# Bilibili Video Scraper (`gentle_cloud/bilibili-video-scraper`) Actor

Scrape video data from Bilibili. Search by keyword or provide video URLs to extract titles, view counts, likes, danmaku, comments, author info, and more.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gentle\_cloud/bilibili-video-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Monkey Coder](https://apify.com/gentle_cloud) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Social media, Travel
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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

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# README

## Bilibili Video Scraper

Scrape video data from **Bilibili (哔哩哔哩)**, China's leading video-sharing platform. Search by keyword or provide specific video URLs to extract rich metadata including view counts, likes, danmaku, comments, author info, and more.

### ✨ Features

- **Keyword Search** — Search Bilibili videos by keyword with automatic pagination
- **URL Lookup** — Provide specific Bilibili video URLs for detailed data extraction
- **Rich Metadata** — Views, likes, coins, favorites, shares, danmaku count, comments, duration
- **Author Info** — Username, user ID, and avatar URL
- **Video Details** — Category, publish date, thumbnail, description
- **Batch Processing** — Process multiple video URLs or fetch hundreds of search results

### 📖 How to Use

#### Search Mode

1. Set **Mode** to "Keyword Search"
2. Enter your **Search Query** (e.g., "猫咪", "gaming", "music")
3. Set **Max Results** (default: 50, up to 1000)
4. Click **Save & Start**

#### URL Mode

1. Set **Mode** to "Video URLs"
2. Add Bilibili video URLs (e.g., `https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17x411w7KC`)
3. Click **Save & Start**

### 📦 Sample Output

```json
{
    "bvid": "BV17x411w7KC",
    "aid": 170001,
    "title": "【MV】保加利亚妖王AZIS视频合辑",
    "description": "保加利亚超级天王 Azis...",
    "views": 45678380,
    "likes": 549321,
    "coins": 294186,
    "favorites": 878811,
    "shares": 33767,
    "danmaku": 915436,
    "comments": 186565,
    "duration": 2412,
    "thumbnail": "https://i2.hdslb.com/bfs/archive/...",
    "category": "MV",
    "publish_date": "2011-11-09T17:55:33+00:00",
    "author_name": "冰封.虾子",
    "author_mid": 122541,
    "author_face": "https://i0.hdslb.com/bfs/face/...",
    "url": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17x411w7KC",
    "fetched_at": "2026-05-12T08:00:00+00:00"
}
```

### ⚙️ Input Options

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| Mode | Select | Search | "Keyword Search" or "Video URLs" |
| Search Query | Text | `cat` | Keyword to search (search mode) |
| Video URLs | URL list | — | Bilibili video URLs (URL mode) |
| Max Results | Integer | `50` | Max videos to return (search mode, 1–1000) |

### 📝 Notes

- **Search mode** uses Bilibili's public search API with automatic pagination (20 results per page)
- **URL mode** uses the view API for detailed per-video data (includes coins and shares not available in search)
- Rate limiting is built-in with 0.3–0.5s delays between requests
- All timestamps are in UTC ISO 8601 format
- Bilibili APIs are public and do not require authentication

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Choose how to find videos: search by keyword, or provide specific video URLs.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search for videos on Bilibili (used in Search mode).

## `start_urls` (type: `array`):

List of Bilibili video URLs to scrape (used in URL mode). Supports bilibili.com/video/BVxxxx format.

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

Maximum number of videos to return (search mode only).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "cat",
  "start_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17x411w7KC"
    }
  ],
  "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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "cat",
    "start_urls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17x411w7KC"
        }
    ],
    "max_results": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gentle_cloud/bilibili-video-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 = {
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "cat",
    "start_urls": [{ "url": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17x411w7KC" }],
    "max_results": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gentle_cloud/bilibili-video-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 '{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "cat",
  "start_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17x411w7KC"
    }
  ],
  "max_results": 50
}' |
apify call gentle_cloud/bilibili-video-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/5aqogdGhj7TwyiCk1/builds/UMe4ROLkoOYHQPzx6/openapi.json