🎌 HiAnime Search Scraper

This actor allows you to scrape anime search results from HiAnime.to by providing a search URL. It automatically handles pagination and extracts comprehensive anime information including titles, images, types, durations, and subtitle/dub availability.

Features

• URL-based Scraping: Extract anime listings by providing a complete HiAnime search URL
• Automatic Pagination: Automatically clicks through pages and loads more results until reaching the end or max items limit
• Comprehensive Anime Data: Extract detailed information about each anime including:
  • Anime ID and names (English and Japanese)
  • Cover images
  • Watch page and detail page URLs
  • Type classification (TV, Movie, ONA, etc.)
  • Episode duration
  • Subtitle and dub availability counts
• Smart Deduplication: Automatically removes duplicate entries based on detail page URLs

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchUrl	string	Yes	Complete HiAnime search URL to scrape
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum number of anime to fetch (default: unlimited)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Proxy settings for the actor

How to Get Search URL

1. Go to HiAnime.to
2. Use the search bar to find anime by keyword
3. Copy the complete URL from your browser's address bar
4. Paste it into the searchUrl field

Example search URL:

https://hianime.to/search?keyword=One%20Piece

Output

The output is a dataset of anime objects, each containing:

• searchUrl: The original search URL used
• id: Unique anime identifier
• watchPageUrl: Direct link to the watch page
• detailPageUrl: Direct link to the anime detail page
• name: English name of the anime
• name_jp: Japanese name of the anime
• img: URL of the anime cover image
• type: Type of anime (TV, Movie, ONA, etc.)
• duration: Episode duration (e.g., "24m", "50m")
• tick_sub: Number of episodes available with subtitles
• tick_dub: Number of episodes available with dubbing
• scrapedAt: Timestamp of when the anime was scraped

Example output:

[
  {
    "searchUrl": "https://hianime.to/search?keyword=One%20Piece",
    "id": "3096",
    "watchPageUrl": "https://hianime.to/watch/one-piece-movie-1-3096",
    "detailPageUrl": "https://hianime.to/one-piece-movie-1-3096?ref=search",
    "name": "One Piece Movie 1",
    "name_jp": "One Piece Movie 1",
    "img": "https://cdn.noitatnemucod.net/thumbnail/300x400/100/ff736656ba002e0dd51363c3d889d9ff.jpg",
    "type": "Movie",
    "duration": "50m",
    "tick_sub": 1,
    "tick_dub": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2025-11-12T02:32:31.137Z"
  },
  ...
]

Use Cases

• Anime catalog building and indexing
• Content discovery and recommendation systems
• Anime database maintenance
• Market research and trend analysis
• Availability tracking for subtitles and dubs
• Content aggregation platforms

Notes

• Results are saved incrementally as they are found
• All timestamps are in ISO 8601 format
• The actor handles network delays and timeouts gracefully
• Duplicate entries are automatically filtered out
• Both English and Japanese names are captured when available

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Start scraping anime data from HiAnime.to today!