Douban Reviews Scraper

Export reviews from Douban (豆瓣), the site Chinese audiences use to rate and review movies, TV shows and books. It is China's counterpart to IMDb and Goodreads.

Use it to learn how Chinese audiences received a film, a series or a book, and to collect Chinese-language review text with star ratings for sentiment analysis.

• Star rating on every review. The reviewer's own 1 to 5 star score, plus useful votes, date and city.
• Short and long reviews. One-line reactions or full review articles.
• English field names. Clean JSON. Text stays in Chinese.
• No login and no proxy needed.
• Low price. $4 per 1,000 reviews.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free.
2. Paste Douban URLs of movies, TV shows or books.
3. Choose short or long reviews.
4. Click Start, then download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Input example

{
    "subjectUrls": [
        "https://movie.douban.com/subject/1292052/",
        "https://book.douban.com/subject/2567698/"
    ],
    "reviewType": "shortReviews",
    "maxItems": 300
}

Output example

{
    "type": "shortReview",
    "reviewId": "32514679",
    "subjectId": "1292052",
    "subjectType": "movie",
    "subjectTitle": "肖申克的救赎",
    "subjectUrl": "https://movie.douban.com/subject/1292052/",
    "text": "恐惧让你沦为囚犯，希望让你重获自由。",
    "stars": 5,
    "usefulCount": 26476,
    "createdAt": "2008-02-27 21:43:23",
    "authorId": "1289463",
    "authorName": "如小果",
    "authorCity": "北京",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T10:02:41Z"
}

Long reviews also have title, commentCount, shareCount and a link to the review. stars is empty when the reviewer wrote without rating. Dates are in China Standard Time (UTC+8).

How much does it cost?

You pay per saved result: $4.00 per 1,000 reviews. There is no start fee and no monthly rental. Getting the full text of long reviews does not change the price.

Run	Results	Cost
All available short reviews of one movie	150	$0.60
Short reviews of 20 movies	3,000	$12.00

Set a maximum charge per run in the run options and the Actor stops when it is reached.

Limits you should know

Douban shows only part of its reviews to visitors who are not logged in. The Actor collects everything a visitor can see:

• Short reviews: up to 150 per title, the ones Douban ranks as most useful.
• Long reviews: up to 40 per title, the ones Douban ranks as most useful.
• Music is not supported.

Related Actors

• Douban Scraper: ratings, rating breakdowns, Top 250 and trending charts, and title search.

FAQ

Is it legal? The Actor collects only data that Douban shows publicly to every visitor. Results can contain personal data such as usernames. Make sure you have a legitimate reason to process it, as required by the GDPR and similar laws.

Something is broken or missing? Open a ticket in the Issues tab. Issues are usually answered within a day.