RedNote Shop Scraper — Xiaohongshu Products & Vendor Data

Scrape RedNote (Xiaohongshu / Little Red Book) e-commerce data — product listings, after-coupon and list prices, discounts, sellers and store profiles. Built specifically for the booming RedNote shop surface that the all-in-one social scrapers don't cover.

✅ Start with vendor_products — it is the prefilled default, needs no cookie, and on your first run returns the store's first page of products (about 6) — title, after-coupon price, list price, discount %, cover image, store name and rating — plus one store record (rating, brand followers / notes / likes).

ℹ️ Vendor mode reads one page per store. It reads the store page RedNote serves to every visitor, which holds the store's first page of products (typically 6); later pages come from RedNote's signed mall API, which this Actor does not call — a cookieString does not change that. So a higher maxResults returns no more, and fields that are not on that page — sales count, SKU variants, category, image gallery, cross-border flag — come back null. The run status tells you how many products you got and why.

⚠️ Product Search needs a login cookie. RedNote (xiaohongshu.com) only shows shop search results to logged-in users, so the product_search mode requires a cookieString — without it, a search run returns 0 products (and you are not charged). See How to get your cookieString below. vendor_products and product_detail modes take a store/product URL directly.

How to scrape RedNote products in 3 easy steps

1. Go to RedNote Shop Scraper on Apify Store and click "Try for free"
2. Choose your mode — search products by keyword (paste your cookieString), snapshot a store's first page of products, or look up specific product URLs
3. Click Run and download your data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML

No coding required. Works with Apify's free plan.

What's RedNote Shop and why scrape it?

RedNote / Xiaohongshu launched its US e-commerce platform (RedShop) in April-June 2026 alongside its existing Chinese market. With 300M+ monthly active users, it's the fastest-growing social commerce platform in 2026. Unlike Western marketplaces (Amazon, Shein, Temu), RedNote tightly couples product listings with social content — every product is tagged in posts, reviewed in notes, and sold by either brands or individual creators.

Scraping RedNote shop data lets you:

• RedNote dropshipping research — find trending products before they hit Amazon or Etsy
• Xiaohongshu price monitoring — track competitor pricing on China's #1 social commerce platform
• RedNote brand monitoring — track your products' listings, prices, and seller activity
• Xiaohongshu vendor analysis — track top sellers' ratings, brand followers, and the products and prices on their storefront
• RedNote competitor intelligence — see which products your competitors feature on their storefront and at what prices
• Cross-border arbitrage — identify popular SKUs in China that haven't reached Western markets yet
• Influencer-product correlation — combine with the RedNote All-in-One Scraper to map products to the influencers tagging them

What you can scrape

Mode	What you get	Best for
Product Search	Products matching a keyword, sortable by price or sales	Discovery, price benchmarking
Vendor Products	The store's first page of products (about 6) + one store record — no cookie needed	Competitor price snapshots, storefront monitoring
Product Detail	Specific product URLs, read in a browser — SKU variants, vendor and images only when RedNote's product page exposes them	Deep-dive on individual SKUs

Data fields per product

Each product result includes the fields below. Fields marked (not in vendor mode) are not on a store's page, so vendor_products rows always carry null there — null means "not fetched", never "none". In product_search / product_detail they are filled when RedNote's page includes them.

• itemId — RedNote product ID
• title — product name
• salePrice / originalPrice / discountPct — current (after-coupon) and pre-discount pricing with % off
• currency — CNY unless RedNote's data names another currency (store pages carry no currency field, so vendor rows are always CNY)
• soldCount — total units sold (popularity signal) (not in vendor mode)
• wantCount — number of users who saved/wanted the product (not in vendor mode)
• cover — main product image URL
• images — product image gallery (not in vendor mode)
• vendor — seller info (ID, name, rating); in vendor mode, the store you asked for
• category — product category path (not in vendor mode)
• skus — SKU variants with prices and stock (not in vendor mode)
• crossBorder — flag for cross-border vs domestic listings (not in vendor mode)
• shippingOrigin — country / region of origin (not in vendor mode)
• productUrl — the product's goods-detail URL, built from itemId
• scrapedAt — UTC timestamp

Vendor mode also returns one store record ("mode": "vendor_info"): sellerId, name, logo, description (the label RedNote appends to the store name — 旗舰店 flagship, 海外旗舰店 cross-border flagship, or 的店 for an individual seller's shop), rating, followers (brand followers), brandNotes, brandLikes, brandCollects and vendorUrl. totalProducts and verified are always null: the store page publishes neither the catalog size nor a verification flag.

Input examples

Search products by keyword

{
    "mode": "product_search",
    "searchQuery": "skincare",
    "maxResults": 100,
    "sortBy": "sales",
    "minPrice": 50,
    "maxPrice": 500
}

Snapshot a store (first page of products, no cookie)

{
    "mode": "vendor_products",
    "vendorUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/barley/thanos/vendor/64f05eb7306a0d0001c65371"
}

Returns the store's first page (about 6 products) plus one store record. maxResults can lower that number but not raise it.

Look up specific products

{
    "mode": "product_detail",
    "productUrls": [
        "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/goods-detail/64f076e669262b000145d2c0"
    ]
}

How to get your cookieString

product_search mode needs your RedNote login cookie (xiaohongshu.com only shows shop search results to logged-in users). It takes about 30 seconds:

1. Open xiaohongshu.com in your browser and log in.
2. Open DevTools (F12) → Network tab.
3. Refresh the page, click any request to xiaohongshu.com, and find the Cookie request header.
4. Copy the entire Cookie value and paste it into the cookieString input (stored as a secret).

Your cookie authenticates your own session with RedNote; it is never written to the dataset. Cookies expire after a while — if a scheduled search monitor starts returning 0 products, refresh your cookieString. The vendor_products and product_detail modes don't need a cookie.

Output example — vendor mode (real row, 2026-09-24)

{
    "mode": "vendor_products",
    "itemId": "65019060d2bb200001a8f904",
    "title": "Jeep SPIRIT · 【清仓 断码 特价 】98元两件套冲锋衣外套+银狐绒内胆",
    "productUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/goods-detail/65019060d2bb200001a8f904",
    "salePrice": 98.0,
    "originalPrice": 188.0,
    "discountPct": 47.9,
    "currency": "CNY",
    "soldCount": null,
    "wantCount": null,
    "cover": "https://qimg.xiaohongshu.com/arkgoods/...",
    "images": null,
    "vendor": {
        "sellerId": "64f05eb7306a0d0001c65371",
        "name": "JEEPSPIRIT户外服饰",
        "rating": 4.5
    },
    "category": null,
    "skus": null,
    "crossBorder": null,
    "shippingOrigin": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-24T10:35:49+00:00"
}

Output example — product search

{
    "mode": "product_search",
    "itemId": "642a1b3c0000000023019f7e",
    "title": "Skincare Set - Hydrating Toner + Serum + Moisturizer",
    "productUrl": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/goods-detail/642a1b3c0000000023019f7e",
    "salePrice": 199.00,
    "originalPrice": 299.00,
    "discountPct": 33.4,
    "currency": "CNY",
    "soldCount": 12500,
    "wantCount": 5400,
    "cover": "https://...",
    "images": ["https://...", "https://..."],
    "vendor": {
        "sellerId": "5cfbc3f10000000018023ebb",
        "name": "BeautyBrand Official",
        "rating": 4.8
    },
    "category": "Beauty / Skincare / Sets",
    "skus": [
        {"skuId": "...", "spec": "Normal Skin", "price": 199.00, "stock": 1200},
        {"skuId": "...", "spec": "Sensitive Skin", "price": 199.00, "stock": 800}
    ],
    "crossBorder": false,
    "shippingOrigin": "China",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-05-05T22:00:00Z"
}

Pricing

This Actor uses Pay-Per-Event pricing — only pay for results:

What you pay	Price
Per product scraped	$0.0075
Per vendor info record	$0.025

Typical costs:

• Search 100 products: ~$0.75
• Snapshot one store (first page ≈ 6 products + 1 store record): ~$0.07
• Detailed lookup of 50 products: ~$0.38
• Track 5 competitor stores daily (first page of each): ~$0.35 per day

Apify platform compute costs (usage) are charged separately based on run duration. Most runs cost a few cents in compute.

Scrape RedNote products with Python, JavaScript, or no code

Use this Actor directly from the Apify platform (no coding required), or call it programmatically:

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("zhorex/rednote-shop-scraper").call(run_input={
    "mode": "product_search",
    "searchQuery": "lipstick",
    "maxResults": 100,
    "sortBy": "sales"
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item['title']} — ¥{item['salePrice']} (sold {item['soldCount']})")

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('zhorex/rednote-shop-scraper').call({
    mode: 'product_search',
    searchQuery: 'lipstick',
    maxResults: 100,
    sortBy: 'sales'
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Proxy configuration

Residential proxies are strongly recommended for reliable results — configured by default using Apify's residential proxy group. You can substitute your own proxy provider in the input.

Use cases by industry

• DTC brands: monitor your own listings, track competitor prices, plan promotional campaigns
• Dropshippers and resellers: identify trending Chinese products before they hit Amazon, Etsy, Shopify
• Sourcing agents: scout Chinese products for clients in cosmetics, fashion, home goods
• Market research firms: build datasets on Chinese consumer goods trends
• Investment analysts: track e-commerce activity for Chinese consumer brands
• AI / training data teams: collect product data for recommendation systems and pricing models

FAQ

Does this need a proxy? Residential proxies are strongly recommended for reliable results. Datacenter proxies often fail. The default config uses Apify's residential pool.

Does it work with Chinese keywords? Yes. RedNote is a Chinese-language platform — searches in Chinese return the most accurate results. English keywords also work but with fewer results.

What's the difference between this and the RedNote All-in-One Scraper? The all-in-one focuses on social content (posts, profiles, comments, videos). This shop scraper focuses on commerce (product listings, vendors, prices, SKUs). They complement each other — combine them to map products to influencers who feature them.

Can I track price changes over time? Yes. Schedule this Actor to run daily/weekly and store the data — you'll have a price history for the products you look up, or for the products on a store's first page.

Is RedNote's RedShop accessible from outside China? Some product listings are accessible globally, others are domestic-only. Cross-border products are flagged via the crossBorder field in search / detail results (a store page does not say, so vendor rows carry null). Some cross-border (海外) flagship stores show no products at all on the public store page this Actor reads — a vendor run on one returns only its store record (a cookieString does not change that).

Is there a RedNote / Xiaohongshu shop API? RedNote does not offer a public commerce API for international developers. This Actor is the best Xiaohongshu shop API alternative in 2026 — it extracts structured product data from the web interface. Keyword search uses your own login cookie (RedNote gates search behind login); vendor and product-detail modes take a store or product URL directly.

How fresh is the data? Live — every run fetches current data directly from RedNote's public pages. Prices reflect what's visible at scrape time.

Is scraping RedNote products legal? This Actor accesses product data through your own browser session (via the cookieString you provide for search) — it does not bypass, crack, or circumvent any authentication. Always review your local laws and RedNote's terms of service for your specific use case.

Integrations & data export

Export your data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML. Integrate with:

• Google Sheets — automatic data sync for price-tracking dashboards
• Zapier / Make / n8n — workflow automation and competitor alerts
• REST API — programmatic access from any language
• Webhooks — real-time notifications when scrapes complete

See all integrations →

Other scrapers by Zhorex

Chinese Digital Intelligence Suite:

• 🆕 Chinese Brand Monitor — Cross-platform brand mention aggregator (Weibo + RedNote + Bilibili + Douban + Xueqiu, sentiment + dedup, $0.045/mention). Pairs perfectly with this Actor: you're already tracking RedShop product listings and prices — pair with cross-platform brand monitoring to see consumer response to the products and brands you're selling, all in one normalized API call.
• RedNote All-in-One Scraper — Posts, profiles, comments, videos (the social side)
• Weibo Scraper — China's Twitter (580M+ users)
• Douban Scraper — Long-form reviews and ratings (movies/books/music)
• Xueqiu Scraper — Chinese stock-discussion sentiment, cashtag indexing
• JD.com Scraper — JD product detail extraction (China's #2 e-commerce)

B2B Review Intelligence:

• G2 Reviews Scraper
• Capterra Reviews Scraper
• Booking.com Reviews Scraper

Other Tools:

• Perplexity AI Search Scraper
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Your Review Matters ⭐

This is the first dedicated RedNote / Xiaohongshu shop scraper on Apify with active support. If it delivered the data you needed, a 30-second review helps a lot:

1. Go to the RedNote Shop Scraper page
2. Click the star rating
3. Optionally leave a one-line note (e.g. "tracked 500 lipstick prices in 5 minutes")

Why it matters: reviews are the #1 signal Apify users check before trying a scraper. The first 5-10 reviews dramatically improve discovery for everyone.

Found a bug or missing feature? Open an issue on the Actor page — typically fixed within 48 hours.

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Last updated: September 2026 · Actively maintained · Built by the developer of the most-used RedNote / Xiaohongshu / Weibo / Bilibili scrapers on Apify.