost, repostOfUrl, repostOfAuthor, repostOfAuthorId, repostOfText, repostOfCreatedAt, repostOfLikesCount, repostOfCommentsCount, repostOfRepostsCount, isPinned, ipLocation, client, authorId, authorName, authorUrl, authorVerified, authorVerifiedReason, authorFollowers, authorAvatar, account / keyword / requestedUrl, scrapedAt. Comments add postId, postUrl, replyCount. Hot topics: rank, topic, heat, label, category, topicUrl.

**Behaviours an agent should know:**

- The default account (人民日报) is skipped when keywords, post links or hot topics are given.
- Without login Weibo shows only recent content: ~20–35 newest posts per account, ~50–90 posts per keyword. It is not a full archive.
- Use `maxAgeDays` and `searchSort: latest` instead of filtering afterwards; skipped posts are free.
- Counts are numbers, dates are ISO 8601 UTC, text is plain (no HTML).
- Billed per post, comment, profile and hot topic; error rows are free.

### ❓ FAQ

#### Is it legal to scrape Weibo?

Weibo Scraper reads only public pages that Weibo shows to anyone without logging in, and does not access private messages, private accounts or anything behind a login. Scraping public data is generally lawful, but personal data (names, comments) is protected by laws such as GDPR and China's PIPL. Use the data for legitimate purposes, respect copyright when republishing text, and consult a lawyer if you are unsure.

#### Do I need a Weibo account, cookies or a Chinese phone number?

No. Nothing is logged in. The Actor uses the same anonymous visitor session a browser gets on its first visit.

#### Is there an official Weibo API?

Weibo's open platform (open.weibo.com) requires a registered developer app, a review and user authorisation before you get any data. Weibo Scraper is a ready **Weibo API alternative**: send JSON, get rows, no app review.

#### Can I use Weibo Scraper with the Apify API?

Yes. Every run can be started and read through the Apify API — see the Python, JavaScript and curl examples above. The `run-sync-get-dataset-items` endpoint returns the rows in the same HTTP response.

#### Can I use it through an MCP server?

Yes. Weibo Scraper is available to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI agents through the **Apify MCP server** (`https://mcp.apify.com`). Ask your agent for "Weibo posts about 比亚迪" or "today's Weibo hot search" and it can call the Actor directly.

#### Can I integrate it with other apps?

Yes — Google Sheets, n8n, Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, webhooks and schedules all work out of the box on Apify.

#### How much does it cost to scrape 1,000 Weibo posts?

$3 on the Starter plan, $2.25 on Scale and $1.50 on Business and above; $12 on the Free plan. On Starter, comments are $1.35 per 1,000, profiles $18.75 per 1,000 and hot topics $1.35 per 1,000 (on the Free plan $1.50, $75 and $1.50). No start fee.

#### Why do I get only 20–35 posts from an account?

Weibo shows deeper pages of a profile only to logged-in users. Weibo Scraper merges the first screen of five profile tabs to give you as many recent posts as a visitor can see. For longer histories, run it on a schedule — each run adds the newest posts.

#### Does it return one row per post?

Yes. A post found twice in one run (for example by two keywords) is returned and billed once.

#### Are the numbers exact?

Weibo itself rounds big counters for display (`1.58亿` followers, `100万+` reposts). Where Weibo gives the exact number, you get it; where it shows a rounded one, you get the rounded value as a number.

#### How long do video and picture links work?

Picture and video files are hosted on Weibo's own servers. Video links carry an expiry time in the link itself (`Expires=…`), so download a video soon after the run if you need it.

#### Can I get followers lists, reposts lists or replies to comments?

Not in this version. Each comment row carries `replyCount`, so you can see which comments started a discussion.

### Your feedback

Found a bug, need a field or a new mode? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab — we answer quickly and ship fixes fast. If Weibo Scraper saves you time, a short review on the Store helps other people find it.

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# Actor input Schema

## `accounts` (type: `array`):

Add Weibo accounts to read their newest posts, one per line: a profile link (<b>https://weibo.com/u/2803301701</b>, <b>weibo.com/rmrb</b>, <b>m.weibo.cn/u/…</b>), a numeric uid or the exact screen name (<b>人民日报</b>). The demo account in this field is skipped automatically when you fill in keywords, post links or hot topics.

## `postsPerAccount` (type: `integer`):

Enter how many of the newest posts to return per account (1–50). Without a login Weibo shows the first screen of each profile tab, which usually adds up to 20–35 recent posts.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Add keywords or #topics# to search Weibo posts, one per line — in Chinese for the best results: <b>比亚迪</b>, <b>人工智能</b>, <b>#国庆#</b>. Brand names in English work too.

## `postsPerKeyword` (type: `integer`):

Enter how many posts to return per keyword (1–100). Without a login Weibo search shows the first screen of each search tab, typically 50–90 unique posts per keyword.

## `searchSort` (type: `string`):

Choose which posts a keyword search returns first: <b>top</b> (Weibo's mixed 综合 results), <b>latest</b> (real-time 实时 posts, newest first) or <b>hot</b> (popular 热门 posts).

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

Add links to individual Weibo posts, one per line: <b>https://weibo.com/2803301701/RkyFjzhSX</b>, <b>https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5348998178410235</b> or a bare post id.

## `commentsPerPost` (type: `integer`):

Enter how many top-level comments to collect for every post the run returns (0 = none, up to 500). Comments come hottest first, with likes, reply count and the commenter's IP region. Billed per comment.

## `includeProfile` (type: `boolean`):

Turn on to add one profile row per account: followers, following, posts count, verification, location, company, sign-up date and any e-mail written in the bio. Billed per profile.

## `hotTopics` (type: `boolean`):

Turn on to add the current Weibo hot search (微博热搜) — about 50 trending topics with rank, heat, label (新/热/沸/爆) and category. Ads are removed. Billed per topic.

## `maxAgeDays` (type: `integer`):

Enter a number of days to skip older posts (for example 7). Leave empty to keep every post Weibo shows. Skipped posts are not billed.

## `expandLongText` (type: `boolean`):

Keep on to replace Weibo's cut-off preview (…全文) with the full post text. Turn off for a slightly faster run.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Enter a hard cap on billable rows (posts, comments, profiles and hot topics together) for this run. Leave empty for no cap.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Off by default — Weibo answers a direct request. If Weibo starts throttling, the run switches to Apify datacenter proxy by itself.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "accounts": [
    "https://weibo.com/u/2803301701"
  ],
  "postsPerAccount": 20,
  "postsPerKeyword": 30,
  "searchSort": "top",
  "commentsPerPost": 0,
  "includeProfile": false,
  "hotTopics": false,
  "expandLongText": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One row per Weibo post, comment, profile or hot search topic; the first column `type` tells them apart.

# 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 = {
    "accounts": [
        "https://weibo.com/u/2803301701"
    ],
    "postsPerAccount": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lergassy/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 = {
    "accounts": ["https://weibo.com/u/2803301701"],
    "postsPerAccount": 20,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lergassy/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 '{
  "accounts": [
    "https://weibo.com/u/2803301701"
  ],
  "postsPerAccount": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call lergassy/weibo-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lergassy/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/Pcd9ytjwaMkDFyV2e/builds/HXhw7v4CwWMrHKCU8/openapi.json