# Baidu Videos Scraper (`searchapi/baidu-videos-scraper`) Actor

Scrape video search results from Baidu (China's #1 search engine). Extracts video titles, sources, durations, view counts, thumbnails, and embed URLs. Supports pagination and Baidu redirect resolution.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/baidu-videos-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 search results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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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`.
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- **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

## Baidu Videos Scraper

Scrape video search results from Baidu (China's #1 search engine). Extracts video titles, sources, durations, view counts, thumbnails, and embed URLs. Supports pagination and Baidu redirect resolution.

### What this Actor collects

Each dataset item represents one Baidu video result, with the resolved source URL, title, publisher, duration, thumbnail, publication data, and search context when available.

- Uses the input limits and filters below to control the crawl.
- Stores source-backed fields defined by the 49-field dataset schema.
- Omits optional fields when the source does not expose a value instead of writing nulls or fabricated placeholders.

### Use cases

- Video discovery
- Publisher and topic monitoring
- Media-catalog enrichment

### Input

Provide input in JSON. Fields marked required must be supplied; source-specific alternatives and constraints are described in the field text.

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | :---: | --- | --- |
| `query` | string | Yes | — | Video search query |
| `startUrls` | array | No | — | Pre-built Baidu video search URLs |
| `maxItems` | integer | No | `50` | Maximum number of videos to scrape |
| `maxPages` | integer | No | `5` | Maximum number of pagination pages to follow |
| `resolveRedirects` | boolean | No | `true` | Follow Baidu /link?url=... redirects to get the real source URL |
| `market` | string | No | `"zh-CN"` | Locale tag (e.g. zh-CN) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | — | Proxy configuration for the scraper |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "人工智能 教程",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "resolveRedirects": true,
  "market": "zh-CN"
}
```

### Output

The default dataset contains one item per video result. The following are the most useful fields; availability varies with the source card.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `position` | integer | Position |
| `title` | string | Title |
| `source` | string | Source |
| `duration` | string | Duration |
| `viewCount` | string | View Count |
| `thumbnail` | string | Thumbnail |
| `scrapedAt` | string | Scraped At |
| `type` | string | Type |
| `description` | string | Description |
| `snippet` | string | Snippet |
| `url` | string | URL |
| `link` | string | Link |
| `query` | string | Query |
| `searchQuery` | string | Search Query |
| `resultType` | string | Result Type |
| `page` | integer | Page |

<details>
<summary>All 49 declared dataset fields</summary>

`position`, `title`, `source`, `duration`, `viewCount`, `thumbnail`, `scrapedAt`, `type`, `resultType`, `page`
`titleHtml`, `description`, `snippet`, `link`, `url`, `embedUrl`, `watchUrl`, `thumbnailUrl`, `imageUrl`, `previewImage`
`durationSeconds`, `durationFormatted`, `views`, `viewCountFormatted`, `domain`, `favicon`, `channel`, `channelUrl`, `videoId`, `date`
`publishedAt`, `publishedAtRaw`, `relativeTime`, `category`, `tags`, `width`, `height`, `resolution`, `aspectRatio`, `isAd`
`isSponsored`, `isLive`, `searchQuery`, `query`, `searchUrl`, `market`, `country`, `language`, `searchMetadata`

</details>

#### Example dataset item

This compact example is taken from local Actor storage. Long text and nested collections are shortened for documentation only.

```json
{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "【国家AI精品课程】零基础玩转生成式AI,全网...",
  "duration": "05:25",
  "thumbnail": "https://t14.baidu.com/it/u=766950677,1773416044&fm=225&app=113&size=f256,170&n=0&f=JPEG&fmt=auto?s=1A65F9040FB08BED026570160300A0D8&sec=1784912400&t=d200ddd7a812ce761d59137bcd5ddd…",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-23T14:12:21.788Z",
  "type": "video",
  "description": "哔哩哔哩 · 2025-9-17",
  "snippet": "哔哩哔哩 · 2025-9-17",
  "url": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV13CptzMEWF?p=37",
  "link": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV13CptzMEWF?p=37",
  "query": "人工智能 教程",
  "searchQuery": "人工智能 教程"
}
```

### Related Actors

- [Baidu Baike Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/baidu-baike-scraper)
- [Baidu Images Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/baidu-images-scraper)
- [Baidu Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/searchapi/baidu-maps-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

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

Video search query

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Pre-built Baidu video search URLs

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

Maximum number of videos to scrape

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pagination pages to follow

## `resolveRedirects` (type: `boolean`):

Follow Baidu /link?url=... redirects to get the real source URL

## `market` (type: `string`):

Locale tag (e.g. zh-CN)

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

Proxy configuration for the scraper

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "人工智能 教程",
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "resolveRedirects": true,
  "market": "zh-CN",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Canonical dataset schema for baidu-videos-scraper

# 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 = {
    "query": "人工智能 教程",
    "startUrls": [],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "maxPages": 5,
    "resolveRedirects": true,
    "market": "zh-CN",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/baidu-videos-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 = {
    "query": "人工智能 教程",
    "startUrls": [],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "maxPages": 5,
    "resolveRedirects": True,
    "market": "zh-CN",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/baidu-videos-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 '{
  "query": "人工智能 教程",
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "resolveRedirects": true,
  "market": "zh-CN",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call searchapi/baidu-videos-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/kAejUW1SasBecM1uA/builds/oOufjDQAzf0gmr3fe/openapi.json