A CLI for Xiaohongshu (小红书) — search, read, interact, and post via reverse-engineered API 📕
- bilibili-cli — Bilibili CLI for videos, users, search, and feeds
- twitter-cli — Twitter/X CLI for timelines, bookmarks, and posting
- discord-cli — Discord CLI for local-first sync, search, and export
- tg-cli — Telegram CLI for local-first sync, search, and export
- 🔐 Auth — auto-extract browser cookies, QR code login, status check, whoami
- 🔍 Search — notes by keyword, user search, topic search
- 📖 Reading — note detail, comments, sub-comments, user profiles
- 🔢 Short-index navigation — open recent list results with
xhs read 1orxhs comments 1 - 📰 Feed — recommendation feed, hot/trending by category
- 👥 Social — follow/unfollow, favorites
- 👍 Interactions — like, favorite, comment, reply, delete
- ✍️ Creator — post image notes, my-notes list, delete
- 🔔 Notifications — unread count, mentions, likes, new followers
- 🛡️ Anti-detection — consistent macOS Chrome fingerprint,
sec-ch-uaalignment, session-stable browser identity, Gaussian jitter, captcha cooldown, exponential backoff - 📊 Structured output — commands support
--yamland--json; non-TTY stdout defaults to YAML - 📦 Stable envelope — see SCHEMA.md for
ok/schema_version/data/error
AI Agent Tip: Prefer
--yamlfor structured output unless strict JSON is required. Non-TTY stdout defaults to YAML automatically.
# Recommended: uv tool (fast, isolated)
uv tool install xiaohongshu-cli
# Or: pipx
pipx install xiaohongshu-cliUpgrade to the latest version:
uv tool upgrade xiaohongshu-cli
# Or: pipx upgrade xiaohongshu-cliTip: Upgrade regularly to avoid unexpected errors from outdated API handling.
From source:
git clone git@github.com:jackwener/xiaohongshu-cli.git
cd xiaohongshu-cli
uv sync# ─── Auth ─────────────────────────────────────────
xhs login # Extract cookies from browser
xhs login --qrcode # Browser-assisted QR login, scan in terminal
xhs status # Check login status
xhs whoami # Detailed profile (fans, likes, etc)
xhs whoami --json # Structured JSON envelope
xhs logout # Clear saved cookies
# ─── Search ───────────────────────────────────────
xhs search "美食" # Search notes
xhs search "旅行" --sort popular # Sort: general, popular, latest
xhs search "穿搭" --type video # Filter: all, video, image
xhs search "AI" --page 2 # Pagination
xhs search-user "用户名" # Search users
xhs topics "美食" # Search hashtags/topics
# ─── Reading ──────────────────────────────────────
xhs read 1 # Read the 1st result from the last list command
xhs read <note_id> # Read a note (API only)
xhs read "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/xxx?xsec_token=yyy" # Read by URL (uses URL token)
xhs comments 1 # Read comments for the 1st result from the last list command
xhs comments "<url>" # View comments — paste URL to cache/reuse xsec_token
xhs comments "<url>" --all # Fetch ALL comments (auto-paginate all pages)
xhs comments "<url>" --all --json # All comments as JSON
xhs comments <note_id> --xsec-token T # Use note_id + explicit xsec_token
xhs comments <note_id> # Reuse cached token if available
xhs sub-comments <note_id> <cmt_id> # View replies to a comment
xhs user <user_id> # User profile
xhs user-posts <user_id> # User's published notes
xhs user-posts <user_id> --cursor X # Paginate with cursor
# ─── Feed & Discovery ────────────────────────────
xhs feed # Recommendation feed
xhs hot # Hot notes (default: food)
xhs hot -c fashion # Categories: fashion, food, cosmetics,
# movie, career, love, home, gaming,
# travel, fitness
# Short index works after list commands such as search/feed/hot/user-posts/favorites/my-notes
xhs search "黑丝"
xhs read 1
xhs comments 1
xhs like 1
xhs favorite 1
# ─── Social ───────────────────────────────────────
xhs favorites # My bookmarked notes (current user)
xhs favorites <user_id> # Other user's bookmarked notes
xhs likes # My liked notes (current user)
xhs likes <user_id> # Other user's liked notes
xhs follow <user_id> # Follow a user
xhs unfollow <user_id> # Unfollow a user
# ─── Interactions ─────────────────────────────────
xhs like 1 # Like the 1st result from the latest note listing
xhs like <note_id> # Like a note
xhs like <note_id> --undo # Unlike
xhs favorite 1 # Favorite the 1st result from the latest note listing
xhs favorite <note_id> # Favorite (bookmark)
xhs unfavorite 1 # Unfavorite the 1st result from the latest note listing
xhs unfavorite <note_id> # Unfavorite
xhs comment 1 -c "好赞！" # Comment on the 1st result from the latest note listing
xhs comment <note_id> -c "好赞！" # Post comment
xhs reply 1 --comment-id X -c "回复" # Reply on the 1st result from the latest note listing
xhs reply <note_id> --comment-id X -c "回复" # Reply to comment
xhs delete-comment <note_id> <cmt_id> # Delete own comment
# ─── Creator ─────────────────────────────────────
xhs my-notes # List own notes (v2 creator endpoint)
xhs my-notes --page 1 # Next page
xhs post --title "标题" --body "正文" --images img.jpg # Post note
xhs delete <note_id> # Delete note
xhs delete <note_id> -y # Skip confirmation
# ─── Notifications ────────────────────────────────
xhs unread # Unread counts (likes, mentions, follows)
xhs notifications # 评论和@ notifications
xhs notifications --type likes # 赞和收藏 notifications
xhs notifications --type connections # 新增关注 notifications
xiaohongshu-cli supports multiple authentication methods:
- Saved cookies — loads from
~/.xiaohongshu-cli/cookies.json - Browser cookies — auto-detects installed browsers and extracts cookies (supports Chrome, Arc, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Brave, Chromium, Opera, Vivaldi, and more)
- QR code login — browser-assisted login with terminal QR output (
xhs login --qrcode)
xhs login automatically tries all installed browsers and uses the first one with valid cookies.
Use --cookie-source <browser> to specify a browser explicitly, or --qrcode for browser-assisted QR login.
Other authenticated commands automatically retry once with fresh browser cookies when the saved session has expired.
Saved cookies are valid for 7 days by default. After that, the client automatically attempts to refresh from the browser. If browser extraction fails, the existing cookies are used with a warning.
After any listing command such as search, feed, hot, user-posts, favorites, or my-notes, the CLI stores the latest ordered note list in ~/.xiaohongshu-cli/index_cache.json.
xhs read <N>opens the Nth note from the latest listingxhs comments <N>opens comments for the Nth note from the latest listingxhs like <N>,xhs favorite <N>,xhs unfavorite <N>,xhs comment <N>, andxhs reply <N>reuse the same short index- Empty listings clear the index cache, so old results are not reused by accident
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
OUTPUT |
auto |
Output format: json, yaml, rich, or auto (→ YAML when non-TTY) |
xiaohongshu-cli includes comprehensive anti-risk-control measures designed to minimize detection:
- Gaussian jitter: Delays between requests use a truncated Gaussian distribution (not fixed intervals) to mimic natural browsing patterns
- Random long pauses: ~5% of requests include an additional 2-5 second delay simulating reading behavior
- Auto-retry: Exponential backoff on HTTP 429/5xx and network errors (up to 3 retries)
- UA/Platform alignment: User-Agent,
sec-ch-ua,sec-ch-ua-platform, and fingerprint fields are all consistent (macOS Chrome 145) - Session-stable identity: GPU, screen resolution, CPU cores, and other hardware fingerprint values are generated once per session and reused across all requests (real browsers don't change hardware mid-session)
- macOS-native values: GPU vendors (Apple M1/M2/M3, Intel Iris), Retina screen resolutions,
MacIntelplatform — all matching a real macOS browser
- Progressive backoff: On captcha trigger (HTTP 461/471), automatically sleeps 5→10→20→30 seconds with increasing delays
- Adaptive rate limiting: Request delay is permanently doubled after a captcha event to reduce future risk
- All API calls use
x-s/x-s-common/x-tsignatures (reverse-engineered from web client) x-b3-traceidandx-xray-traceidfor distributed tracing consistency
All --json / --yaml output uses the shared envelope from SCHEMA.md:
ok: true
schema_version: "1"
data: { ... }When stdout is not a TTY (e.g., piped or invoked by an AI agent), output defaults to YAML.
Use OUTPUT=yaml|json|rich|auto to override.
xiaohongshu-cli ships with a SKILL.md that teaches AI agents how to use it.
Skills CLI (Recommended)
npx skills add jackwener/xiaohongshu-cli| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-g |
Install globally (user-level, shared across projects) |
-a claude-code |
Target a specific agent |
-y |
Non-interactive mode |
mkdir -p .agents/skills
git clone git@github.com:jackwener/xiaohongshu-cli.git .agents/skills/xiaohongshu-cli
⚠️ ClawHub install method is deprecated and no longer supported. Use Skills CLI or Manual Install above.
xhs_cli/
├── __init__.py
├── cli.py # Click entry point & command registration
├── client.py # XHS API client (signing, retry, rate-limit, anti-detection)
├── cookies.py # Cookie extraction, TTL management, auto-refresh, token cache
├── signing.py # Main API x-s / x-s-common signature generation
├── creator_signing.py # Creator API AES-128-CBC signature
├── constants.py # URLs, User-Agent, Chrome version, SDK config
├── exceptions.py # Structured exception hierarchy (6 error types)
├── qr_login.py # QR code login (browser-assisted terminal QR + HTTP fallback)
├── formatter.py # Output formatting, schema envelope, Rich rendering
└── commands/
├── _common.py # Shared CLI helpers (structured_output_options, etc.)
├── auth.py # login/logout/status/whoami
├── reading.py # search/read/comments/user/feed/hot/topics/search-user
├── interactions.py # like/favorite/comment/reply/delete-comment
├── social.py # follow/unfollow/favorites
├── creator.py # post/my-notes/delete
└── notifications.py # unread/notifications
# Install dependencies
uv sync
# Run tests
uv run pytest tests/ -v
# Unit tests only (no network)
uv run pytest tests/ -v --ignore=tests/test_integration.py -m "not smoke"
# Smoke tests (need cookies)
uv run pytest tests/ -v -m smoke
# Integration tests (need cookies)
uv run pytest tests/test_integration.py -v
# Lint
uv run ruff check .Q: NoCookieError: No 'a1' cookie found
- Open any browser and visit https://www.xiaohongshu.com/
- Log in with your account
- Run
xhs login(auto-detects browser) orxhs login --cookie-source <browser>
Q: NeedVerifyError: Captcha required
XHS has triggered a captcha check. Open https://www.xiaohongshu.com/ in your browser, complete the captcha, then retry.
Q: IpBlockedError: IP blocked by XHS
Try a different network (e.g., mobile hotspot or VPN). XHS blocks IPs that make too many requests.
Q: SessionExpiredError: Session expired
Your cookies have expired. Run xhs login to refresh.
Q: Requests are slow
The built-in Gaussian jitter delay (~1-1.5s between requests) is intentional to mimic natural browsing and avoid triggering XHS's risk control. Aggressive request patterns may lead to captcha triggers or IP blocks.
- bilibili-cli — Bilibili 视频、用户、搜索与动态 CLI
- twitter-cli — Twitter/X 时间线、书签和发推 CLI
- discord-cli — Discord 本地优先同步、检索与导出 CLI
- tg-cli — Telegram 本地优先同步、检索与导出 CLI
- 🔐 认证 — 自动提取浏览器 Cookie，browser-assisted 二维码扫码登录，状态检查，用户信息
- 🔍 搜索 — 按关键词搜索笔记、用户、话题
- 📖 阅读 — 笔记详情、评论、子评论、用户主页
- 📰 发现 — 推荐 Feed、按分类浏览热门
- 👥 社交 — 关注/取关、收藏夹
- 👍 互动 — 点赞、收藏、评论、回复、删除
- ✍️ 创作者 — 发布图文笔记、我的笔记列表、删除
- 🔔 通知 — 未读数、@、点赞、新关注
- 🛡️ 反风控 — macOS Chrome 指纹一致性、session 级浏览器身份持久化、高斯抖动延迟、验证码自动冷却、指数退避重试
- 📊 结构化输出 —
--yaml/--json，非 TTY 默认输出 YAML - 📦 稳定 envelope — 参见 SCHEMA.md
# 推荐：uv tool（快速、隔离环境）
uv tool install xiaohongshu-cli
# 或者：pipx
pipx install xiaohongshu-cli升级到最新版本：
uv tool upgrade xiaohongshu-cli
# 或：pipx upgrade xiaohongshu-cli提示： 建议定期升级，避免因版本过旧导致的 API 调用异常。
从源码安装：
git clone git@github.com:jackwener/xiaohongshu-cli.git
cd xiaohongshu-cli
uv sync# 认证
xhs login # 从浏览器提取 Cookie
xhs login --qrcode # browser-assisted 二维码扫码登录（终端显示二维码）
xhs status # 检查登录状态
xhs whoami # 查看用户资料
xhs logout # 清除缓存的 Cookie
# 搜索
xhs search "美食" # 搜索笔记
xhs search "旅行" --sort popular # 排序：general, popular, latest
xhs search-user "用户名" # 搜索用户
xhs topics "美食" # 搜索话题
# 阅读
xhs read 1 # 阅读最近一次列表里的第 1 条笔记
xhs read <note_id> # 阅读笔记（仅走 API）
xhs read "https://...?xsec_token=..." # 粘贴网页 URL 直接阅读（使用 URL token）
xhs comments 1 # 查看最近一次列表里的第 1 条笔记评论
xhs comments "<url>" # 查看评论 — 粘贴 URL 以缓存/复用 xsec_token
xhs comments "<url>" --all # 获取全部评论（自动翻页）
xhs comments "<url>" --all --json # 全部评论，JSON 格式
xhs comments <note_id> --xsec-token T # 用 note_id + 显式 xsec_token
xhs comments <note_id> # 如果之前访问过 URL，会复用缓存 token
xhs sub-comments <note_id> <cmt_id> # 查看评论的回复
xhs user <user_id> # 用户主页
xhs user-posts <user_id> # 用户发布的笔记
# 发现
xhs feed # 推荐 Feed
xhs hot -c food # 热门笔记（按分类）
xhs hot -c travel # 分类: fashion, food, cosmetics, movie, career,
# love, home, gaming, travel, fitness
# 社交
xhs favorites # 我的收藏（自动识别当前用户）
xhs favorites <user_id> # 其他用户的收藏
xhs likes # 我的点赞（自动识别当前用户）
xhs likes <user_id> # 其他用户的点赞
xhs follow <user_id> # 关注
xhs unfollow <user_id> # 取消关注
# 互动
xhs like 1 # 给最近一次列表里的第 1 条笔记点赞
xhs like <note_id> # 点赞
xhs like <note_id> --undo # 取消点赞
xhs favorite 1 # 收藏最近一次列表里的第 1 条笔记
xhs favorite <note_id> # 收藏
xhs unfavorite 1 # 取消收藏最近一次列表里的第 1 条笔记
xhs unfavorite <note_id> # 取消收藏
xhs comment 1 -c "好棒！" # 给最近一次列表里的第 1 条笔记发评论
xhs comment <note_id> -c "好棒！" # 发评论
xhs reply 1 --comment-id X -c "谢谢" # 给最近一次列表里的第 1 条笔记回复评论
xhs reply <note_id> --comment-id X -c "谢谢" # 回复评论
xhs delete-comment <note_id> <cmt_id> # 删除自己的评论
# 创作者
xhs my-notes # 我的笔记列表
xhs post --title "标题" --body "正文" --images img.jpg # 发布笔记
xhs delete <note_id> # 删除笔记
xhs delete <note_id> -y # 跳过确认
# 通知
xhs unread # 未读数
xhs notifications # 评论和 @ 通知
xhs notifications --type likes # 赞和收藏通知
xhs notifications --type connections # 新增关注通知xiaohongshu-cli 支持多种认证方式：
- 已保存 Cookie — 从
~/.xiaohongshu-cli/cookies.json加载 - 浏览器 Cookie — 自动检测已安装浏览器并提取（支持 Chrome、Arc、Edge、Firefox、Safari、Brave、Chromium、Opera、Vivaldi 等）
- 二维码扫码登录 — browser-assisted 登录，终端显示二维码，用小红书 App 扫码（
xhs login --qrcode）
Cookie 保存后有效期 7 天，超时后自动尝试从浏览器刷新。
xhs login 会自动尝试所有已安装浏览器，使用第一个有有效 Cookie 的浏览器。也可用 --cookie-source <browser> 指定浏览器，或 --qrcode 使用 browser-assisted 二维码登录。其他需认证命令在 session 过期时会自动重试一次。
NoCookieError: No 'a1' cookie found— 请先在任意浏览器打开 https://www.xiaohongshu.com/ 并登录，然后执行xhs loginNeedVerifyError— 触发了验证码，请到浏览器中完成验证后重试IpBlockedError— IP 被限制，尝试切换网络（手机热点或 VPN）SessionExpiredError— Cookie 过期，执行xhs login刷新- 请求较慢是正常的 — 内置高斯随机延迟（~1-1.5s）是为了模拟人类浏览行为，避免触发风控
xiaohongshu-cli 自带 SKILL.md，让 AI Agent 能自动学习并使用本工具。
Skills CLI（推荐）
npx skills add jackwener/xiaohongshu-cli| 参数 | 说明 |
|---|---|
-g |
全局安装（用户级别，跨项目共享） |
-a claude-code |
指定目标 Agent |
-y |
非交互模式 |
mkdir -p .agents/skills
git clone git@github.com:jackwener/xiaohongshu-cli.git .agents/skills/xiaohongshu-cli
⚠️ ClawHub 安装方式已过时，不再支持。请使用上方的 Skills CLI 或手动安装。
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