Xiaohongshu Scraper — RedNote Scraper for Trending & Notes

Search Xiaohongshu (RedNote, 小红书) posts by keyword or hashtag — no cookie needed — and get trending feeds and full note details with likes, comments, shares and saves as clean JSON. Built by NexGenData.

A Xiaohongshu scraper (also searched as a RedNote scraper) for keyword search, hashtags, trending feeds, category channels and note detail — no login or cookie needed.

Pricing: $0.02 per post returned plus a $0.05 Actor Start fee per run. The default limit of 25 posts costs $0.50 + $0.05 = $0.55 per run; $1.00 buys one run of ~47 posts ($0.05 start + 47 × $0.02). Runs that return 0 posts pay only the start fee.

Pull RedNote (Xiaohongshu, 小红书) trending notes, category discovery feeds, keyword / hashtag / user search results and full note detail as clean JSON. Western brand and sourcing teams use it to read China's earliest publicly observable consumer-demand signal: on RedNote, nearly every viral note is a product review or buying guide, surfacing weeks before Tmall or JD sales rankings. Every mode runs without a login. Keyword search and hashtags work with no cookie (see No cookie needed below); a logged-in cookie is optional and only adds logged-in results. No Mandarin-speaking analyst in Shanghai required.

📊 Sample Output

post_id	author_id	title	hashtags	posted_at	category
6a7005110000000008010ab1	66e567b9000000000b031bd3	这就是早期A萍吗	['瑶一瑶小肉包', '早期A萍', '女宝', '瑶总']	2026-08-03T03:50:06Z	lifestyle

Real rows from run ANLjvC2DwnYL44lJx on build 0.0.40 (2026-09-24), unedited apart from masked emails/phones and shortened long text; fields the source does not publish are empty.

🔧 Input reference

Field	Type	Default	What it does
mode	string (trending, keyword_search, hashtag, user_posts, note_detail, topic_probe)	"trending"	What to scrape. 'trending' pulls the homepage discovery feed or a category channel (no cookie needed). 'keyword_search' searches RedNote for the terms in 'keywords' (Chinese or En…
category	string (recommend, fashion, food, cosmetics, movie, career, love, home, …)	"recommend"	For 'trending' mode: which explore feed to pull. 'recommend' = the default mixed feed; or pick a category channel tab. Works without a cookie. If the requested category tab cannot…
cookie	string		Optional. Not needed for any mode: keyword_search and hashtag work without it through the public search path. A logged-in cookie adds RedNote's own logged-in search and is recommended for user_posts. If RedNote does not accept it, the run continues without it (never fails). Treated as a secret.
keywords	array	["护肤", "口红", "穿搭"]	Search terms for 'keyword_search' mode (max 10 per run). Chinese terms find the most notes (e.g. ['口红', '护肤', '穿搭']); English terms work too. No cookie needed. Ignored in other modes.
hashtags	array	["秋冬穿搭"]	List of RedNote hashtags/topics to pull posts for in 'hashtag' mode (max 10 per run). Provide the tag text without the leading '#' (e.g. ['秋冬穿搭', '咖啡探店']). Each tag is resolved th…
users	array	[]	List of RedNote user references for 'user_posts' mode (max 10 per run). Accepts a full profile URL (https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/{id}), a path (/user/profile/{id}), or…
note_urls	array	["https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/68ec515c0000000005010…	For 'note_detail' mode: RedNote note URLs (best with xsec_token, e.g. https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/?xsec_token=...) or bare note IDs. Returns the full body text plus likes…
limit	integer	25	Maximum number of RedNote posts to return per run (across all keywords / hashtags / users). Default 25 (billed: 25 × $0.02 = $0.50 + the $0.05 Actor Start fee). Maximum 200 — the…
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]…	Apify proxy configuration. RESIDENTIAL is required — RedNote is hosted in mainland China and blocks datacenter IPs (403/461 or empty feeds). The default exit is pinned to CN resid…

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run ANLjvC2DwnYL44lJx (emails/phones masked, long text shortened):

{
  "post_id": "6a7005110000000008010ab1",
  "author": "安念",
  "author_id": "66e567b9000000000b031bd3",
  "title": "这就是早期A萍吗",
  "body": "第一张都可以当氛围感头像了，太好看了吧。不知道瑶总长大是什么样子[害羞R]#瑶一瑶小肉包[话题]# #早期A萍[话题]# #女宝[话题]# #瑶总[话题]#",
  "image_urls": [
    "http://sns-webpic-qc.xhscdn.com/202609250756/9f818c5e7c3bd3df5ace9db71e92bdcf/1040g008323d2nup6nu6g5pn5cusiu6ujpa52j8o!nd_dft_wlteh_webp_3",
    "http://sns-webpic-qc.xhscdn.com/202609250756/bcbffbfafd392c9a60ba914ade67caad/1040g008323d2nup6nu605pn5cusiu6ujlts7bvg!nd_dft_wlteh_webp_3",
    "http://sns-webpic-qc.xhscdn.com/202609250756/f14acfcfb0b18f6cf4e031e35a5346a8/1040g008323d2nup6nu5g5pn5cusiu6uje85thp8!nd_dft_wlteh_webp_3",
    "http://sns-webpic-qc.xhscdn.com/202609250756/426740fbfb7c752f36bb1e044bd25a96/1040g008323d2nup6nu505pn5cusiu6ujmguh5cg!nd_dft_wlteh_webp_3",
    "http://sns-webpic-qc.xhscdn.com/202609250756/924b6980ced9a8a82403c0fe9da48103/1040g008323d2nup6nu005pn5cusiu6uj12h3puo!nd_dft_wlteh_webp_3"
  ],
  "hashtags": [
    "瑶一瑶小肉包",
    "早期A萍",
    "女宝",
    "瑶总"
  ],
  "likes_count": 72,
  "comments_count": 218,
  "shares_count": 14,
  "collected_count": 8,
  "engagement_total": 312,
  "posted_at": "2026-08-03T03:50:06Z",
  "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a7005110000000008010ab1?xsec_token=ABurwOqJq_s4gjlW8rY2CXHDbBbo2fLHfKs8qFwpVaby4=&xsec_source=pc_search",
  "category": "lifestyle",
  "mode": "note_detail",
  "query": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a7005110000000008010ab1?xsec_token=ABurwOqJq_s4gjlW8rY2CXHDbBbo2fLHfKs8qFwpVaby4=&xsec_source=pc_search",
  "data_source": "xiaohongshu.com (SSR, cookieless)",
  "as_of_timestamp": "2026-09-24T23:56:12Z",
  "source_url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a7005110000000008010ab1?xsec_token=ABurwOqJq_s4gjlW8rY2CXHDbBbo2fLHfKs8qFwpVaby4=&xsec_source=pc_search"
}

💰 Pricing

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.05	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
RedNote post (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.02	Charged per RedNote post returned.

Pay-per-event: you pay only for what the run delivers. A run that delivers nothing bills no result events (only the actor-start event, when the actor defines one). Example: a run that delivers 100 results costs 100 × $0.02 = $2.00 plus the start fee.

中文说明

小红书(RedNote)采集器让你获取小红书的热门内容、分类信息流与笔记数据。每条结果为一篇笔记,可导出为 JSON、CSV 或 Excel,适合品牌、内容营销与消费者研究。

定价:按笔记计费,每条 $0.02,另加每次运行 $0.05 启动费(默认 25 条约 $0.55 一次)。

定时运行:在 Apify 的「Schedules」中新建计划任务,设定关键词或分类,即可定期追踪话题与品类的变化。

AI 智能体:采用按事件计费(PPE),可通过 Apify 的 x402 让智能体用 USDC 直接调用,无需账号。

说明:关键词搜索与话题搜索无需登录 Cookie(通过公开搜索索引找到笔记,再抓取笔记详情);Cookie 为可选项。没有结果时运行同样以成功结束,0 条结果,只收启动费。所有字段均来自公开数据。

Modes

Mode	What it does	Cookie?
trending	Homepage discovery feed (category: recommend) or a category channel tab (fashion / food / cosmetics / travel / gaming / fitness / movie / home / love / career / video)	Not needed
note_detail	Full body text + engagement counts (likes / comments / shares / collected) for a note URL or ID. Comment text is not returned — only comments_count.	Not needed
keyword_search	Search by keyword (Chinese or English terms), up to 10 keywords per run	Not needed (optional)
hashtag	Posts for a hashtag / topic, up to 10 tags per run	Not needed (optional)
user_posts	Recent posts by a specific user, up to 10 users per run	Recommended — without one only the user's notes found in the public search index are returned, often none

topic_probe also exists in the mode list for compatibility. It is a diagnostic mode: it writes to the key-value store only, pushes 0 dataset rows and incurs 0 result charges. It is not a buyer feature.

No cookie needed, plainly: RedNote shows its own search page only to logged-in visitors, so without a cookie this actor finds the notes for your keyword or hashtag through the public search index (360 Search and Bing — plain public result pages, no paid API), then opens each note and returns its full detail: title, body, author, hashtags, likes, comments, shares, saves, date and link. Each row says where it was found in source (so360, bing, or xiaohongshu_search). Expect up to about 25–30 notes per Chinese keyword per run (fewer for English terms); results lean to notes that are already popular and indexed, not the newest minutes-old posts. A logged-in cookie is optional: with a working one, keyword / hashtag / user runs use RedNote's own logged-in search first. If RedNote does not accept your cookie, the run says so in its status and continues with the no-cookie search — it never fails because of a cookie. user_posts without a cookie can only return the user's notes that appear in the public index, often none. When nothing is found, the run ends SUCCEEDED with 0 rows, a plain status message, and only the start fee. trending (all categories) and note_detail work without a cookie: the trending feed is read from RedNote's server-rendered explore page through a China residential proxy session (about 30 notes per session, sessions rotated until limit).

Category feeds, plainly: if the requested category tab cannot be activated on the page, the run ends with 0 rows and the status message category tab unavailable (0 result charges). It never delivers the mixed recommend feed labelled as your category. The category field on each record is the note's own text-classified category (beauty / fashion / food / travel / wellness / tech / finance / lifestyle); the channel you asked for is recorded in query.

Time budget: without a cookie a keyword takes about 30–70 s (search index + note pages); with a cookie each keyword / hashtag / user is a separate 60–115 s browser session. The run stops starting new queries 45 s before its timeout and delivers whatever the completed queries produced in one push; the run status message then says delivered X records from Q of N queries; N-Q not processed (time budget). Raise the run timeout or split queries across runs for large lists.

Use cases

1. Track emerging Chinese consumer-product trends before they reach Western markets.
2. Brand monitoring via trending and category feeds.
3. Cross-border e-commerce / DTC product research — spot rising categories early.
4. Build a Chinese-language lifestyle-content corpus for NLP / AI.
5. Brand and competitor monitoring by keyword or hashtag (no cookie), and KOL discovery via user_posts (with a cookie) and note_detail.

Sample input

{
  "mode": "trending",
  "category": "cosmetics",
  "limit": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "CN" }
}

Output fields

Every mode emits the same field set per note:

post_id, author, author_id, title, body, image_urls, hashtags, likes_count, comments_count, shares_count, collected_count, engagement_total (sum of the four counts), posted_at, url, category, mode, query, data_source, as_of_timestamp. note_detail records additionally carry source_url (the URL actually fetched).

Note: the trending / category feed API returns card summaries, so in trending mode body and posted_at can be null. Use note_detail on a record's url to get the full body and timestamp.

{ "post_id": "65a1f...e3", "author": "美妆日记Amy", "title": "早C晚A空瓶记录", "body": null, "likes_count": 12840, "comments_count": 612, "shares_count": 88, "collected_count": 2310, "engagement_total": 15850, "hashtags": ["护肤","空瓶"], "posted_at": null, "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/65a1f...e3?xsec_token=...", "category": "beauty", "mode": "trending", "query": "cosmetics" }

Run it on a schedule

A daily run suits trending and category feeds, because what RedNote surfaces on those feeds turns over quickly. Between runs you get new notes on the feed, and notes you have seen before can come back with higher likes, comments, shares and saves. Keyword and hashtag runs can be scheduled too and need no cookie; each run returns what the public search index shows for your terms that day. The actor has no new-only mode, so use post_id to match notes across runs. Send each run's results onward with a webhook, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make or the Apify API.

Video guides from Apify: Schedule your Actor · Integrations

FAQ

Why use this instead of the official RedNote app or website?

RedNote is built for browsing, not for exporting data. This actor turns keyword and hashtag search, trending feeds, category channels and note detail (and, with your cookie, user posts) into clean JSON with English field names and engagement counts. It needs no API key, comes set up to use the China residential proxy that RedNote requires, and can run on a schedule. You do not need to read Chinese to use the output.

What does a typical run cost?

You pay per result, not for run time: $0.02 for each row in the results, plus $0.05 per run start (charged per GB of run memory, minimum one). A run that returns 5 RedNote posts costs about $0.15. Live prices are always shown in the Pricing tab.

Can I scrape Xiaohongshu without logging in?

Yes. keyword_search and hashtag work with no cookie: the actor finds the notes through the public search index and returns each note's full detail (source says where it was found). trending (all category channels) and note_detail also work without one. user_posts works best with a logged-in cookie; without one it returns only that user's notes found in the public index, often none. A run that finds nothing ends SUCCEEDED with 0 rows, a message, and only the start fee.

Does it return the comments on a RedNote note?

No. note_detail returns comments_count only, not the comment text. In trending mode the feed gives card summaries, so body and posted_at can be empty. Run note_detail on a note's url to get the full text and timestamp.

How many RedNote posts can one run return?

Up to 200 per run, set with limit. Search modes take up to 10 keywords, hashtags or users per run, and each one is a separate browser session that shares the run's time budget. If time runs out, the run delivers what it finished and its status message says how many queries were not processed.

Related actors

• RedNote (Xiaohongshu) Note Detail Scraper · 小红书笔记详情采集 — a dedicated actor for full note detail.
• Xiaohongshu Trends Tracker · 小红书趋势追踪 — follow trend topics on the same platform.
• Weibo Hot Search Tracker · 微博热搜 API & Trend Monitor — see what is trending on Weibo at the same time.
• Douyin Trending Tracker - Chinese TikTok Hot List — add the Douyin hot list to your China consumer watch.
• China Trends Tracker · 中国趋势汇总(微博/百度/头条/抖音) — one feed across several Chinese trend boards.

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• Douyin Trending Tracker - Chinese TikTok Hot List — The live Douyin hot list with rank, category, views and English translation.
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