/v1/call/xiaohongshu.kol_notesXiaohongshu (RedNote) KOL notes API (Pugongying)
Only on Xiaohongshu.
Get a page of a Xiaohongshu creator's notes by PGY creator ID, newest first, with the figures PGY gives for each: reads, likes, saves, whether it was sponsored and for which brand. A call to the Xiaohongshu (RedNote) KOL notes API (Pugongying) costs 24 credits ($0.048 to $0.08 depending on the pack); failed calls are free. Call it over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP.
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Daily watch: tell your AI “watch this daily” and this call runs by itself every day, sending only what is new: at most 744 credits a month, about $2.48. How to set it up
What you get from the Xiaohongshu (RedNote) KOL notes API (Pugongying).
From a recorded answer.
A recorded call returned 8 items; here is the first, field by field. Names and text are removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
| Field | In the recorded answer |
|---|---|
| title | removed from the sample |
| url | null |
| rank | null |
| heat | null |
| fields.format | video |
| fields.published_at | 2026-10-09T16:00:00.000Z |
| fields.cover_url | removed from the sample |
| fields.is_sponsored | false |
| fields.brand | null |
| fields.views | 75 |
| fields.likes | 5 |
| fields.collects | 1 |
24 credits a call (≈ $0.048–$0.08): about 125 calls for $10.
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) KOL notes API (Pugongying): request and response
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/call/xiaohongshu.kol_notes \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "id": "5c0017ef6b58b740c92463fb" }'import osimport uuidimport requestsresponse = requests.post( "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/call/xiaohongshu.kol_notes", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY']}", # A new key for each request; the same one again retries it without paying twice. "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()), }, json={ "id": "5c0017ef6b58b740c92463fb", },)print(response.json())# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.Use the Xiaohongshu PGY creator notes interface (xiaohongshu.kol_notes) with id: 5c0017ef6b58b740c92463fb.# Your AI calls the call tool with:{ "id": "5c0017ef6b58b740c92463fb"}{ "op": "xiaohongshu.kol_notes", "platform": "xiaohongshu", "status": "ok", "items": [ { "platform": "xiaohongshu", "id": "…", "ref": "…", "approx": [], "type": "entry", "entry_type": "pgy_creator_post", "title": "…", "url": null, "rank": null, "heat": null, "fields": { "format": "video", "published_at": "2026-10-09T16:00:00.000Z", "cover_url": "https://example.com/…", "is_sponsored": false, "brand": null, "views": 75, "likes": 5, "collects": 1 } } ], "unavailable": [], "page": { "has_more": true, "cursor": "cur_…", "cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-12T22:23:52.000Z" }, "cost_credits": 24}- entry_type
- pgy_creator_post
- format
- video
- published_at
- 2026-10-09T16:00:00.000Z
- cover_url
- https://example.com/…
- is_sponsored
- false
- brand
null- views
- 75
Names and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) KOL notes API (Pugongying) parameters.
2 parameters, 1 required.
Send them as a JSON body with POST. Your key goes in the Authorization header, never in the URL.
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | Required | — | PGY creator ID, 24 hexadecimal characters; take it from the PGY creator search |
| cursor | string | Optional | — | Pass page.cursor from the last response to get the next page. |
Where to get what you send.
idPGY creator ID, 24 hexadecimal characters; take it from the PGY creator search (e.g. 5c0017ef6b58b740c92463fb)
Every item these return carries its ref; send it as it is:
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) KOL notes API (Pugongying) response fields.
What Xiaohongshu cannot give is marked.
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| items[].title | string | The entry's title or name. |
| items[].url | string | A link that opens it; null where the platform's list has none. |
| items[].rank | integer | Position on a board, from 1. |
| items[].heat | integer | The platform's heat score. |
| items[].fields.format | string | image for an image note, video for a video note. |
| items[].fields.published_at | string | The day it was published. The platform gives the day only, shown as the start of that day in China time (UTC+8). |
| items[].fields.cover_url | string | Address of the cover image. |
| items[].fields.is_sponsored | boolean | Whether it is a sponsored note. |
| items[].fields.brand | string | The brand it was made for, in the platform's words; null when the note is not sponsored. |
| items[].fields.views | integer | Reads. |
| items[].fields.likes | integer | Likes. |
| items[].fields.collects | integer | Saves. |
nullFields Xiaohongshu cannot giveXiaohongshu gives every field of this call. Where one item lacks a value, that field is null.
Every item also has platform, id, ref, approx and type; the response around the items is the same on every call. Response format
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) KOL notes API (Pugongying): paging and billing.
5 calls per second per key, 20 after a purchase; going over is not charged. Rate limits
A failed call costs 0 credits and is never retried on its own. Error codes
Interface last tested: 2026-10-30. Each call reads from the platform, and fetched_at in the answer is when it was read. The same request sent again with the same key within 5 minutes is a replay (replayed: true): 0 credits, and the answer as first read.
Once connected over MCP, these questions use the Xiaohongshu (RedNote) KOL notes API (Pugongying).
Get a page of a Xiaohongshu creator's notes by PGY creator ID, newest first, with the figures PGY gives for each: 5c0017ef6b58b740c92463fb.
24 creditscall {"op":"xiaohongshu.kol_notes","id":"5c0017ef6b58b740c92463fb"}Search Xiaohongshu creators on PGY by terms, matched against what they write about: 咖啡, then for the first 3: get a page of a Xiaohongshu creator's notes by PGY creator ID, newest first, with the figures PGY gives for each.
96 creditscall {"op":"xiaohongshu.kol_search","query":"咖啡"}call {"op":"xiaohongshu.kol_notes","id":"<ref>"} × 3
Give this to your AI.
Copy it into Claude or ChatGPT.
How to connectUse the SocialToAI MCP server (https://mcp.socialtoai.com/mcp) for this: Get a page of a Xiaohongshu creator's notes by PGY creator ID, newest first, with the figures PGY gives for each: 5c0017ef6b58b740c92463fb.Call the call tool with {"op":"xiaohongshu.kol_notes","id":"5c0017ef6b58b740c92463fb"}. Needed: id.For more, send page.cursor back as cursor; each page costs 24 credits.Before you start, work out how many credits it will take in all and ask me; call it only after I agree.If SocialToAI is not connected yet, tell me how to connect it; never ask me to paste a key into the chat.Answer with a link to every item you used, and tell me how many credits it cost.Paste it into a chat once SocialToAI is connected over MCP. There is no key in it: Claude and ChatGPT sign in, other clients send a key in a header.
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