💬 RedNote (Xiaohongshu / 小红书) Comments, Replies & Live Stream Chat Scraper

Extract top-level post comments, nested replies ("楼中楼"), real-time Live Stream chat messages (liveChat), fan-club badges, author IP locations, and customer buyer intent signals from Xiaohongshu (RedNote / 小红书) in seconds—with Zero Login & Zero Cookies Needed.

[!TIP] Explore the Complete UnitBytes Xiaohongshu (RedNote) Suite:

• 🌟 RedNote All-in-One Scraper (xiaohongshu-scraper) — Unified Category Trends, Live Streams, KOL Leads, Creator Profiles, and Post Comments in one Actor.
• 🔴 RedNote Live Stream & Commerce Scraper (xiaohongshu-rednote-live-scraper) — Dedicated 7-category live broadcast discovery, 1080p .flv/.m3u8 streams, e-commerce filtering (hasGoods), and real-time live chat.
• 🔍 RedNote Trends & Live Stream Scraper (xiaohongshu-rednote-trend-scraper) — High-speed 13 category feeds, live stream rooms (1080p FLV/HLS), and unwatermarked MP4 video extraction.
• 👤 RedNote Creator & KOL Leads Scraper (xiaohongshu-rednote-profile-scraper) — Automated KOL lead discovery from category feeds & live streams, follower counts & portfolio extraction.
• 💬 RedNote Comments & Live Chat Scraper (xiaohongshu-rednote-comments-scraper) (You are here) — Post comments, nested reply trees (楼中楼), real-time live room chat messages, and buyer intent mining.

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🌟 2 Modes for Discussion & Buyer Intent Mining

Mode	What It Extracts	Key Signals Included
💬 comments (Post Comments & Replies)	Extracts top-level comments and nested reply chains (楼中楼) from specific note URLs (startUrls with ?xsec_token=... or xhslink.com share links), or automatically sweeps comments across trending category feeds (channels) when startUrls is empty.	Comment text, likes (likeCount), nested replies (isSubComment, parentCommentId), author ID & avatar, IP location (ipLocation), and Buyer Intent sentiment classification (sentiment.intent: "high_buyer_intent" / "general").
🔴 liveChat (Live Stream Chat & Prompts)	Sweeps active Xiaohongshu Live Stream rooms (live-room.xiaohongshu.com) and extracts real-time viewer chat messages, live host metadata (liveHost), and e-commerce buyer prompts (roomBuyerIntentKeywords).	Real-time chat messages (isLiveChat: true), commenter 24-char user IDs, fan-club badges (fansGroup), live host details (liveHost), and room buyer prompts (e.g. ["能穿", "什么码", "尺码"]).

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✨ Key Features

• 💬 Note Comments & Nested Replies (楼中楼): Captures top-level comments and nested sub-comments from public Xiaohongshu posts, or sweeps comments across 13 trending lifestyle channels automatically.
• 🔴 Real-Time Live Stream Chat (liveChat): Taps directly into live-room.xiaohongshu.com to extract live audience questions, fan-club badges (fansGroup), live host metadata (liveHost), and e-commerce buyer intent prompts (roomBuyerIntentKeywords).
• 📍 Geographic Intelligence: Captures commenter IP location (ipLocation) for regional market segmentation.
• 🎯 Buyer Intent & Sentiment Detection: Built-in heuristics automatically flag purchase inquiries (sentiment.isBuyerIntent: true, sentiment.intent: "high_buyer_intent", and matched sentiment.keywords).
• ⚡ Instant High-Speed Extraction: Runs on Apify's ultra-lean 256 MB RAM tier with zero browser overhead.

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⚡ Cookie-Free Architecture & Extraction Scope

This Actor uses a 100% Guest-Native, Zero-Cookie Architecture designed for maximum stability and zero account risk:

• Direct Note Comments vs. Category/Live Sweeps: Direct Note URLs (requiring ?xsec_token=... or xhslink.com share links; bare 24-character hex note IDs are not supported) extract Page-1 hot comments (~10–25 top comments + nested replies per note). Meanwhile, Category Sweeps (channels) and liveChat mode aggregate hundreds of comments or real-time chat messages across multiple viral notes or active live rooms in a single run.
• Deep Scroll Pagination on Category Feeds & Live Streams: Category sweeps and live stream sweeps paginate across 100+ unique notes or live rooms per category with zero login.
• Creator Portfolio Depth: Commenter and live host profileUrl and 24-character user IDs can be passed directly into our RedNote Creator & KOL Leads Scraper to audit their latest ~30 portfolio posts and exact totalLikesAndCollects via SSR.
• Real-Time Live Stream URLs: In liveChat mode, extracted chat messages come from active real-time live broadcasts (roomUrl) while the host is live.

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🎯 Who Uses This Data? (High-Value Use Cases)

• 🛒 Live Commerce & E-Commerce Benchmarking: Capture real-time viewer questions (isLiveChat: true) and suggested buyer prompts (roomBuyerIntentKeywords) inside active shopping broadcasts to discover what sizing, pricing, and SKU questions drive conversions.
• 📊 Consumer Social Listening & Sentiment Mining: Filter post comments by sentiment.isBuyerIntent: true to harvest high-intent purchase leads ("求链接", "多少钱", "什么码") and regional demand (ipLocation).
• 🤝 MCNs & KOL / Influencer Recruiting: Audit comment quality, fan-club loyalty (fansGroup.fansLevel & fansGroup.activeFans), and real audience discussion depth before signing KOL sponsorships.
• 🎙️ AI / ASR Multimodal Video & Stream Analysis: Combine audience comment/chat transcripts with video and live stream broadcasts for end-to-end LLM consumer research and FAQ generation.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	String	"comments"	comments (Note Comments & Replies) or liveChat (Live Stream Chat & Buyer Intent Prompts).
startUrls	Array	Prefilled	Post links (https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/...?xsec_token=...) or mobile share links (xhslink.com/...). Leave empty to sweep comments across trending channels.
channels	Array	["homefeed_recommend"]	When mode="comments" and startUrls is empty, automatically discovers trending notes from these channels and extracts their comments.
liveCategories	Array	["0"]	When mode="liveChat", selects which live stream categories ("0" to "6") to harvest real-time chat messages from.
maxCommentsPerNote	Integer	20	Maximum comments or chat messages to collect (1 to 2,000).
includeSubComments	Boolean	true	When enabled in comments mode, fetches nested replies underneath each root comment.
maxSubCommentsPerComment	Integer	10	Maximum nested replies to collect per root comment (0 to 100).
proxyConfiguration	Object	RESIDENTIAL	Apify Proxy configuration (useApifyProxy: true).

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💻 Input Samples

Sample 1: Specific Post Comments & Nested Replies (mode: "comments")

{
  "mode": "comments",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/64256e08000000001300575e?xsec_token=ABivcR3TWdHqjbjX2xyNQkAS3_CZsrXHUX9r1tNqo4148=&xsec_source=pc_feed"
    }
  ],
  "maxCommentsPerNote": 20,
  "includeSubComments": true,
  "maxSubCommentsPerComment": 10
}

Sample 2: Real-Time Live Stream Chat & Buyer Intent Mining (mode: "liveChat")

{
  "mode": "liveChat",
  "liveCategories": ["0", "2"],
  "maxCommentsPerNote": 50
}

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📤 Sample Output JSON

Sample 1: Post Comment Output (mode: "comments")

{
  "itemType": "comment",
  "id": "645a3517000000000a000ecb",
  "noteId": "645a13770000000014027734",
  "noteUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/645a13770000000014027734",
  "content": "求同款裙子链接！🔗 多少钱入手的？",
  "likeCount": 6,
  "subCommentCount": 0,
  "subCommentHasMore": false,
  "subCommentCursor": "",
  "isSubComment": true,
  "targetCommentId": "645a340a000000001500e209",
  "parentCommentId": "645a340a000000001500e209",
  "ipLocation": "上海",
  "createTime": 1683633431000,
  "createdAt": "2023-05-09T11:57:11Z",
  "author": {
    "id": "5c6b6a31000000001203525f",
    "nickname": "茜茜笑熹熹🐥",
    "avatar": "https://sns-avatar-qc.xhscdn.com/avatar/1040g2jo321jbg6787o105n3bd8okmkivcqib7n0.jpg",
    "ipLocation": "上海"
  },
  "sentiment": {
    "intent": "high_buyer_intent",
    "isBuyerIntent": true,
    "keywords": ["链接", "多少钱", "同款"]
  }
}

Sample 2: Live Stream Chat Message Output (mode: "liveChat")

{
  "itemType": "comment",
  "isLiveChat": true,
  "id": "1761038291042",
  "noteId": "570228761768989458",
  "roomId": "570228761768989458",
  "roomTitle": "早秋新款羊绒大衣专场 | 显瘦穿搭实测",
  "roomUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/livelist?channel_id=2&channel_type=web_live_list&room_id=570228761768989458",
  "noteUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/livelist?channel_id=2&channel_type=web_live_list&room_id=570228761768989458",
  "content": "165 105斤穿S还是M码？",
  "originLanguage": "zh-CN",
  "author": {
    "id": "5f8a19c20000000001008a21",
    "nickname": "小鹿乱撞",
    "avatarUrl": "https://sns-avatar-qc.xhscdn.com/avatar/1040g2jo31user.jpg",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/5f8a19c20000000001008a21"
  },
  "fansGroup": {
    "groupName": "枝枝铁粉",
    "fansLevel": 5,
    "intimateName": "枝枝铁粉",
    "activeFans": true,
    "hasJoined": true
  },
  "liveHost": {
    "id": "6808da1a000000000d014b51",
    "nickname": "阿枝穿搭日记",
    "avatarUrl": "https://sns-avatar-qc.xhscdn.com/avatar/1040g2jo31.jpg",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/6808da1a000000000d014b51"
  },
  "roomBuyerIntentKeywords": ["能穿", "什么码", "尺码", "身高", "多重"],
  "sentiment": {
    "intent": "high_buyer_intent",
    "isBuyerIntent": true,
    "keywords": ["什么码"]
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-20T08:00:00.000Z"
}

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💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

Event	Free / Starter	Scale	Business	Enterprise	Description
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.00001	$0.00001	$0.00001	$0.00001	Micro-penny startup ($0.00). Test runs execute risk-free.
Scraped Comment (comment)	$0.00249	$0.00229	$0.00209	$0.00199	Charged per comment, nested reply, or live chat message delivered.

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⚖️ Compliance & Privacy

This Actor extracts strictly publicly available discussion data from Xiaohongshu pages. It does not log in, bypass authentication walls, or collect private user messages. Personal data is protected by regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL—see Apify's guide on the legality of web scraping and ensure your usage complies with applicable data privacy laws.

Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Xiaohongshu (RED / 小红书 / Xingin Information Technology Co., Ltd.) or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.