# Weibo Comments Scraper — 微博 Comments with Location (`neronbaez/weibo-comments-scraper`) Actor

Extract comments from Weibo (微博) posts: text, likes, replies, commenter and IP location (province). By post URL, keyword or user. No login. For sentiment analysis and China social listening.

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

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 comments

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?

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

### What does Weibo Comments Scraper do?

Extract comments from Weibo (微博) posts: text, likes, replies, commenter and IP location (province). By post URL, keyword or user. No login. For sentiment analysis and China social listening.

Clean JSON with English field names and integer counts, ready for Excel, Python, dashboards or AI agents.

🇬🇧 **Don't read Chinese?** Turn on **Translate to English** and get English versions of every text (`textEn`, `titleEn`, `keywordEn`) at no extra cost.

### Results without login

Weibo shows guests only the first page of most lists: about 10 latest posts per user, about 30 posts per keyword and about 20 comments per post. That's ideal for **daily monitoring**. To go deeper, paste your own Weibo cookie in *Advanced*.

### Pricing

You pay only for results:

| Result | Price |
|---|---|
| Comment | $0.0005 |
| Post | $0.002 |

🆓 **On Apify's Free plan you can try it practically free** (about $0.01 per 1,000 results). The prices above apply to paid plans.

### Need more data in one run?

Use **[Weibo Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-scraper)** to get everything together.

### More China data scrapers

All with English field names, pay-per-result pricing and optional English translation:

- [Bilibili Scraper (all-in-one)](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-scraper)
- [Bilibili Comments](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-comments-scraper)
- [Bilibili Danmaku 弹幕](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-danmaku-scraper)
- [Bilibili Creators UP主](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-creator-scraper)
- [Bilibili Search](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-search-scraper)
- [Bilibili Trending](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-trending-scraper)
- [Bilibili Live 直播](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-live-scraper)
- [Bilibili Hot Search 热搜](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-hot-search-scraper)
- [Weibo Scraper (all-in-one)](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-scraper)
- [Weibo Search](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-search-scraper)
- [Weibo User Posts](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-user-posts-scraper)
- [Weibo Hot Search 热搜](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-hot-search-scraper)
- [WeChat Articles 公众号](https://apify.com/neronbaez/wechat-article-scraper)
- [China Trending Topics (6 platforms)](https://apify.com/neronbaez/china-trending-scraper)
- [Douyin Hot Search 抖音热榜](https://apify.com/neronbaez/douyin-hot-search-scraper)
- [Baidu Hot Search](https://apify.com/neronbaez/baidu-hot-search-scraper)
- [Zhihu Hot List](https://apify.com/neronbaez/zhihu-hot-list-scraper)

### Is it legal?

This Actor only reads data shown publicly to any visitor. Personal data is protected by PIPL, GDPR and similar laws, so only use it with a legitimate purpose.

### Feedback

Open an issue in the **Issues** tab. Requests usually ship within a few days.

# Actor input Schema

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

weibo.com/<uid>/<bid> or m.weibo.cn/detail/<id> links.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Comments from the top posts for these keywords.

## `maxPostsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Posts per keyword.

## `userUrls` (type: `array`):

weibo.com/u/<id> links or IDs.

## `maxPostsPerUser` (type: `integer`):

Latest posts per user.

## `maxCommentsPerPost` (type: `integer`):

\~20 without cookie.

## `translateToEnglish` (type: `boolean`):

Adds English translations next to the Chinese text (textEn, titleEn, keywordEn...). Free.

## `maxTotalItems` (type: `integer`):

Caps your spend.

## `cookie` (type: `string`):

Optional m.weibo.cn cookie (SUB=...) to go beyond the first page.

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

Usually not needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "人工智能"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerQuery": 5,
  "maxPostsPerUser": 3,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 20,
  "translateToEnglish": false,
  "maxTotalItems": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All scraped items as JSON. Add ?format=csv or ?format=xlsx for other formats.

## `overview` (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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "人工智能"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("neronbaez/weibo-comments-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 = { "searchQueries": ["人工智能"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("neronbaez/weibo-comments-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "人工智能"
  ]
}' |
apify call neronbaez/weibo-comments-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,neronbaez/weibo-comments-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/eME941pwED603qqGy/builds/1a3Z65j95Ohdq9ehv/openapi.json