Douban Comments API

POST

API health

24h health
Normal
24h average time
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Last checked
September 26, 2026 at 18:04 (UTC)
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Health APINormal
How health is measured
  • Health = the share of calls that returned data, in percent. Empty results, failures and unknown outcomes do not count as returning data.
  • Levels: 90% and above is healthy, 70% and above is available, 40% and above is limited; anything lower is mostly down.
  • A period (the last 24 hours, one hour or one day) gets a score only once it has at least 50 calls. Periods with fewer calls show as normal: a few failures among a handful of calls do not mean the API is down.
  • Calls include real customer calls and our own daily probe calls. Request errors (wrong parameters, no balance) are excluded.
  • Average time counts only calls that completed normally: response time for sync calls, acceptance to completion for async ones.
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Retrieve public comments from Douban. Accepts these parameters: url. Returns these fields: author_name, posted_at, subject_type, and rating_label.

Price $1.39 per 1,000 requests ($0.001389 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

Request parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
AuthorizationheaderstringYes-Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
platformbodystringYesdoubanPlatform identifier, fixed value.
actionbodystringYescommentsCapability identifier, fixed value.
urlbody.paramsNot declaredYes-Specifies the target subject URL formatted as /subject/<ID>/ on movie.douban.com, book.douban.com, or music.douban.com for reviews or comments actions, or as www.douban.com/group/topic/<ID>/ for group_topic. Long reviews, short comments, and group topic replies are handled by separate action endpoints.
limitbody.paramsinteger (1–200)No20

Code samples

bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "douban",
  "action": "comments",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://book.douban.com/subject/2567698/"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Real response

Captured September 26, 2026 at 08:56 (UTC) by calling this API with the parameters in the code sample above. results and count are that call's real response with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "douban",
  "action": "comments",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "(已隐去)",
      "subject_id": "2567698",
      "subject_name": "三体",
      "subject_type": "book",
      "text": "一直认为写作是件很耗费体力与脑力的事情,特别是从新构架一个新的世界,一个文明。这需要你有丰富的尝试与思考,过去,我们从来不缺少天马行空的想象力,但是少有一个如刘慈欣般有着历史、物理学与哲学思考的作者。所以从这个角度来讲,三体的出现对中国科幻界绝对是幸事。霍金之前曾经警告过我们,如果有外星人,他们对地球也是恶意的。那时我不懂,在读完这本书时我回想自己小时候拍打小虫子时的情景。或许,在更高级别的文明里,你我只不过是虫子。",
      "rating": 5,
      "rating_label": "力荐",
      "author_name": "(已隐去)",
      "author_url": "https://www.douban.com/(已隐去)",
      "author_avatar_url": "https://img9.doubanio.com/(已隐去)",
      "vote_count": 13037,
      "posted_at": "2011-08-14T06:27:05+00:00",
      "platform": "douban",
      "rating_scale": 10
    },
    {
      "id": "(已隐去)",
      "subject_id": "2567698",
      "subject_name": "三体",
      "subject_type": "book",
      "text": "有点屌,也有点“作者语文是物理老师教的”的感觉",
      "rating": 5,
      "rating_label": "力荐",
      "author_name": "(已隐去)",
      "author_url": "https://www.douban.com/(已隐去)",
      "author_avatar_url": "https://img3.doubanio.com/(已隐去)",
      "vote_count": 9166,
      "posted_at": "2014-09-11T03:50:16+00:00",
      "platform": "douban",
      "rating_scale": 10
    }
  ],
  "count": 20,
  "billing": { … },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the source does not provide are never made up.

FieldMeaning
idThe record's unique ID on the source platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
subject_idKeeps the platform's own meaning
subject_nameKeeps the platform's own meaning
subject_typeKeeps the platform's own meaning
textBody text with HTML removed. Long text may be truncated.
ratingRating. The scale varies by platform: rating_scale on the same row gives the maximum (usually 5; Booking, Douban, iQIYI and NAVER use 10). Convert with rating_scale before comparing across platforms, or the comparison can come out backwards.
rating_scaleMaximum of rating in the same row: 5 for five-star scales, 10 for ten-point scales. Present only when the row has a rating.
rating_labelKeeps the platform's own meaning
author_nameAuthor's display name.
author_urlLink to the author's profile on the source platform.
author_avatar_urlKeeps the platform's own meaning
vote_countKeeps the platform's own meaning
posted_atPublish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
platformSource platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Errors and billing

401
Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422
Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402
Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429
Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After and try again.
503
Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty
The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).

Official references

Used only to check objects and terms. They do not imply authorization or endorsement of EveryInfra by the platform.

  • Douban Movies: Long Reviews, Short Reviews, and Visibility Limits ↗

    Douban Movies explains movie reviews and short reviews separately, noting that the short review section does not show all short reviews and that collapsed content has differing public visibility. Movie review lists returned by this endpoint should not be taken as a complete history or all audience opinions; this source does not replace separate rules for books or music.

    Checked 2026-09-04