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

Search RedNote (Xiaohongshu, 小红书) by keyword, sorted by relevance, likes, comments or date and filtered by note type and post date: title, caption, likes, saves, comments, shares, hashtags, images, video links and author. $3 per 1,000 notes.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rowfinch/rednote-search-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) Search Scraper

Search RedNote (Xiaohongshu, 小红书) by keyword: title, caption, likes, saves, comments, shares, hashtags, images, video links and author of every note.

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

### What it's for

- **Market and trend research in China**: what people say about a product, brand or topic, by relevance, likes, comments or date.
- **Brand monitoring**: new notes about your brand or a competitor's, on a schedule with `sortType: time_descending` and `timeFilter: 1d`.
- **Creator discovery**: the accounts behind the most liked notes for a keyword.
- **Data for AI agents and dashboards**: clean JSON, CSV or Excel, or straight from the API.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `keywords` | Keywords in Chinese or any language, one per line |
| `maxResults` | Notes per keyword (default 100; 0 returns all RedNote has, up to 2,000) |
| `sortType` | `general` (relevance), `popularity_descending` (most liked), `comment_descending` (most commented) or `time_descending` (newest) |
| `noteType` | `all`, `video` or `image` |
| `timeFilter` | `all`, `1d`, `1w` or `6mo` |

Coming from another RedNote scraper? These are the input fields of the most used RedNote search scraper on Apify, 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?xsec_token=YBFP1g_6tErMC1fc9AgKr9FGES4IVTZ_qYoOio9PqBPA0%3D&xsec_source=app_share",
  "xsec_token": "YBFP1g_6tErMC1fc9AgKr9FGES4IVTZ_qYoOio9PqBPA0=",
  "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！",
  "hashtags": [],
  "timestamp": 1792733098,
  "published_at": "2026-10-23T05:24:58.000Z",
  "engagement": { "liked_count": 101843, "collected_count": 15086, "comments_count": 823, "shared_count": 24247 },
  "author": {
    "userid": "63d11800000000002702bee2",
    "red_id": "5061832029",
    "nickname": "人民日报",
    "avatar": "https://sns-avatar-qc.xhscdn.com/avatar/...",
    "profile_url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/63d11800000000002702bee2"
  },
  "images": [{ "url": "https://sns-na-i11.xhscdn.com/...", "url_large": "https://sns-na-i11.xhscdn.com/...", "width": 1515, "height": 2020 }],
  "video": { "duration_seconds": 17, "cover": "https://sns-na-i11.xhscdn.com/...", "url": "http://sns-video-zl.xhscdn.com/stream/....mp4" },
  "input": "南北分界线",
  "keyword": "南北分界线",
  "search_position": 1
}
```

`type` is `normal` for image notes, which have no `video`. RedNote shows no view counts.

Searches RedNote doesn't answer get a row with the reason, free of charge:

```json
{ "input": "南北分界线", "error": "RedNote didn't return this search" }
```

### Price

- **$3 per 1,000 notes**
- A note found by two keywords is charged once

| Run | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1 keyword, 100 notes | $0.30 |
| 10 keywords, 500 notes each | $15 |

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

### 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 get a creator's own notes, or a note's comments?**
Use the RedNote Scraper with their profile links, and the RedNote Comments Scraper with note links.

**Is it legal?**
It reads only public notes. Captions and usernames 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

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

In Chinese or any language, one per line. A note found by two keywords is saved and charged once.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

0 returns all RedNote has, up to 2,000.

## `sortType` (type: `string`):

Newest suits scheduled runs that watch a keyword.

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

Image notes are photo posts with text.

## `timeFilter` (type: `string`):

Counted back from when the run starts.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "咖啡"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "sortType": "general",
  "noteType": "all",
  "timeFilter": "all"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `notes` (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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "咖啡"
    ],
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rowfinch/rednote-search-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"],
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rowfinch/rednote-search-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"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call rowfinch/rednote-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rowfinch/rednote-search-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/xKPpAoZdt1hOzuRn6/builds/DyS9izvF73MqUhwKb/openapi.json