How to find Kuaishou video and user ids (2026)
A video ID is the part starting with 3x after kuaishou.com/short-video/ in its web link; a user ID is digits, not the Kuaishou handle. With only a v.kuaishou.com short link or the whole share text, give it to DataXAPI's video details endpoint as it is, $0.0020, and the answer carries the video's and the author's IDs. DataXAPI reads Kuaishou with 8 endpoints, from $0.0020 a call; a failed call is not charged, and the free trial covers up to 333 calls.
Updated 2026-11-06
What do the two IDs look like?
A comment ID comes in the comment endpoint's answer and goes with the video ID to get replies.
| ID | Example | From |
|---|---|---|
| Video ID | 3x5pf8ia4zc76tc | kuaishou.com/short-video/3x…; id in search and video lists |
| User ID | 917792206 | A video's author.id, or account search |
| Kuaishou handle | A name the account chose | Not taken as is; kuaishou.users.search turns it into a user ID |
How do I use share text?
The app copies a whole passage ending in “点击链接，打开【快手】直接观看！”; put all of it into url without picking out the link, and the short link is opened once to see which video it leads to.
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