🔥 Xiaohongshu Artwork Collection Tool: Collect information on Xiaohongshu artworks; Extract the download address of Xiaohongshu artworks; Download the Xiaohongshu watermark-free artwork files!
❤️ The author only releases XHS-Downloader on GitHub, without collaborating with any individuals or websites. Additionally, there are no charging plans for the tool!
⭐ Due to the author's limited energy, I was unable to update the English document in a timely manner, and the content may have become outdated. Suggest referring to Chinese documentation. If you want to contribute to translation, we warmly welcome you
- ✅ Collect Xiaohongshu graphic/text or video artworks' information
- ✅ Extract Xiaohongshu graphic/text or video artworks' download addresses
- ✅ Download Xiaohongshu graphic/text or video artworks without watermarks
- ✅ Supports Tampermonkey user scripts
- ✅ Batch download account artworks (with user scripts)
- ✅ Automatically skip already downloaded artworks
- ✅ Mechanism for handling the integrity of artwork files
- ✅ Customize the download format for graphic and text artworks
- ✅ Persistently store artwork information to a file
- ✅ Store artwork files in a separate folder
- ☑️ Background monitoring of clipboard for downloading artworks
- ☑️ Supports API calling functionality
🎥 Click on the image to watch the demo video
https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/artwork's IDhttps://www.xiaohongshu.com/discovery/item/artwork's IDhttps://xhslink.com/share code
The program supports entering multiple artwork links in a single input box, separated by spaces.
⭐ Windows Terminal (Default terminal in Windows 11) is recommended to run the program for optimal display performance!
If you only need to download watermark-free artwork files, Program Running is recommended; If you have other needs, Source Code Running is recommended!
Users with Windows 10 or above can go to Releases download the program zip file, unzip it, open the program folder, and double-click main.exe to run the program
If you use the program this way, the default download path for files is: .\_internal\Download; configuration file path: .\_internal\settings.json
- Install Python Interpreter with version >=
3.12 - Execute
pip install -i https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/simple -r requirements.txtto install the required modules for the program - Download the latest source code or code released in Releases to your local workplace
- Run
main.pyto use the program
If your browser has installed Tampermonkey extension, add User script, and you can experience the project's functionalities without downloading the program!
Tip: You can use the XHS-Downloader user script to extract artwork links in batches from web pages. Combine it with the XHS-Downloader program to achieve batch downloading of watermark-free artwork files!
- Download Xiaohongshu watermark-free artwork files
- Extract artwork links from the discovery page
- Extract artwork links from account-published content
- Extract artwork links from account-collected content
- Extract artwork links from account-liked content
If there are other requirements, you can call or modify the program refer to the comments in main.py
# Example links
error_link = "https://github.com/JoeanAmier/XHS_Downloader"
demo_link = "https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/xxxxxxxxxx"
multiple_links = f"{demo_link} {demo_link} {demo_link}"
# Instance object
work_path = "D:\\" # Artwork data/file save root path, default value: project root path
folder_name = "Download" # Artwork file storage folder name (automatically created), default value: Download
user_agent = "" # Request Header: User-Agent
cookie = "" # Xiaohongshu web version Cookie, no need to log in
proxy = None # Network proxy
timeout = 5 # Request data timeout limit, unit: seconds, default value: 10
chunk = 1024 * 1024 * 10 # When downloading files, the size of each data block obtained from the server each time, unit: bytes
max_retry = 2 # Maximum number of retries when requesting data fails, unit: seconds, default value: 5
record_data = False # Whether to record artwork data to a file
image_format = "WEBP" # Graphic artwork file download format, supports: PNG, WEBP
folder_mode = False # Whether to store each artwork's file in a separate folder
async with XHS() as xhs:
pass # Use default parameters
async with XHS(work_path=work_path,
folder_name=folder_name,
user_agent=user_agent,
cookie=cookie,
proxy=proxy,
timeout=timeout,
chunk=chunk,
max_retry=max_retry,
record_data=record_data,
image_format=image_format,
folder_mode=folder_mode,
) as xhs: # Use custom parameters
download = True # Whether to download artwork files, default value: False
# Return detailed information about the artwork, including download addresses
print(await xhs.extract(error_link, download)) # Return an empty dictionary when data retrieval fails
print(await xhs.extract(demo_link, download))
print(await xhs.extract(multiple_links, download)) # Support input of multiple artwork links
settings.json in the project's root directory, generated automatically on the first run, and allows customization of certain runtime parameters
If your computer doesn't have a suitable program to edit JSON files, it is recommended to use JSON Online Tool to edit the content of the configuration file
| Parameters | Type | Meaning | Default Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| work_path | str | Artwork data/file save root path | Project root path |
| folder_name | str | Artwork file storage folder name | Download |
| user_agent | str | Request Header: User-Agent | Default UA |
| cookie | str | Xiaohongshu web version Cookie，No need to log in, modification recommended | Default Cookie |
| proxy | str | Set program proxy | null |
| timeout | int | Request data timeout limit, unit: seconds | 10 |
| chunk | int | Size of each data block obtained from the server when downloading files, unit: bytes | 1048576(1 MB) |
| max_retry | int | Maximum number of retries when requesting data fails, unit: seconds | 5 |
| record_data | bool | Whether to record artwork data to TXT file |
false |
| image_format | str | Graphic and text artwork file download format, support: PNG、WEBP |
PNG |
| folder_mode | bool | Whether to store each artwork's file in a separate folder; folder names are consistent with file names | false |
| language | str | Set programming language, currently support: zh_CN, en_GB |
zh_CN |
- Open the browser (optional in incognito mode), visit any page on Xiaohongshu
- Press
F12to open developer tools - Click the
Console - Input
document.cookiethen press Enter to confirm - The output content is the Cookie
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- Email: [email protected]
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