# 🔥 Easy RedNote (XiaoHongShu) Scraper (`buglesslogic/easy-rednote-xiaohongshu-scraper`) Actor

Extract trending posts and user data from RedNote (XiaoHongShu). Automatically scrape posts across categories like 🏠Homefeed, 👗Fashion, 🍜Food, 💄Cosmetics, 🎬Movie & TV, 💼Career, ❤️Love, 🛠️Household, 🎮Gaming, ✈️Travel, and 💪Fitness.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/buglesslogic/easy-rednote-xiaohongshu-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [BuglessLogic](https://apify.com/buglesslogic) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Social media
- **Stats:** 95 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 6 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$15.00/month + usage

To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period.You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#rental-actors

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **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

## 🔥 Easy RedNote (XiaoHongShu) Scraper

### ✨ Features

- 🎯 **Smart Targeting**: Choose from 11 different content categories
- ⚡ **Lightning Fast**: Optimized scrolling and data extraction
- 🛡️ **Anti-Bot Protection**: Advanced mechanisms to avoid detection
- 🤖 **Intelligent Scrolling**: Dynamic content loading with smart wait times
- 🔄 **Smart Recovery**: Auto-resumes from failures and handles network issues

### 🎯 Use Cases

- 📱 **Social Media Marketing**: Track trending content and influencers
- 🔍 **Market Research**: Analyze consumer preferences and trends
- 🎨 **Content Creation**: Get inspiration from top-performing posts
- 👥 **Influencer Discovery**: Find and analyze popular creators
- 📊 **Competitor Analysis**: Monitor competitor content and engagement

### 📋 What Data You Get

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| post\_title | Title of the post |
| post\_likes | Number of likes on the post |
| post\_url | Direct link to the post |
| author\_name | Username of the post creator |
| author\_id | Unique identifier of the author |
| author\_avatar | URL of author's profile picture |
| author\_profile\_url | Link to author's profile |

### 🚀 How do I use RedNote (XiaoHongShu) Scraper to scrape website data?

1. **Choose Category**: Select any category:
   - 🏠 Homefeed
   - 👗 Fashion
   - 🍜 Food
   - 💄 Cosmetics
   - 🎬 Movie & TV
   - 💼 Career
   - ❤️ Love
   - 🛠️ Household
   - 🎮 Gaming
   - ✈️ Travel
   - 💪 Fitness

2. **Set Volume**: Choose how many posts to collect

3. **Start Scraping**: Click Run and watch the data flow

4. **Download**: Get your data in JSON, CSV, or Excel

### 📊 Example Input

![Input screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/tkgW5IZ.png)

Json input

```json
{
    "category": "homefeed", // Available categories: homefeed, fashion, food, cosmetics, movie_tv, career, love, household, gaming, travel, fitness
    "max_results": 100
}
```

### 📈 Sample Output

You can download the dataset extracted by RedNote (XiaoHongShu) Scraper in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

![output screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/rQORC3V.png)

Json output

```json
{
  "post_title": "考完后的弟弟！",
  "post_likes": "10000+",
  "post_url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/64a291370000000031008c04?xsec_token=ABGUhlIzHicpwnEvnvohYn1lR7KLNykqwdInyP6WWTvmA=&xsec_source=",
  "author_name": "罗休休",
  "author_id": "5aaf7bed4eacab2fcbae5bcc",
  "author_avatar": "https://sns-avatar-qc.xhscdn.com/avatar/60606ae386182e403e327dfb.jpg?imageView2/2/w/60/format/webp|imageMogr2/strip",
  "author_profile_url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/5aaf7bed4eacab2fcbae5bcc"
}
```

### ❓ FAQ

#### Is it legal to scrape XiaoHongShu?

Our scraper only collects publicly available data while respecting the site's terms. For large-scale scraping, review XiaoHongShu's terms of service.

#### Need Help?

- 🐛 Found a bug? Create an issue.
- 💡 Need customization? Contact us for tailored solutions

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Select category to scrape

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Max number of posts to scrape. If no new posts can be found, the actor will stop.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "homefeed",
  "max_results": 50
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("buglesslogic/easy-rednote-xiaohongshu-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("buglesslogic/easy-rednote-xiaohongshu-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call buglesslogic/easy-rednote-xiaohongshu-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=buglesslogic/easy-rednote-xiaohongshu-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/a4ADJD3iq8fV9aTlI/builds/KY154EiCOVEcUR7xj/openapi.json