Xiaohongshu Video details API

POST

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Fetch the playback link and duration for one Xiaohongshu video note from the same URL that note accepts. The signed link expires, so download it soon; image notes come back empty and are refunded.

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.

AI prompt

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Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra Xiaohongshu Video details endpoint (xiaohongshu/video).

Endpoint contract:
- 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 video, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
  - url: Specifies the full Xiaohongshu note URL, formatted as /explore/<note_id> or /discovery/item/<note_id>. Use recent search URLs that retain query parameters like xsec_token.
- Returns one object. Main fields: id, url (The record's link on Xiaohongshu), video_url (Video playback link (MP4), signed and e…), duration_sec (Video length in seconds), duration_seconds.
- Example request body:
{
  "platform": "xiaohongshu",
  "action": "video",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6aa7a3f600000000110335f8?xsec_token=YByFNzoKupps8B3qI774Gx7XGxfHpq4QWEvxU4zsD8454%3D"
  }
}
- 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	`video`	Capability identifier, fixed value.
`url`	body.params	Not declared	Yes	-	Specifies the full Xiaohongshu note URL, formatted as /explore/<note_id> or /discovery/item/<note_id>. Use recent search URLs that retain query parameters like xsec_token. The sub_comments action requires both this url and a valid comment_id.

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": "xiaohongshu",
  "action": "video",
  "params": {
    "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6aa7a3f600000000110335f8?xsec_token=YByFNzoKupps8B3qI774Gx7XGxfHpq4QWEvxU4zsD8454%3D"
  }
}'

[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 October 15, 2026 at 15:16 (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. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json

{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "xiaohongshu",
  "action": "video",
  "results": {
    "id": "6aa7a3f600000000110335f8",
    "url": "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6aa7a3f600000000110335f8?xsec_token=YByFNzoKupps8B3qI774Gx7XGxfHpq4QWEvxU4zsD8454%3D",
    "video_url": "https://sns-v27-ae.rednotecdn.com/stream/79/110/258/01eaa76c635e8a794f037001a09ed91663_258.mp4?sign=b73cfc2583abfbb40fb4d8bee0a7cc2b&t=6ad58b80",
    "duration_sec": 283,
    "platform": "xiaohongshu"
  },
  "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.
`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).

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: The account's per-minute request limit was reached (all of its API keys count together; a key's own lower limit applies first). Wait for Retry-After and try again; a rate package in the console raises the limit.
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).