# Weibo Scraper in English (`scrapedata/weibo-search-scraper`) Actor

Search Weibo posts and videos in English. Type any keyword in English, get posts with English translation, sentiment, province, author followers and top comments, for any date range.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapedata/weibo-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [dikcode](https://apify.com/scrapedata) (community)
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.00 / 1,000 weibo posts

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?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Weibo Scraper in English

Read what China says on **Weibo**, in **English**. Type a keyword in English and get Weibo posts or videos with an English translation, sentiment, the poster's province, author followers and the top comments.

No Weibo account, no Chinese and no proxy needed.

### How it works

1. **Type your keyword in English**, for example `Xiaomi car delivery`. The Actor turns it into the words Chinese users actually write, `小米汽车 交付`, and shows the Chinese keyword in the run status. Chinese keywords work too.
2. **Choose posts or videos**, how many, latest or most popular, and an optional date range.
3. **Get every post** with the original Chinese text and the English translation side by side, plus sentiment.

### Input

| Field | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| **Search query** | Keyword in English or Chinese. Separate words with a space to find posts that contain all of them. | required |
| **Search type** | `Posts` (text and image posts) or `Videos` | Posts |
| **Max posts** | How many posts to collect, up to 10,000 | 100 |
| **Sort by** | `Latest` or `Most popular` | Latest |
| **Start date** / **End date** | Optional date range, in China time. A date like `2026-03-01`, or a relative value like `7 days` | latest posts |
| **Translate Chinese text to English** | Adds `textEnglish` next to every Chinese text | on |

Example:

```json
{
  "query": "Xiaomi car delivery",
  "searchType": "posts",
  "maxPosts": 500,
  "sortBy": "latest",
  "startDate": "2026-03-01",
  "endDate": "2026-03-31"
}
```

**Daily monitoring:** set both **Start date** and **End date** to `1 day` and schedule the Actor every morning. Each run collects all of yesterday's posts, with no duplicates between runs.

### What you get

Every row is one post. `type` is `post` for text and image posts and `video` for video posts.

| Group | Fields |
|---|---|
| Post | `postId`, `postUrl`, `createdAt`, `timestamp`, `text`, `textEnglish` |
| Engagement | `repostsCount`, `commentsCount`, `likesCount` |
| Context | `hashtags`, `mentions`, `links` (short link and its real destination), `device`, `province` |
| Media | `imageUrls`, `imageCount`, `videoUrl`, `videoThumbnailUrl`, `videoViewCount` |
| Author | `name`, `profileUrl`, `avatarUrl`, `isVerified`, `followersCount` |
| Top comments | Up to 5 most liked comments, each with `textEnglish`, `province` and sentiment |
| Sentiment | `sentiment` (positive, neutral, negative) and `sentimentScore` from -1 to 1 |
| Repost | `repostOf` holds the original post when the row is a repost |

Fields that do not apply are `null`, for example video fields on a text post.

In `textEnglish`, hashtags and Weibo emoji codes such as `[哈哈]` are translated too. `@mentions` stay as written, because they are the real account names you can look up on Weibo.

### Output example

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "postId": "5279912345678901",
  "postUrl": "https://weibo.com/7654321098/RlWqErTyU",
  "createdAt": "2026-03-18T20:41:00+08:00",
  "timestamp": 1773837660,
  "text": "@小米汽车 订了YU7快八个月了还没交车，客服每次都说再等等，到底什么时候能交？#小米YU7交付#",
  "textEnglish": "@小米汽车 I ordered the YU7 almost eight months ago and still no car. Customer service keeps telling me to wait. When will it actually be delivered? #XiaomiYU7Delivery#",
  "repostsCount": 37,
  "commentsCount": 214,
  "likesCount": 1893,
  "hashtags": ["小米YU7交付"],
  "mentions": ["小米汽车"],
  "links": [],
  "device": "Xiaomi 15 Pro",
  "province": "江苏",
  "imageUrls": ["https://wx3.sinaimg.cn/large/example.jpg"],
  "imageCount": 1,
  "videoUrl": null,
  "videoThumbnailUrl": null,
  "videoViewCount": null,
  "repostOf": null,
  "author": {
    "userId": "7654321098",
    "name": "等车的老王",
    "profileUrl": "https://weibo.com/u/7654321098",
    "avatarUrl": "https://tvax3.sinaimg.cn/example.jpg",
    "isVerified": false,
    "followersCount": 326
  },
  "topComments": [
    {
      "commentId": "5279919999000001",
      "createdAt": "2026-03-18T21:05:00+08:00",
      "text": "我也等了七个月，太难了",
      "textEnglish": "I've been waiting seven months too, it's so hard",
      "likesCount": 412,
      "province": "江苏",
      "author": { "userId": "8765432109", "name": "YU7车主小陈" },
      "sentiment": "negative",
      "sentimentScore": -0.7
    }
  ],
  "sentiment": "negative",
  "sentimentScore": -0.8
}
```

Download results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the Apify API.

### Who uses it

- **Brands and PR teams** watching their name, campaigns and possible crises in China.
- **Agencies** finding Chinese creators and checking what people say about them.
- **Investors and analysts** reading consumer sentiment about Chinese brands and products.
- **Researchers and AI teams** collecting Chinese posts with English translations.

### Tips

- **Date ranges are spread evenly.** Ask for 500 posts in March and you get posts from every day of March, not only March 31.
- **More than 500 posts is fine.** Weibo shows at most 50 pages per search, so the Actor splits busy days into hours.
- **Check the Chinese keyword in the run status.** If it is not what you meant, type the Chinese words yourself.
- **Video links expire.** Weibo video links stop working after a few hours, so download videos right after the run.
- **Ads and tag spam are removed** automatically. Tag spam is the same text posted by many accounts that tag dozens of brands, where your keyword only appears as one of the tags. Normal posts that tag a brand, such as complaints to `@小米汽车`, are kept.

### Notes

This Actor collects publicly available Weibo data only. Translations are made by AI and can miss slang or irony, so the original Chinese text is always included. You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws, including data protection laws, and Weibo's terms.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Any keyword, in English or Chinese. English keywords are turned into the words Chinese users actually write, for example Xiaomi car becomes 小米汽车. Separate words with a space to find posts that contain all of them.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Posts are text and image posts. Videos are video posts.

## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`):

How many posts to collect. With a date range, posts are spread evenly over the days.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Latest posts first, or the most popular posts first.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Optional. First day to search, in China time. Pick a date, or a relative value such as 7 days (7 days ago). For daily monitoring, set Start date and End date to 1 day and schedule the run every morning to get all of yesterday's posts. Leave empty to start from the latest posts.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Optional. Last day to search, in China time. Pick a date, or a relative value such as 1 day (yesterday). Leave empty for today.

## `translateToEnglish` (type: `boolean`):

Adds textEnglish next to every Chinese text. Sentiment is always included.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "Xiaomi car",
  "searchType": "posts",
  "maxPosts": 20,
  "sortBy": "latest",
  "translateToEnglish": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `posts` (type: `string`):

Weibo posts or videos with English translation, sentiment, province, author followers and top comments.

# 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 = {
    "query": "Xiaomi car",
    "maxPosts": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapedata/weibo-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 = {
    "query": "Xiaomi car",
    "maxPosts": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapedata/weibo-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 '{
  "query": "Xiaomi car",
  "maxPosts": 20
}' |
apify call scrapedata/weibo-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapedata/weibo-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/wuuhuNnoRSaBbsgHg/builds/T8q8gwDeFhZb60XcY/openapi.json