Douban reviews, comments and group topics
Returns content from Douban, China's review and interest community: long-form reviews of movies, books and music, short star-rated comments on books and music, group discussion topics with replies, and subject or group-topic search. It suits Chinese consumer sentiment research and opinion text analysis.
What you get
- Review ID, title, rating and full review text
- Review author name, profile link and publication date where shown
- Short comments with star ratings
- Subject search results with titles and subject links
- Group topic titles, links and replies
- Group search results whose titles match a keyword, newest first
What it can do
- Search movies, books and music by Chinese or English keyword
- Collect long reviews for any subject link
- Collect short comments for book and music subjects
- Find group discussions whose titles contain a keyword
- Fetch a group topic with its replies, capped per topic
- Turn off full review text for faster runs that return excerpts only
Limits
- Up to 100 results per run
- One mode per run
- Short comments on movies are not available, and may be missing for less popular books; long reviews work on all subjects
- Book search returns about 10 results per query, and many group topic pages are login-walled or deleted
- Reviews are listed most popular first; only publicly visible data is returned
Input options
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| mode | subject_reviews, subject_comments, group_topic, subject_search or group_search. |
| subjectUrls | Douban movie, book or music links for reviews or comments. |
| topicUrls | Douban group topic links for group_topic mode. |
| searchQuery | Keyword for subject search or group title search. |
| searchType | Limit subject search to movie, book or music. |
| maxResults | Maximum records per link or search query. |
| maxRepliesPerTopic | Maximum replies attached to each group topic. |
| fetchFullReviewBody | Include each review's full text instead of an excerpt. |
Example
Ask your AI for the data in plain words and it picks this source. Developers can also call source procli_douban_a directly through the REST API or MCP with an input like this:
{
"maxResults": 30,
"mode": "subject_reviews",
"searchQuery": "三体",
"subjectUrls": [
"https://book.douban.com/subject/2567698/"
]
}How to use it
- Create an account at prolevelmax.com. New users receive $1 in sign-up credit after verifying their email (one per person). No card required.
- Connect your AI. In the Dashboard, open Get started → Coding tools and API → Generate setup instructions and paste the instructions into your AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex and others). You can also add the MCP server
https://prolevelmax.com/mcpor call the REST API. - Request data. Your AI selects a source, quotes the price and runs it only after you confirm. Results are returned as structured JSON that the AI can format as a table or report.
FAQ
How is this source billed?
Per result: $0.09/result + $0.001/run, min $0.271/run. Your AI quotes the price first, and you are never charged more than the quote.
Do I need a Douban account or API key?
No. You only need a ProLevelMax account. One balance and one connection cover all 157 platforms.
Is the data real-time?
Yes. Every call fetches public Douban data at the time of the request. Only publicly visible content is collected.
New users receive $1 in sign-up credit after verifying their email (one per person). No card required. Pay per use with no subscription. Top up by card (USD) or Alipay (CNY); Enterprise top-ups from $1,000 by bank transfer.
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