# Douyin Hot Search List Scraper (`opspilot.cc/douyin-hot-search-list`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/opspilot.cc/douyin-hot-search-list.md
- **Developed by:** [wang wei](https://apify.com/opspilot.cc) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$0.10 / actor start

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

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# README

## Douyin Hot Search List Scraper

**EN — Get the current Douyin hot search list across 5 boards.** 5 boards supported: 热点榜 (default) / 种草榜 / 娱乐榜 / 社会榜 / 挑战榜. Each item includes rank, keyword (`word`), live heat score (`hot_value`), cover image, video count, and metadata. One run = one board snapshot.

**ZH — 抖音热搜榜 — 当前 5 大榜单一键抓取。** 支持 5 种榜单:热点榜(默认)/ 种草榜 / 娱乐榜 / 社会榜 / 挑战榜。每条含排名、关键词、热度值、封面、视频数、关联事件。一次运行 = 一个榜单快照。

Built for **trend monitoring**, **public sentiment analysis**, **competitive intel**, **brand monitoring**, and **editorial planning** on Douyin — China's #1 short-video platform.

**5 free runs / day.** No API key required — the Actor's built-in upstream key is already configured.

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `boardType` | string | no | `"0"` | Main board. `"0"` = 热点榜 (top hot), `"2"` = sub-boards. |
| `boardSubType` | string | no | `""` | Sub-board when `boardType="2"`. One of `""`, `"seeding"`, `"2"`, `"4"`, `"hotspot_challenge"`. Ignored when `boardType="0"`. |

#### Valid `boardType` × `boardSubType` combinations

| `boardType` | `boardSubType` | Board | 中文 |
|---|---|---|---|
| `"0"` | `""` | Top Hot | 热点榜 |
| `"2"` | `""` | Seeding | 种草榜 |
| `"2"` | `"seeding"` | Seeding (alias) | 种草榜 |
| `"2"` | `"2"` | Entertainment | 娱乐榜 |
| `"2"` | `"4"` | Social | 社会榜 |
| `"2"` | `"hotspot_challenge"` | Challenge | 挑战榜 |

```json
{
  "boardType": "0",
  "boardSubType": ""
}
```

### Output

The Actor pushes one item per trending keyword to the default dataset and writes a `SUMMARY` record.

```json
{
  "rank": 1,
  "word": "黄子韬在王者万象棋现场帅回来了",
  "hot_value": 9876543,
  "group_id": "7683501648006239497",
  "sentence_id": "2644651",
  "video_count": 3,
  "discuss_video_count": 1,
  "event_time": 1789096413,
  "cover_url": "https://p11-sign.douyinpic.com/cover1.jpeg",
  "hotlist_param": "{\"board_type\":3,\"rank\":0}",
  "rawData": { /* full upstream trending_list item */ }
}
```

**`SUMMARY` record:**

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "boardType": "0",
  "boardSubType": "",
  "boardLabel": "热点榜",
  "activeTime": "2026-09-10 22:30",
  "requests": 1,
  "uniqueItems": 5,
  "note": "1 Run = 1 upstream request. Pass boardType=2 + boardSubType to switch between 5 boards."
}
```

### Use it together with the other Douyin Actors

This Actor is part of the 5-Actor Douyin MVP set. Use it together with:

| Where in the pipeline | Actor | Use it to |
|---:|---|---|
| you are here | **Douyin Hot Search List Scraper (you are here)** | (this Actor) |
| hashtag pipeline — before / step ① | [Douyin Hashtag Search Scraper](../douyin-hashtag-search/README.md) | if a trending word looks interesting, search it as a keyword to get the ch\_id for the full pipeline |
| hashtag pipeline — step ② | [Douyin Hashtag Detail Scraper](../douyin-hashtag-detail/README.md) | follow up on a discovered topic with rich ch\_info |
| hashtag pipeline — step ③ | [Douyin Hashtag Video List Scraper](../douyin-hashtag-video-list/README.md) | walk the full video list of the discovered topic |
| sister Actor | [Douyin Live Hot Search List Scraper](../douyin-live-hot-search-list/README.md) | compare mainstream vs LIVE trends — live often leads mainstream by 30-90 min |

**You are here:** **Douyin Hot Search List Scraper** — run this on its own for the upstream use case described above, or chain it with the other 4 Actors for a full Douyin keyword → hashtag → videos → trends pipeline.

### Use cases

| Persona | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Trend researcher | Snapshot the top 50-100 hot keywords across 5 boards for a daily digest |
| Brand manager | Track whether your brand / campaign is climbing the 热点榜 |
| Public sentiment analyst | Sample keywords from 社会榜 + 娱乐榜 to gauge mood |
| Editorial planner | Surface trending topics for content ideation |
| Competitive intel | Compare board coverage between rivals in the same vertical |

### Why this Actor exists

Douyin's hot search boards drive 90%+ of organic discovery on the platform. Brands, creators, and agencies that miss the early signal spend 3-5x more to catch up later. This Actor is the **step ③** of the 4-Actor Douyin MVP set — perfect for daily trend dashboards and monitoring.

### Pricing

Free users are limited to **5 runs per day**. Paid users (`APIFY_USER_IS_PAYING=1`) have unlimited runs. The Actor itself adds no markup — you pay the upstream provider per request plus the standard Apify compute unit cost.

### Test locally

```bash
cd douyin-hot-search-list
UPSTREAM_API_KEY=... UPSTREAM_BASE_URL=<your-upstream-base-url> npm test
```

- `node test/unit.js` — 6 unit assertions on normalize / extract / board-label lookup.
- `node test/integration.js` — 1 live call against 热点榜 (boardType=0, boardSubType="").

### Output schema

See `.actor/output_schema.json` for the full type schema, or read it at runtime via the Apify API.

### License

MIT

# Actor input Schema

## `boardType` (type: `string`):

0 = 热点榜 (default). 2 = other sub-typed boards (pass board\_sub\_type).

## `boardSubType` (type: `string`):

Required when boardType=2. "seeding" (种草), "2" (娱乐), "4" (社会), "hotspot\_challenge" (挑战). Empty = 热点榜.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "boardType": "0",
  "boardSubType": ""
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

One normalized dataset item per matched item. See output\_schema section of README for the per-actor item shape (topic\_id/ch\_id, hot\_value, engagement metrics, etc.).

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Run-level summary: input params (keyword / chId / boardType / etc.), requests, uniqueItems, itemsPushed, activeTime, tier (paid/free/free-unchecked), runsToday, dailyLimit, notes.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("opspilot.cc/douyin-hot-search-list").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("opspilot.cc/douyin-hot-search-list").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 '{}' |
apify call opspilot.cc/douyin-hot-search-list --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,opspilot.cc/douyin-hot-search-list"
        }
    }
}

```

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/cNAcF8Yiql86h1Gq9/builds/6clG9mpp06ui3de8M/openapi.json