/v1/user_posts"platform": "xiaohongshu"Xiaohongshu (RedNote) User Posts API
The recent notes of one account.
Get the recent notes of any public Xiaohongshu account and get back text, author, likes, comment count and publish time, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. A call to the Xiaohongshu (RedNote) User Posts API costs 12 credits ($0.024 to $0.04 depending on the pack), failed calls are free, and the response has the same format as every other call. Last tested 2026-11-05.
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limit: 100 and one call pages for you: at most 5 pages, 60 credits. It stops once it has them or the list ends; pages it does not use are not charged, and neither are pages that fail. Reading 1,000 items comes to about 600 credits, about $2.00.Daily watch: tell your AI “watch this daily” and this call runs by itself every day, sending only what is new: at most 372 credits a month, about $1.24. How to set it up
What you get from the Xiaohongshu (RedNote) User Posts API.
From a recorded answer.
A recorded call returned 20 items; here is the first, field by field. Names and text are removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
Lighter for your AI: the same recorded data (20 items) is about 48,908 tokens as the platform's raw JSON and about 7,308 as this interface returns it, 85% fewer (measured 2026-11-06). How it was measured
| Field | In the recorded answer |
|---|---|
| url | null: Xiaohongshu cannot give it |
| format | video |
| title | removed from the sample |
| text | removed from the sample |
| published_at | 2026-10-12T01:00:27.000Z |
| author.id | removed from the sample |
| author.username | null: Xiaohongshu cannot give it |
| author.name | removed from the sample |
| author.verified | null: Xiaohongshu cannot give it |
| author.followers | null: Xiaohongshu cannot give it |
| metrics.likes | 8 |
| metrics.comments | 0 |
| metrics.shares | 0 |
| metrics.collects | 2 |
| metrics.views | null: Xiaohongshu cannot give it |
| metrics.reposts | null: Xiaohongshu cannot give it |
| images | 1 entry |
| hashtags | null: Xiaohongshu cannot give it |
| is_pinned | false |
12 credits a call (≈ $0.024–$0.04): about 250 calls for $10.
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) User Posts API: request and response
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "platform": "xiaohongshu", "id": "63bed214000000002702b862" }'import osimport uuidimport requestsresponse = requests.post( "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts", 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={ "platform": "xiaohongshu", "id": "63bed214000000002702b862", },)print(response.json())# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.What has this Xiaohongshu account posted lately: 63bed214000000002702b862# Your AI calls the user_posts tool with:{ "platform": "xiaohongshu", "id": "63bed214000000002702b862"}{ "platform": "xiaohongshu", "status": "ok", "items": [ { "platform": "xiaohongshu", "id": "…", "ref": "…", "approx": [], "type": "content", "url": null, "format": "video", "title": "…", "text": "…", "published_at": "2026-10-12T01:00:27.000Z", "author": { "id": "…", "username": null, "name": "…", "verified": null, "followers": null }, "metrics": { "likes": 8, "comments": 0, "shares": 0, "collects": 2, "views": null, "reposts": null }, "images": ["https://example.com/…"], "hashtags": null, "is_pinned": false } ], "unavailable": ["url", "author.username", "author.verified", "author.followers", "metrics.views", "metrics.reposts", "hashtags"], "page": { "has_more": true, "cursor": "cur_…", "cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-12T19:43:48.000Z" }, "cost_credits": 12}nullNames and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) User Posts API parameters.
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| platform | string | Required | — | Always "xiaohongshu" on this page. |
| id | string | One of these | — | User ID, 24 hexadecimal characters. With only a profile link, give it as url |
| url | string | One of these | — | Link to the profile, pasted as it is: https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/… (query parameters such as xsec_token are fine), a whole share text with such a link in it, or the xhslink.com short link the app copies. A short link is opened once to see which profile it leads to; where it cannot be, paste the profile's full link or the user ID |
| cursor | string | Optional | — | Pass page.cursor from the last response to get the next page. |
Where to get what you send.
idUser ID, 24 hexadecimal characters. With only a profile link, give it as url (e.g. 63bed214000000002702b862)
Every item these return carries its ref; send it as it is:
search · type=userXiaohongshu (RedNote) Search API
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) User Posts API response fields.
What Xiaohongshu cannot give is marked.
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| items[].url | stringalways null | A link that opens the item. |
| items[].format | string | video, image, text or article. |
| items[].title | string | The title. |
| items[].text | string | The body text or caption. |
| items[].published_at | string | When it was published, ISO 8601 in UTC. |
| items[].author.id | string | The author's account ID. |
| items[].author.username | stringalways null | The author's handle. |
| items[].author.name | string | The author's display name. |
| items[].author.verified | booleanalways null | Whether the author is verified. |
| items[].author.followers | integeralways null | The author's follower count. |
| items[].metrics.likes | integer | Likes. |
| items[].metrics.comments | integer | Comments. |
| items[].metrics.shares | integer | Shares. |
| items[].metrics.collects | integer | Saves. |
| items[].metrics.views | integeralways null | Views or plays. |
| items[].metrics.reposts | integeralways null | Reposts. |
| items[].images | string[] | Image addresses. |
| items[].hashtags | string[]always null | Hashtags, without the #. |
| items[].is_pinned | boolean | Whether the author pinned it. |
nullFields Xiaohongshu cannot giveRead null as “Xiaohongshu did not give this”, not as zero. These are always null on this call:
urlA link that opens the item.author.usernameThe author's handle.author.verifiedWhether the author is verified.author.followersThe author's follower count.metrics.viewsViews or plays.metrics.repostsReposts.hashtagsHashtags, without the #.
Compared with the Douyin User Posts API, this call does not give hashtags.
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) User Posts API: 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
“Last tested” above is the last day a real call of this interface succeeded. 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) User Posts API.
What has this Xiaohongshu account posted lately: 63bed214000000002702b862
12 creditsuser_posts {"platform":"xiaohongshu","id":"63bed214000000002702b862"}Find Xiaohongshu accounts about "Nike", then for the first 3: what has this Xiaohongshu account posted lately.
48 creditssearch {"platform":"xiaohongshu","query":"Nike","type":"user"}user_posts {"platform":"xiaohongshu","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: What has this Xiaohongshu account posted lately: 63bed214000000002702b862Call the user_posts tool with {"platform":"xiaohongshu","id":"63bed214000000002702b862"}. Needed: id, url.For many items pass limit (limit=100 is at most 5 pages) and one call pages for you; each page costs 12 credits and unused pages are not charged.Before you start, work out how many credits it will take in all and ask me; call it only after I agree.What usually comes next, with the ref or username it returns: detail (Detail), comments (Comments).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.
These ready-made tools call it when they run.
creator-cardTheir accounts on other platforms, the numbers on each, and how sure the match is
Work scenarios that use it.
competitor-trackingYour AI follows the accounts you name and tells you what each one published lately and which posts did clearly better than that account usually does, with the numbers and links.
The same call on other platforms.
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