How to get Xiaohongshu (RedNote) notes and comments with AI
Xiaohongshu (小红书, also called RedNote) is where Chinese consumers post product reviews and recommendations. It has no open data API. Connected to ProLevelMax, your AI can search notes, read the comments and translate them for you.
What data you get
Your AI chooses among these sources. All Xiaohongshu sources are on the Xiaohongshu data page.
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| Data | What it returns | Source ID |
|---|---|---|
| Search notes | Notes matching a keyword | procli_xiaohongshu_ai |
| Note detail | One note's content and stats | procli_xiaohongshu_h |
| Note comments | Comments on one note, one page per call | procli_xiaohongshu_g |
| Comment replies | Replies under one comment | procli_xiaohongshu_i |
| User info | Profile and follower counts of one user | procli_xiaohongshu_ap |
| User notes | Notes posted by one user | procli_xiaohongshu_aq |
| User search | Users matching a keyword, for finding creators | procli_xiaohongshu_al |
| Product reviews | Buyer reviews of one product in the Xiaohongshu shop | procli_xiaohongshu_af |
| Creator data (Pugongying) | Creator lists, profiles, pricing, audience and note performance from Pugongying, Xiaohongshu's creator marketplace | procli_xiaohongshu_q, procli_xiaohongshu_l |
Notes and comments come back in Chinese. Ask the AI to translate them in the same prompt.
Set it up once
- Create an account at prolevelmax.com. New accounts get $1 of free credit, and you don't need a card to sign up.
- Connect your AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex and others). Send it the line
set up https://prolevelmax.com/SKILL.mdtogether with your API key, or addhttps://prolevelmax.com/mcpas an MCP server. Step-by-step setup is in How to give your AI real-time social media data. - Ask in plain words. The AI picks a data source, tells you the price, and runs it only after you agree. Results come back as structured data the AI can sort, count and summarise.
Prompts to copy
You can write prompts in English; the AI searches in Chinese when you give it a Chinese keyword.
Search Xiaohongshu for 防晒霜 (sunscreen) and take the 20 notes with the most likes.
Read their comments and summarise, in English, the five complaints that come up most, with translated example comments.Get the profile and the last 30 notes of this Xiaohongshu creator: [profile link]
Work out average likes, saves and comments per note and tell me what topics they post about.Find 20 Xiaohongshu creators who post about 露营 (camping), with follower counts, and list them in a table I can shortlist from.Chinese keywords give much better results than English ones on Xiaohongshu. If you don't know the term, ask the AI to suggest a few first.
Price
Xiaohongshu requests are billed per call, from $0.03 per request. Pugongying creator data costs more per call. Live rates for each source are on the Xiaohongshu data page. Your AI shows the price before every run, and you are never charged more than the quote.
Limits
- Public data only. Private accounts, messages and anything that needs someone's login are not collected.
- Deleted notes and notes the author has made private can't be fetched.
- Pugongying data covers creators listed on Pugongying, not every account.
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FAQ
Does Xiaohongshu (RedNote) have a public data API?
No. Its open platform is only for approved merchants and partners. To read public notes, comments and creator data, people use third-party data services such as ProLevelMax.
Can I use Xiaohongshu data if I don't read Chinese?
Yes. Ask your AI to search with a Chinese keyword and to translate the notes and comments into English in the same prompt.
How much does Xiaohongshu data cost?
Requests start from $0.03 per request, with no monthly fee. The AI quotes the price before every run.
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