Hongguo Short Drama Search & Data Scraper API

Hongguo short drama search and data scraper API

Hongguo Short Drama Search & Data Scraper API is a Hongguo short-drama search scraper for finding Chinese short dramas on Hongguo Duanju. Submit up to 1,000 titles or keywords and receive structured Hongguo search results with series cards, metadata, IDs, and pagination information.

It is useful as a Hongguo API alternative for catalog discovery, title lookup, keyword monitoring, and short-drama data pipelines.

Why use this Hongguo search scraper?

• Search up to 1,000 unique Chinese or multilingual keywords in one run.
• Collect multiple pages for each keyword with the maxPages option.
• Write each real search result as an individual Dataset item and preserve its complete result card.
• Find Hongguo seriesId values for episode-detail workflows.
• Export results to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML.
• Integrate with the Apify API, schedules, webhooks, Make, n8n, or cloud storage.

Typical use cases include Hongguo short-drama search, Chinese short-drama research, title availability checks, keyword-to-series matching, competitor monitoring, and building a searchable drama catalog.

What Hongguo search data can the API extract?

Field	Type	Description
query	string	Search keyword associated with the result.
success	boolean	Whether the record is a successfully retrieved search result.
page	integer	Page number for the keyword.
resultPosition	integer	One-based position of the search result on its page.
searchResultId	string	Search result ID returned by Hongguo.
hasMore	boolean	Whether more results may be available.
nextOffset	integer or null	Pagination value returned with the result.
data	object	Complete raw card for this individual search result.
error	string or null	Error message for a failed page or quota diagnostic.

How to search Hongguo short dramas by title or keyword

1. Open the Actor's Input tab.
2. Add one or more titles, genres, tropes, actors, or other terms to queries.
3. Set maxPages to the maximum number of pages wanted for each keyword.
4. Click Start.
5. Open the Dataset to inspect, filter, download, or integrate the results.

How much does Hongguo search cost?

FREE-tier users pay $3 per 1,000 successful search results ($0.003 per result). Users on BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD, PLATINUM, and DIAMOND tiers pay $2 per 1,000 ($0.002 per result). Only real result cards with a search_result_id that are successfully written as individual Dataset items are charged. Inserted modules such as rankings, empty result pages, and diagnostic rows with success: false are not charged. The actual cost is the number of successfully persisted results multiplied by the price for the user's tier.

Apify FREE-plan accounts can persist up to 100 successful search results per UTC calendar month in this Actor; the quota resets at 00:00 UTC on the first day of each month. Paid-plan accounts are not subject to this product quota.

If a FREE-plan run requests more than the remaining monthly quota, the Actor writes one uncharged Dataset diagnostic row with errorCode: "FREE_TIER_MONTHLY_QUOTA_REACHED", including processed, requested, skipped, limit, and reset details. Paid-plan runs never receive this quota row.

Input

See the Input tab for all options. queries accepts up to 1,000 entries. maxPages accepts 1 to 20 and defaults to 1. Duplicate keywords are ignored while their first-seen order is preserved.

{
  "queries": ["rebirth", "urban short drama", "sweet romance"],
  "maxPages": 3
}

Output

You can download the Dataset in formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

{
  "query": "rebirth",
  "success": true,
  "page": 1,
  "resultPosition": 1,
  "searchResultId": "7612223063735667774",
  "hasMore": true,
  "nextOffset": 6,
  "data": {
    "search_result_id": "7612223063735667774",
    "show_type": 369,
    "video_data": []
  },
  "error": null
}

Hongguo search scraper and data extraction use cases

• Find a short drama by title, plot keyword, genre, or trope.
• Discover series IDs before retrieving full metadata and episode lists.
• Monitor whether titles appear for important search phrases.
• Create keyword-to-title datasets for editorial or market research.
• Feed Hongguo search data into dashboards, databases, or AI analysis tools.

Related Hongguo Actors

Actor	Purpose
Hongguo Short Drama Recommendation Feed API	Discover trending short dramas without seed keywords.
Hongguo Short Drama Keyword Suggestions API	Expand seed terms with autocomplete and related keywords.
Hongguo Series Details & Episodes Scraper API	Turn a search result's seriesId into complete metadata and episode video IDs.
Hongguo Best Quality Video URL Extractor API	Resolve the best available URL and quality metadata for an authorized video ID.
Hongguo All Video Qualities & URL Extractor API	Retrieve every available quality and URL for an authorized video ID.
Hongguo Full Series Downloader & Video Decryption API	Download and decrypt every episode directly from one or more seriesIds into Apify KVS.
Hongguo Video Downloader & Decryption API	Download and decrypt videos to playable MP4 files in user-owned storage.
Hongguo Short Drama Video Downloader API to KVS	Download and decrypt videos to playable MP4 files in the run KVS without cloud-storage credentials.

Frequently asked questions

Can I search multiple Hongguo titles and keywords in one run?

Yes. Submit up to 1,000 unique queries and request up to 20 result pages per query. Duplicate keywords are ignored while the first-seen order is preserved.

Is this a Hongguo short-drama API alternative?

Yes. The Actor turns Hongguo search results into structured Dataset items that can be accessed through the Apify API without manually browsing each keyword.

Can I search in Chinese?

Yes. Chinese titles and phrases are the primary use case, and other Unicode search terms are also accepted.

Why did a keyword return fewer pages than maxPages?

maxPages is a maximum. Collection stops earlier when Hongguo indicates that no additional results are available.

Legal use and support

Use the Actor lawfully and respect Hongguo's terms, copyright, rate limits, privacy rules, and applicable law. It is intended for public catalog information and does not access private user accounts.

Use the Issues tab for support and the API tab for generated integration examples.