# Weibo Video Scraper (`toolzerhub/weibo-video-scraper`) Actor

Collect videos posted by a Weibo user, or fetch full detail for one specific Weibo video by numeric ID: video caption text, publish time, like count, comment count, and the author profile on every result. Export the dataset, run via API, or schedule recurring Weibo video monitoring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/toolzerhub/weibo-video-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ToolzerHub](https://apify.com/toolzerhub) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Automation, For creators
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 50.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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?

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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.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Weibo Video Scraper

Collect videos posted by a Weibo user, or fetch detail for one specific video. `scraperType` picks the mode.

### Input

| Field | Use it for |
|---|---|
| **`scraperType`** | `userVideoList` or `videoDetail`. Required. |
| **`profile`** | Weibo's numeric user ID, or a profile URL. `userVideoList` only. |
| **`post`** | The video's numeric post ID, or a post URL (`https://m.weibo.cn/detail/<id>`). `videoDetail` only. |
| **`cursor`** | Continuation cursor, `userVideoList` only. |
| **`maxItems`** | Maximum rows to save, `userVideoList` only. Default `100`. |

```json
{
  "scraperType": "userVideoList",
  "profile": "1699432410",
  "maxItems": 30
}
```

No login, cookie, or session token needed.

### Output

One row per video (list mode) or one row for the requested video (detail mode) -- full post objects either way.

| Field | Contents |
|---|---|
| **`id`**, **`idstr`**, **`mid`** | Numeric post ID |
| **`mblogid`** | Base62 post ID |
| **`text`**, **`text_raw`** | Post text |
| **`created_at`** | Post timestamp |
| **`attitudes_count`**, **`comments_count`** | Engagement counts |
| **`user`** | Author's profile |
| **`next_cursor`** | Continuation token, list mode only -- feed into `cursor` to resume |
| **`source_uid`** | The user ID this run collected, list mode only |

```json
{
  "id": 5327962377289859,
  "post": "5327962377289859",
  "mblogid": "RbJqBuAqn"
}
```

### Questions

**Does `videoDetail` need a different ID than post detail?**
No -- the numeric `mid` a video list row reports works directly as `post` here, no lookup or conversion step needed.

**Why does `userVideoList` return fewer items per page than expected?**
Weibo paginates this list in modest batches -- follow `next_cursor` across multiple pages rather than expecting the full history in one request.

### Related Actors

| Actor | Purpose |
|---|---|
| [Weibo Profile Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/weibo-profile-posts-scraper) | This account's full post history, not just videos |
| [Weibo Post Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/weibo-post-scraper) | The general post-detail lookup |

# Actor input Schema

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

Choose the dataset for this run.

## `profile` (type: `string`):

A Weibo numeric user ID, or a profile URL (https://weibo.com/u/<id>).

## `post` (type: `string`):

A Weibo numeric post ID, or a post URL (https://m.weibo.cn/detail/<id>).

## `continueFrom` (type: `string`):

Continuation token from an earlier run's response, to resume a paginated list. Leave blank to start from the first page.

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

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

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "scraperType": "userVideoList",
  "profile": "1699432410",
  "post": "5327962377289859",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# 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 = {
    "profile": "1699432410",
    "post": "5327962377289859",
    "maxItems": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("toolzerhub/weibo-video-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 = {
    "profile": "1699432410",
    "post": "5327962377289859",
    "maxItems": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("toolzerhub/weibo-video-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 '{
  "profile": "1699432410",
  "post": "5327962377289859",
  "maxItems": 20
}' |
apify call toolzerhub/weibo-video-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,toolzerhub/weibo-video-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/s0fQJQyNQh96H0Ay6/builds/udhBRbHknOUMBEjco/openapi.json