# RedNote (Xiaohongshu) Creator Inspiration Scraper (`toolzerhub/rednote-xiaohongshu-creator-inspiration-scraper`) Actor

Extract RedNote (Xiaohongshu)'s creator content-inspiration prompts, regular or hot-trending: name, title, category, popularity score, and deep links. Built for creators researching post ideas. No login or session cookie required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/toolzerhub/rednote-xiaohongshu-creator-inspiration-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ToolzerHub](https://apify.com/toolzerhub) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Automation, For creators
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.25 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## RedNote (Xiaohongshu) Creator Inspiration Scraper

Collect public RedNote or Xiaohongshu creator-inspiration prompts from the regular feed or its hot subset and save IDs, titles, images, counts, scores, and deep links.

### Regular or hot

Set **`scraperType`** to choose the feed.

| Value | Use it for | Main fields |
|---|---|---|
| `creatorInspiration` | Regular inspiration feed — the default mode | **`ins_id`**, **`name`**, **`type`**, **`image`**, **`icon`**, **`cnt_desc`**, **`detail_deeplink`**, **`post_deeplink`** |
| `hotCreatorInspiration` | Hot or trending inspiration subset | **`hot_id`**, **`id`**, **`title`**, **`type`**, **`cover`**, **`score`**, **`score_text`**, **`deeplink`** |

These modes return different field shapes. Pick the one your downstream table expects.

### Inputs

**`maxItems`** defaults to `100`; use `0` for no cap. In regular mode, **`inspiration_category`** is a numeric filter with default `0`. Hot mode doesn't use that category setting.

```json
{
  "scraperType": "hotCreatorInspiration",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Example hot result

```json
{
  "hot_id": "3100995",
  "id": 57845117,
  "title": "Cosplay transformation videos",
  "type": "Hot",
  "score": 23788626,
  "score_text": "2378.9万人在看"
}
```

**`score`** is numeric. **`score_text`** keeps the human-readable wording from RedNote.

### Pagination

Both feeds follow RedNote's continuation cursor. Collection ends at **`maxItems`**, an empty page, no next cursor, or a repeated cursor. The last condition prevents an infinite loop when continuation state stalls.

### Questions

**What does `inspiration_category: 0` mean?**

It is the verified default numeric category value for regular inspiration. The Actor doesn't assign an invented label to that number.

**Can I apply `inspiration_category` to hot inspiration?**

No. The hot mode ignores that field; it collects the hot subset directly.

**Do I need to maintain a RedNote session?**

No login, cookie, or session token is required or accepted.

### Related Actors

| Goal | Actor |
|---|---|
| The general hot-topics list | [RedNote Hot Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/rednote-xiaohongshu-hot-trends-scraper) |
| Broad feed discovery | [RedNote Home Feed Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/rednote-xiaohongshu-home-feed-scraper) |

### Support

Questions, bugs, or feature requests: **contact@toolzerhub.com**

Browse the rest: [apify.com/toolzerhub](https://apify.com/toolzerhub)

# Actor input Schema

## `scraperType` (type: `string`):

Choose the dataset for this run.

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

Maximum rows to save. Set 0 to keep collecting until the source is exhausted.

## `inspiration_category` (type: `integer`):

Optional numeric category for creator inspiration.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "scraperType": "creatorInspiration",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "inspiration_category": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Every record collected during this run

# 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 = {
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("toolzerhub/rednote-xiaohongshu-creator-inspiration-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 = { "maxItems": 20 }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("toolzerhub/rednote-xiaohongshu-creator-inspiration-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 '{
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call toolzerhub/rednote-xiaohongshu-creator-inspiration-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,toolzerhub/rednote-xiaohongshu-creator-inspiration-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/DmEA1xkmArDGEHtC3/builds/geyPOffubVQ3R9Y1A/openapi.json