Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @jovijovi/xiaohongshu-extract
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install xiaohongshu-extract
What This Skill Does
Extracts note metadata from Xiaohongshu (XHS) share or discovery URLs by parsing the page's embedded state object. Returns structured JSON with title, description, engagement stats, user info, tags, and video stream details.
Parses the embedded window.__INITIAL_STATE__ directly, avoiding the need for a formal API key or authenticated session.
When to use it
- Pulling engagement stats from a viral XHS post
- Archiving note metadata before a post is deleted
- Feeding XHS content data into a downstream analysis pipeline
- Extracting video stream URLs from XHS discovery links
- Batch collecting note details from a list of XHS share URLs
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: extract metadata from this XHS share link: https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/abc123
AGENT
- 1Run scripts/xiaohongshu_extract.py with the provided URL and --pretty flag
- 2Check if window.__INITIAL_STATE__ was found in the page response
- 3If not found, ask the user for a direct discovery URL instead
- 4Parse the returned JSON for title, engagement counts, tags, and video info
- 5Return the structured note metadata to the user
OUTPUT
JSON object with note_id, title, desc, interact counts, tags, and video stream details