Xiaohongshu Search API
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Find Xiaohongshu notes on a topic, 20 per page. Get title, body excerpt, like, save, comment and share counts, author and publish time. Narrow by content type, sort and date range. For the next page, send next_page_token back as page_token. Search text is an excerpt, not the full note.
Send POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with platform set to xiaohongshu and action set to search. Price $5.56 per 1,000 requests ($0.005556 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.
Xiaohongshu Search looks up notes by keyword and returns one page of note cards: title, a short excerpt of the body, like and save counts, the author and the publish time. Video notes also carry the play link in video_url and the length in duration_sec, and cards tagged with a place carry poi_name. It shows what people are posting about a topic right now and which notes draw the most engagement, which makes it a starting point for trend research, brand monitoring and finding creators to work with.
Narrow the page with sort (newest, most liked, most commented or most saved), date_range (the last 24 hours, 7 days, month, six months or year; any_time for no limit) and content_type (image or video notes). Keep in mind that text in search results is an excerpt; pass the result's url to the Note details capability when you need the full body. A null like_count or collect_count means the value was not returned this time, not that it is zero.
AI prompt
#Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra Xiaohongshu Search endpoint (xiaohongshu/search).
How the endpoint works:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to xiaohongshu and action to search, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
- keyword: Specifies the query string used to search Xiaohongshu note content (e.g., "sensitive skin sunscreen") in the search action. Searches note text, not user IDs.
- Optional parameters:
- content_type: Filters returned notes by content type, such as image/text or video. Use the allowed values listed for the current action. (allowed: all / image / video)
- date_range: Filters notes by publish time: any_time (no limit, the same as omitting it), last_24_hours (the past 24 hours), last_7_days (the past 7 days), last_30_days (the past month), last_6_months (the past six months) or last_1_… (allowed: any_time / last_1_year / last_24_hours / last_30_days / last_6_months / last_7_days)
- page_token: Pagination cursor for the comments, sub_comments, search, user_posts, search_users and hashtag actions: pass back the next_page_token value from a row of the previous response to fetch the next page.
- sort: Sets the order of note lists in the search action: relevance, newest, most_liked, most_commented or most_collected. Use only the allowed values listed for the action. (allowed: most_collected / most_commented / most_liked / newest / relevance)
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: id, url (The record's link on Xiaohongshu), title, text (Note body or comment text), like_count (Like count), collect_count (Save count), comment_count, share_count, posted_at, image_url, author_name, author_id (The author's user ID); 29 fields in total, full list at https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=xiaohongshu.
- Example request body:
{
"platform": "xiaohongshu",
"action": "search",
"params": {
"keyword": "小户型收纳"
}
}
- Price: $5.56 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.
Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.Request parameters
#| Name | In | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Authorization | header | string | Yes | - | Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository. |
platform | body | string | Yes | xiaohongshu | Platform identifier, fixed value. |
action | body | string | Yes | search | Capability identifier, fixed value. |
keyword | body.params | string | Yes | - | Specifies the query string used to search Xiaohongshu note content (e.g., "sensitive skin sunscreen") in the search action. Searches note text, not user IDs. |
content_type | body.params | string (enum) | No | - | Filters returned notes by content type, such as image/text or video. Use the allowed values listed for the current action.Allowed valuesallimagevideo |
date_range | body.params | string (enum) | No | - | Filters notes by publish time: any_time (no limit, the same as omitting it), last_24_hours (the past 24 hours), last_7_days (the past 7 days), last_30_days (the past month), last_6_months (the past six months) or last_1_year (the past year). With last_30_days and last_1_year a page can hold fewer than 20 notes, and a page with none is not charged; add sort=newest for fuller pages. These two values work in synchronous calls only. Keep the same value while paging.Allowed valuesany_timelast_1_yearlast_24_hourslast_30_dayslast_6_monthslast_7_days |
page_token | body.params | string | No | - | Pagination cursor for the comments, sub_comments, search, user_posts, search_users and hashtag actions: pass back the next_page_token value from a row of the previous response to fetch the next page; omit it to start from the first page. Each page is one call, billed per request. |
sort | body.params | string (enum) | No | - | Sets the order of note lists in the search action: relevance, newest, most_liked, most_commented or most_collected. Use only the allowed values listed for the action.Allowed valuesmost_collectedmost_commentedmost_likednewestrelevance |
Code samples
#curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"platform": "xiaohongshu",
"action": "search",
"params": {
"keyword": "小户型收纳"
}
}'OpenAPI definition (JSON)Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.
Response example
#{ "id": "req_…", "platform": "xiaohongshu", "action": "search", "results": [ { "id": "6a55fff400000000110058c3", "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a55fff400000000110058c3?xsec_token=YBwgl4W48szr36c1jFWrf2WWLLGDKYfA5rrXQivgGAj1A%3D", "title": "抽屉乱救星!亚克力薄抽治愈收纳焦虑|附教程", "text": "我发现这种又薄、还自带分隔的亚克力薄抽,简直就是为收纳小工具小零件而生的。今天就来分享详细的改造教程,评论区等你们交作业", "like_count": 10388, "collect_count": 19173, "comment_count": 257, "share_count": 2323, "posted_at": "2026-07-14T09:23:00+00:00", "image_url": "https://sns-na-i6.xhscdn.com/1040g2sg322jlesv1mse043d8j25m1nmqtti8mog?imageView2/2/w/608/format/heif/q/56|imageMogr2/strip&redImage/frame/0/enhance/4&ap=5&sc=SRH_PRV&sign=b642658d19400d337f2d5296494687c7&t=6ad0ee01", "author_name": "•••", "author_id": "•••", "avatar_url": "https://sns-avatar-qc.xhscdn.com/•••", "author_url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/•••", "is_video": true, "next_page_token": "n1.p2", "video_url": "http://sns-video-v6.xhscdn.com/stream/79/110/258/01ea55fdf56356a44f0370019f5ff0eb8f_258.mp4?sign=734255c44c5f43e96d8b4a12707707a8&t=6ad58b41", "duration_sec": 124, "platform": "xiaohongshu" }, { "id": "6ac221730000000015002ebb", "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6ac221730000000015002ebb?xsec_token=YBPVyCh77T_2_QF6CFfJ2TiJ8GngzcLJj_Iho466OzP5o%3D", "title": "鬼才🔥3平开放式小厨房超实用设计!", "text": "#家的1%幸福效应 #howto装扮我的家 #适己化装修 #小户型也有完美厨房 #开放式厨房 #利用厨房空间", "like_count": 38783, "collect_count": 30796, "comment_count": 1021, "share_count": 6986, "posted_at": "2026-10-04T09:50:43+00:00", "image_url": "https://sns-na-i6.xhscdn.com/1040g008325t8oj9j4q005pl7le7nc96up4p8rk8?imageView2/2/w/608/format/heif/q/56|imageMogr2/strip&redImage/frame/0/enhance/4&ap=5&sc=SRH_PRV&sign=ee3e432a917938b82ba55751f30a860e&t=6ad0ee01", "author_name": "•••", "author_id": "•••", "avatar_url": "https://sns-avatar-qc.xhscdn.com/•••", "author_url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/•••", "is_video": true, "next_page_token": "n1.p2", "video_url": "http://sns-video-v6.xhscdn.com/stream/1/110/258/01eac221721521f001037001a106536b1a_258.mp4?sign=e98d44d7b6f666dc2c4e841655d8c578&t=6ad58b41", "duration_sec": 189, "platform": "xiaohongshu", "poi_id": "42303030413832584538" } ], "next_page_token": …, "pagination": { … }, "count": 20, "billing": { "charged": …, "charged_usd": …, "balance_after_usd": …, … }, "quota": { … }}
Response fields
#Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
id | The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms. |
url | The record's link on Xiaohongshu. Links from search, note, profile and hashtag usually carry an access token, so they open in a signed-out browser (the token expires; call again for a fresh link). Note links from user_posts carry no token and need one to open in a browser: call note with the note ID to get a link that opens. Profile links from search_users carry no token either; call profile with the user_id for one that opens. Note links from pgy_content_square carry a token, except with keyword, where they carry none. |
title | Title. null when the platform has no titles (for example text-only posts). |
text | Note body or comment text. note and hashtag return the full body; search and user_posts may return a truncated excerpt (up to about 60 and 100 characters respectively). Call note with the note ID for the full text. |
like_count | Like count. On note and comment results, the likes on that item; on profile, the total likes the account's notes have received. null means not public or not returned this time, not zero. |
collect_count | Save count. On note results, how many times that note was saved; on profile, the total saves across the account's notes. null means not public or not returned this time, not zero. |
comment_count | Comments. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
share_count | Shares. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
posted_at | Publish 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. |
image_url | Image link. Capabilities with several images may return an image_urls array. |
author_name | Author's display name. |
author_id | The author's user ID. Pass it to profile or user_posts. Note results carry the 24-character ID from profile URLs; comment results (comments, comments_batch, sub_comments) usually carry a different 29-character form. The two forms of one person do not match, so convert them with the user_id that profile returns before de-duplicating across batches. |
avatar_url | Avatar image link. Some platforms return sized CDN links that can expire. |
author_url | The author's profile link. It carries no access token, so a signed-out browser cannot open it; the url that profile returns for the author_id opens directly. |
is_video | Whether the note is a video note. The play URL is NOT part of the note detail response (since 2026-10-14): call the separate video action with the same note URL to fetch it; each call is billed per call. |
next_page_token | Page token (search, comments, sub_comments, user_posts, search_users, hashtag): pass it back unchanged as page_token, with the other parameters the same, to fetch the next page. |
video_url | Video playback link (MP4), signed and expiring; download promptly if you need to keep it. null for image notes or when not returned. It appears on search/user_posts rows and in the separate video action; the note detail does not carry it (since 2026-10-14) — call the video action with the same note URL when you need the play link. |
duration_sec | Video length in seconds. null for image notes or when it was not returned this time. |
duration_seconds | Duration in seconds. null for content that is not video or audio. |
platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |
poi_id | ID of the place tagged on the search result card (search); absent when no place is tagged. |
poi_name | Place name: on search, the place tagged on the result card; on note_location, the part of the note's tagged place after the dot, such as a café branch. Absent when no place, or several places, are tagged. |
images | Image links. On note, hashtag, search and user_posts, every image of the note in order. On comment results (comments, comments_batch, sub_comments), the images attached to the comment, stickers included; an empty array means none. null means this item was not returned this time. |
is_goods_note | Whether the note is a shoppable note that carries product links (search, user_posts). |
is_cooperation_note | Whether the note is a paid brand collaboration (search, note); absent when this could not be determined. |
author_is_verified | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
updated_at | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
author_red_id | The author's Xiaohongshu ID: on comment results (comments, comments_batch, sub_comments) the commenter's, on note the note author's. |
video_width | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
video_height | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
FAQ
#Why is the note text cut short?
#Search results carry the excerpt Xiaohongshu shows on its result cards, usually a few dozen characters. For the full body and every image, call Note details with the url from the result row; that link already carries the access token the note page needs.
How do I get the next page?
#Pass the top-level next_page_token from the response back as page_token and keep every other parameter the same. Leaving out page_token starts from the first page. Each page is one call, and a call that returns no rows is not charged.
Where do I get the video for a video note?
#Take video_url from the search row. It is an MP4 play link that is signed and expires, so download the file promptly if you need to keep it; duration_sec gives its length, and image notes leave both null. Note details does not return the play link, so if you only have a note link, call Video details with it.
Errors and billing
#- 401
- Missing or invalid key.
- 402
- Insufficient balance. Top up first.
- 422
- Invalid parameter name or value. Fix it using the suggestions in the error. No charge.
- 429
- Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After, then try again.
- 503
- Could not complete. The held charge is returned to your balance. If the outcome is unknown, verify it before you retry.
- 200 empty
- No data. No charge.
Official references
#Used only to check objects and terms. They do not imply authorization or endorsement of EveryInfra by the platform.
- Xiaohongshu: Image-Text and Video Note Entry Points ↗
Xiaohongshu public deeplink documentation separately lists image-text notes, video notes, and note comment pages. This reference only cites distinctions between content types; app redirect parameters in the documentation cannot be passed directly to this endpoint.
Checked 2026-09-04