# RedNote (Xiaohongshu) Scraper: Notes, Comments, Profiles (`qovia/rednote-xiaohongshu-scraper`) Actor

Search RedNote (Xiaohongshu) notes by keyword, or get note details, comments with replies, user profiles and user notes. Clean JSON, no login or cookies needed, pay per result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/qovia/rednote-xiaohongshu-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Qovia Data](https://apify.com/qovia) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 notes

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

## 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

## RedNote (Xiaohongshu) Scraper: Notes, Comments, Profiles

Get public data from RedNote (Xiaohongshu, 小红书), China's lifestyle and product-review platform, as clean JSON.
No RedNote account, cookies or proxies needed, and you only pay for results you get.

### What you can get

| Mode | Input | One result is |
|---|---|---|
| Search notes by keyword | keywords | a note: title, text, author, likes, comments, saves, shares, publish time, cover, images, video |
| Note details | note URLs or IDs | a note with its full text, images and counts |
| Note comments | note URLs or IDs | a comment: text, likes, IP location, time, author; optionally its replies |
| User profiles | profile URLs or user IDs | a profile: nickname, followers, likes and saves, notes, verification, location, bio |
| Notes of a user | profile URLs or user IDs | a note from the user's profile |

Search can be sorted by relevance, newest, most liked, most commented or most saved, and filtered by note type
(video or image) and publish time.

### Use cases

- Brand and product monitoring: what people say about your brand, product or category on RedNote.
- Market research for the Chinese market: trends, consumer language, popular products.
- Influencer research: find creators and see how their notes perform.
- Comment analysis and sentiment: pull comments with replies for a note.
- AI agents: call this Actor as a tool through Apify's MCP server.

### Input example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywords": ["咖啡", "露营"],
  "sort": "most_liked",
  "publishedWithin": "month",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

Chinese keywords match far more notes than English ones. For comments, add `"maxRepliesPerComment": 5` to get
replies too.

### Output example

```json
{
  "id": "soc_xia_8bc7bca06527",
  "platform": "xiaohongshu",
  "text": "在广州！超chill的一家江景咖啡店☕️ ...",
  "author": { "user_id": "5d60d15500000000010020e7", "nickname": "ooo" },
  "metrics": { "likes": 292, "comments": 8, "saves": 143, "shares": 447 },
  "extra": {
    "source_id": "6aa4068b00000000110306d4",
    "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6aa4068b00000000110306d4",
    "title": "在广州！超chill的一家江景咖啡店☕️",
    "note_type": "image",
    "published_at": "2026-09-11T21:47:55+08:00",
    "cover_url": "https://...",
    "images": ["https://..."]
  },
  "input": { "keyword": "咖啡" }
}
```

Every result carries `input`: the keyword, note or user it was fetched for (and `replyTo` for replies). Some
nicknames come masked by RedNote itself.

### Pricing

Pay per result, nothing per run:

| Result | Price |
|---|---|
| Note (search, details, user notes) | $3.99 per 1,000 |
| Comment or reply | $4.00 per 1,000 |
| User profile | $8 per 1,000 |

Set a maximum cost for a run and the Actor stops there. Lookups that find nothing are not charged.
On Apify's free plan a run returns up to 10 results, enough to try the Actor; any paid Apify plan removes the limit.

### Support

Something not working, or missing a field you need? Open an issue on this Actor's **Issues** tab and we'll look into
it. The source platforms change from time to time: when the data service is temporarily unavailable, the run says so
in its status message, and failed lookups are never charged.

### FAQ

**Where do I find a note or user ID?** In the URL: `xiaohongshu.com/explore/<note ID>` and
`xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/<user ID>`. Paste whole URLs; the Actor picks the ID out. Short `xhslink.com` links
are not supported; open them in a browser first.

**Is this official?** No. This Actor is not affiliated with Xiaohongshu. It returns publicly visible data; use it
in line with the laws and rules that apply to you, especially for personal data.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Search notes by keyword, or look up the notes, comments, profiles or notes of the users given in URLs / IDs.

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

One search per keyword. Chinese keywords match far more notes than English ones.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

For note details and comments: note URLs (xiaohongshu.com/explore/...) or 24-character note IDs. For profiles and user notes: profile URLs (xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/...) or 24-character user IDs (not the Xiaohongshu number).

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

Notes per keyword or user, or top-level comments per note.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Order of search results.

## `noteType` (type: `string`):

Only video notes, only image notes, or both.

## `publishedWithin` (type: `string`):

Only notes published within this period.

## `commentSort` (type: `string`):

Order of comments.

## `maxRepliesPerComment` (type: `integer`):

Also get up to this many replies to each comment. Replies are charged as comments. 0 skips them.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywords": [
    "咖啡"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "sort": "general",
  "noteType": "all",
  "publishedWithin": "all",
  "commentSort": "default",
  "maxRepliesPerComment": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Notes, comments or profiles, one per row

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "咖啡"
    ],
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("qovia/rednote-xiaohongshu-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 = {
    "keywords": ["咖啡"],
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("qovia/rednote-xiaohongshu-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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "咖啡"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call qovia/rednote-xiaohongshu-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,qovia/rednote-xiaohongshu-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/YscodxOGODUccxLCK/builds/7cZK2et4zLclFRg59/openapi.json