# RedNote (Xiaohongshu) Scraper: $3 per 1,000 Notes (`rowfinch/rednote-scraper`) Actor

Scrape RedNote (Xiaohongshu, 小红书) profiles and notes: each profile's latest notes with title, caption, likes, saves, comments, shares, hashtags, images and video links, the author's followers and IP location, or the profiles alone. $3 per 1,000 notes.

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

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 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

Get the latest notes of RedNote (Xiaohongshu, 小红书) profiles, or single notes by link: title, caption, likes, saves, comments, shares, hashtags, images and video links, with the author's followers, likes and saves, and IP location.

**$3 per 1,000 notes.**

### What it's for

- **Creator and KOL analysis**: a creator's engagement, note by note, before you hire them.
- **Competitor tracking**: brands' and creators' new notes, on a schedule.
- **Campaign reports**: the latest numbers of every note in a campaign, from a list of links.
- **Creator lists**: followers, likes and saves, note count and IP location of many profiles at once, with `maxNotesPerProfile: 0`.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `profileUrls` | Profile URLs (`xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/…`), share links (`xhslink.com/…`) or user IDs, one per line |
| `maxNotesPerProfile` | Notes per profile, newest first with pinned notes on top (default 100; 0 returns the profiles alone) |
| `noteUrls` | Note URLs, share links or whole share texts, one per line |

Coming from another RedNote scraper? These are the input fields of the most used RedNote profile scraper on Apify, `includeNotes: false` included, and the output keeps its field names (`engagement.liked_count`, `author.red_id`…). Saved inputs and API calls keep working.

### Output

One row per note:

```json
{
  "id": "6adaefaa000000003101e6e6",
  "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/discovery/item/6adaefaa000000003101e6e6",
  "type": "video",
  "title": "地理书上的“南北分界线”，在此刻具象化了",
  "desc": "绝美一幕！网友在太白山景区，拍下秦岭主峰“半山红叶半山雪”的景色。网友：南北分界线在此刻具象化了！（来源：@陈住气丨📷 ） #敬畏大自然的鬼斧神工 #神奇的自然景观 #游赏绝美自",
  "hashtags": ["敬畏大自然的鬼斧神工", "神奇的自然景观", "游赏绝美自"],
  "timestamp": 1792733098,
  "published_at": "2026-10-23T05:24:58.000Z",
  "sticky": false,
  "ip_location": "Beijing",
  "engagement": { "liked_count": 101491, "collected_count": 15033, "comments_count": 818, "shared_count": 24172 },
  "author": {
    "userid": "63d11800000000002702bee2",
    "red_id": "5061832029",
    "nickname": "人民日报",
    "avatar": "https://sns-avatar-qc.rednotecdn.com/avatar/...",
    "profile_url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/63d11800000000002702bee2",
    "verified": true,
    "desc": "人民日报官方账号",
    "followers": 1475126,
    "following": 0,
    "liked_and_collected": 14790160,
    "notes_count": 486
  },
  "images": [{ "url": "https://sns-i11.rednotecdn.com/...", "url_large": "https://sns-i11.rednotecdn.com/...", "width": 1515, "height": 2020 }],
  "video": { "duration_seconds": 17, "cover": "https://sns-i11.rednotecdn.com/...", "url": "http://sns-v28.rednotecdn.com/stream/....mp4" },
  "input": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/63d11800000000002702bee2"
}
```

`type` is `normal` for image notes, which have no `video`. `ip_location` is the province or country RedNote shows for the note and the account. RedNote shows no view counts.

With `maxNotesPerProfile: 0`, one row per profile, with the `author` fields above.

Profiles and links that can't be read get a row with the reason, free of charge:

```json
{ "input": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a0000000000000000000001", "error": "Not found" }
```

### Price

- **$3 per 1,000 notes**
- **$0.02 per profile or note link** that returns results
- **$0.01 per video** from a note link
- Private, deleted or invalid profiles and links: free

| Run | Cost |
|---|---|
| 10 profiles, 100 notes each | $3.20 |
| 100 profiles alone | $2 |
| 100 note links, image notes | $2.30 |

A run stops at the maximum cost you set for it. On Apify's free plan, a run returns up to 100 results.

### FAQ

**Do I need a RedNote account, cookies or a Chinese proxy?**
No.

**Can it download the images and videos?**
Each row links to its images and to the video file.

**Can I search by keyword, or get a note's comments?**
Use the RedNote Search Scraper, and the RedNote Comments Scraper with note links.

**Is it legal?**
It reads only public profiles and notes. Captions, usernames and locations can be personal data under China's PIPL, the GDPR and similar laws: use them for a legitimate purpose and honor deletion requests.

# Actor input Schema

## `profileUrls` (type: `array`):

Profile URLs (xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/…), share links (xhslink.com/…) or user IDs, one per line.

## `maxNotesPerProfile` (type: `integer`):

Newest first, pinned notes on top. 0 returns the profiles alone.

## `noteUrls` (type: `array`):

Note URLs, share links or whole share texts, one per line.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/63d11800000000002702bee2"
  ],
  "maxNotesPerProfile": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `notes` (type: `string`):

No description

## `profiles` (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 = {
    "profileUrls": [
        "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/63d11800000000002702bee2"
    ],
    "maxNotesPerProfile": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rowfinch/rednote-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 = {
    "profileUrls": ["https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/63d11800000000002702bee2"],
    "maxNotesPerProfile": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rowfinch/rednote-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 '{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/63d11800000000002702bee2"
  ],
  "maxNotesPerProfile": 20
}' |
apify call rowfinch/rednote-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rowfinch/rednote-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/dm8URfP2eWxVe9A2D/builds/Jgqk9YJOBCxIGvcun/openapi.json