RedNote (Xiaohongshu) Notes Scraper

Collect public notes from RedNote / Xiaohongshu (小红书) — from the trending Explore feed or from specific note links — with full text, hashtags, images and video, author info, and engagement counts (likes, saves, comments, shares). No account or login required.

Why use this actor

• No login or account needed — works on public notes.
• Full note content — title, full body text, and hashtags (not just the cover).
• Engagement metrics — likes, saves, comments, and shares per note (great for spotting what's trending).
• Author details — nickname, user ID, and avatar.
• Media included — image URLs and video link when present.
• Two ways to collect — crawl the Explore feed for fresh trending notes, or pass exact note links.
• Stable JSON output — ready for spreadsheets, dashboards, or trend/competitor research.

How it works

1. Choose your source: turn on Crawl the Explore feed to gather trending notes, and/or paste specific note links.
2. Pick how many feed rounds to load (each round brings a fresh batch of ~25 notes, de-duplicated automatically) and whether to fetch full details for each note.
3. The actor collects each note and writes one row per note to your dataset — downloadable as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You don't manage browsers, sessions, or retries — just press Run.

Use cases

• Trend & content research — see which notes and topics are gaining traction right now.
• Influencer discovery — find creators and gauge engagement on their posts.
• Brand & competitor monitoring — track how products or hashtags are being talked about.
• Market research for China-facing brands — collect real consumer content and sentiment signals.

Input

{
  "crawlExploreFeed": true,
  "exploreRounds": 4,
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "noteUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Field	Type	Description
crawlExploreFeed	boolean	Collect trending notes from the public Explore feed. Default true.
exploreRounds	integer	How many times to load the feed. Each round = a fresh ~25 notes, de-duplicated. Default 4.
fetchDetails	boolean	Open each note for full text, hashtags, media, and engagement counts. Off = titles + cover only (faster). Default true.
noteUrls	array	Optional. Specific note links to collect, e.g. https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/NOTE_ID?xsec_token=.... Include the xsec_token from the address/share link.
maxItems	integer	Overall cap on notes collected. 0 = no limit. Default 50.
maxConcurrency	integer	Note pages fetched in parallel. Default 4.
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy recommended for reliable collection.

Output

One record per note. Feed-only records are FEED_CARD; fully-opened notes are NOTE_DETAIL.

{
  "_input": "explore:641fd40f0000000013001f44",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-06-16T12:40:00Z",
  "recordType": "NOTE_DETAIL",
  "noteId": "641fd40f0000000013001f44",
  "noteUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/641fd40f0000000013001f44",
  "type": "video",
  "title": "...",
  "desc": "... full body text with #hashtags ...",
  "tagList": ["母婴", "遛娃", "带娃日常"],
  "time": 1781000000000,
  "user": { "userId": "...", "nickname": "智爸育儿说", "avatar": "https://..." },
  "imageList": ["https://..."],
  "video": "https://...mp4",
  "likedCount": "1.3万", "likedCountNum": 13000,
  "collectedCount": "1万", "collectedCountNum": 10000,
  "commentCount": "324", "commentCountNum": 324,
  "shareCount": "4.2万", "shareCountNum": 42000
}

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	FEED_CARD (feed-only) or NOTE_DETAIL (fully opened).
noteId / noteUrl	string	Note ID and link.
type	string	normal (image post) or video.
title / desc	string	Note title and full body text.
tagList	array	Hashtags on the note.
time	number	Publish time (epoch ms).
user	object	Author: userId, nickname, avatar.
imageList / video	array / string	Image URLs and video link (when present).
likedCount / collectedCount / commentCount / shareCount	string	Counts as shown (e.g. 1.3万).
*Num	number	The same counts parsed to plain integers (e.g. 13000).

Notes that can't be collected are returned with an _error field, so nothing fails silently.

Notes

• Engagement counts are shown both as the original short form (1.3万) and as plain numbers (13000).
• The Explore feed is a recommendation stream — more rounds bring more (de-duplicated) notes.
• Note links must include their xsec_token for full details to load.