# 🦐 Pipixia Video Search Scraper (`ethereal_wool/pipixia-video-search-scraper`) Actor

Extract Pipixia video search data — title, author, engagement, and more. Scrape by keyword, URL or ID. Export to JSON, CSV & Excel, use the API, schedule runs and integrate. No code required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ethereal\_wool/pipixia-video-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jackie Chen](https://apify.com/ethereal_wool) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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".

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- **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`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Pipixia (皮皮虾) Video Search Scraper

![pipixia-video-search-scraper](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/48FFrfZnw5XqzUC1C/records/pipixia-video-search-scraper__hero)

Scrape **Pipixia (皮皮虾)** short videos by **keyword search** or **video ID**.
Returns clean, structured data for each video: content text, video and cover URLs,
play / like / comment / share / favorite counts, duration, dimensions, and author info.

> **Unofficial.** This Actor is not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by Pipixia
> (皮皮虾) or ByteDance. It is an independent tool that retrieves publicly available data
> via a third-party API. Use it in compliance with Pipixia's terms and all applicable
> laws; you are responsible for how you use the retrieved data.

### What it does

- **Keyword search** — give one or more keywords; the Actor paginates Pipixia search
  results for each (by `offset`) and keeps only video cells. Chinese keywords return
  the most results.
- **Video by ID** — give one or more Pipixia video IDs (the numeric `cell_id` / `item_id`)
  to fetch those videos directly.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `searchKeywords` | string\[] | `["搞笑"]` | Keywords to search. Each is paginated independently. Chinese keywords return the most results. |
| `postIds` | string\[] | `[]` | Pipixia video IDs to fetch directly. |
| `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Max total videos across all keywords and IDs. |
| `searchType` | enum | `1` | `1` (videos) / `0` (comprehensive). |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": ["搞笑", "猫咪"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "searchType": "1"
}
```

### Output

One dataset item per video:

```json
{
  "videoId": "7625827929582213395",
  "cellId": "7625827929582213395",
  "url": "https://h5.pipix.com/ppx/item/7625827929582213395",
  "shareUrl": "https://h5.pipix.com/ppx/item/7625827929582213395?...",
  "content": "搞笑段子：这就是女朋友跟老婆的区别吧？",
  "videoUrl": "https://v3-dy-o.zjcdn.com/.../video.mp4",
  "coverUrl": "https://p3-ppx-sign.byteimg.com/...",
  "duration": 17.473,
  "width": 540,
  "height": 960,
  "createTime": 1775526425,
  "playCount": 608343,
  "likeCount": 11647,
  "commentCount": 64,
  "shareCount": 332,
  "favoriteCount": 0,
  "impressionCount": 817783,
  "author": {
    "userId": "2819566023746279",
    "nickname": "肥猫影厅",
    "avatarUrl": "https://...",
    "followersCount": 6990,
    "likeCount": 440361,
    "description": "..."
  },
  "source": "search:搞笑"
}
```

### Notes

- Data is sourced live; Pipixia occasionally rate-limits, so the Actor retries
  transient blocks with exponential backoff.
- Search results mix in non-video cells (users / hashtag cards); these are skipped.
- Video IDs are de-duplicated within a run.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchKeywords` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search Pipixia (皮皮虾) videos for. Each keyword is searched and paginated independently. Chinese keywords return the most results.

## `postIds` (type: `array`):

Pipixia video IDs (the numeric cell\_id / item\_id from a video URL, e.g. 7625827929582213395) to fetch directly.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total number of videos to scrape across all keywords and IDs.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Pipixia search type passed to the search endpoint. '1' returns video-focused results.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. Route the upstream API calls through an Apify Proxy to vary the source IP. Usually not needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchKeywords": [
    "搞笑"
  ],
  "postIds": [],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "searchType": "1",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchKeywords": [
        "搞笑"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ethereal_wool/pipixia-video-search-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 = { "searchKeywords": ["搞笑"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ethereal_wool/pipixia-video-search-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 '{
  "searchKeywords": [
    "搞笑"
  ]
}' |
apify call ethereal_wool/pipixia-video-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ethereal_wool/pipixia-video-search-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/M9ubBu4f4HY63GgES/builds/dDX8xRfrW48VBRxf0/openapi.json