# Which Xiaohongshu data API? The official platform, third-party APIs or your own scraper (2026) Xiaohongshu's open platform currently opens only basic user information; reading notes is listed as planned. So for public notes and comments there are two ways: scrape them yourself, or use a third-party API. DataXAPI has 21 Xiaohongshu endpoints on one key, with no account or cookie of yours. DataXAPI reads Xiaohongshu (RedNote) with 21 endpoints, from $0.0200 a call; a failed call is not charged. Updated 2026-11-04 ## The three ways Checked against each one's own documentation on the date below. | Way | What you get | What it takes | | --- | --- | --- | | The open platform | A user who authorised your app: nickname, avatar | An app, a review, the user's consent | | Your own scraper | Whatever you can keep working | Accounts, signatures, proxies, and repairs when it breaks | | A third-party API | Notes, comments, creators | A key, paid per call | ## What to check in a third-party API Four things: whether it covers what you need beyond search (comments, creators, PGY), how it charges and whether the price is public before you pay, whether it needs your account, and whether it can be plugged into your AI. DataXAPI's Xiaohongshu endpoints cover note search and detail, comments and replies, users and their notes, and PGY creators and keywords. Every price is public, and the charge is written in each response. ## Endpoints - [Xiaohongshu note search](https://dataxapi.com/apis/xiaohongshu/notes/search/) ($0.0200 / a call): Search Xiaohongshu notes by terms: title, text, author, engagement counts, images, and a link that opens. - [Xiaohongshu note detail](https://dataxapi.com/apis/xiaohongshu/notes/get/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get one Xiaohongshu note by ID or link: title, text, author, engagement counts, images. - [Xiaohongshu note comments](https://dataxapi.com/apis/xiaohongshu/notes/comments/list/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get a page of top-level comments on a Xiaohongshu note by ID or link, newest first: text, commenter, likes, reply count, time posted. - [Xiaohongshu user notes](https://dataxapi.com/apis/xiaohongshu/users/notes/list/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get a page of the notes a Xiaohongshu account posted, by user ID or profile link: title, text, engagement counts, images, whether pinned. ## How-to guides - [How to search and export Xiaohongshu (RedNote) notes by keyword](https://dataxapi.com/guides/xiaohongshu-search-export-notes/) ## Sources What this page says of other services is from their own pages and documents, read on 2026-11-04. 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