# LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text: Xiaohongshu note API

> Image and video notes: caption, every image described and its text read (OCR), video transcript, top comments, counts. Topic search.

LinkDigest's Xiaohongshu note API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 notes. LinkDigest's docs list all 4 fields on our checklist: Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
We haven't run LinkDigest through [our Xiaohongshu note API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-xiaohongshu-note-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 138 plans for Xiaohongshu note APIs by price. Half the plans cost $22.20 per 1,000 notes or less. [See how many Xiaohongshu note API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-xiaohongshu-note-api.txt)
[ALAPI's CNY 99 (about $15) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/alapi/cny-99-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 notes. ALAPI's CNY 99 (about $15) monthly plan covers up to 10,000 notes a day.
[EveryInfra](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/everyinfra/10-pack/llms.txt), [SocialCrawl](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/socialcrawl/299-pack/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) are the best Xiaohongshu note API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text
- [Xiaohongshu note API: the 6 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-xiaohongshu-note-api.txt)
- Get it: https://linkdigest.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://linkdigest.dev/api/v1/digest`, Read a social link as text
- API key: with the plan, on https://linkdigest.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://linkdigest.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- Sold by: LinkDigest (https://linkdigest.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 notes: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Repeat free: no limit
- Extra fields: translation: +$0.00 · viral breakdown: +$0.00 · consumer insight: +$0.00 · answer to a question: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: POST /digest/batch · POST /capture · POST /search · POST /watch

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Image and video notes: caption, every image described and its text read (OCR), video transcript, top comments, counts. Topic search.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Digest public content you have a legitimate reason to read. Do not use LinkDigest to circumvent access controls, to bulk-harvest a platform, or to process content you are barred from accessing. We may suspend keys used this way. [...] You are responsible for how you use a digest, including any copyright or platform terms that apply to the source post.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits
- Enough for: 10 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.017
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call or by polling
- Median: 33.00 s

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: format, breakdown, ask, insight, translate_to, max_credits, partial_ok, depth
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/digest

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs in, no card

## The 26 fields the plan's answer can hold

title, text, created at, author name, like count, comment count, share count, save count, play count, hashtags, music, video duration, post URL, transcript, on-screen text, frame descriptions, image descriptions, image text, key points, top comments, links in post, digest Markdown, credits used, credits remaining, from cache, warnings

## LinkDigest's plans (6)

- [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [LinkDigest, $1.50 pack, First top-up, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/1-50-pack-first-top-up-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $30.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [LinkDigest, $5 pack, Credit pack, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/5-pack-credit-pack-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [LinkDigest, CNY 288 pack, Volume pack for buyers in China, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/cny-288-pack-volume-pack-for-buyers-in-china-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $21.537 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [LinkDigest, $9 monthly, Dev, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/9-monthly-dev-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $18.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [LinkDigest, $49 monthly, Studio, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/49-monthly-studio-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt): $14.00 per 1,000, 100% complete

## LinkDigest's calls for this API (4)

- `POST /api/v1/digest`, Read a social link as text: [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/digest`, Read a social link as text, full: [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/digest/batch`, Read up to 200 links at once: [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- `POST /api/v1/digest/batch`, Read up to 200 links at once, full: [LinkDigest, free, POST /api/v1/digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)

## LinkDigest's APIs (6)

- [LinkDigest: video search API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/linkdigest/free/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Bilibili video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Douyin video API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/douyin-video-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: web scraping API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text, full](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Weibo post API pricing, 6 plans, digest/batch, Read up to 200 links at once, full](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-post-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-batch-read-up-to-200-links-at-once-full/llms.txt)
- [LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API pricing, 6 plans, digest, Read a social link as text](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/linkdigest/free-post-api-v1-digest-read-a-social-link-as-text/llms.txt)

## LinkDigest: Xiaohongshu note API alternatives

- [AIsa, $19 monthly, Builder, POST /apis/v1/tikhub/xiaohongshu/pgy/get_note_detail](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/aisa/19-monthly-builder-post-apis-v1-tikhub-xiaohongshu-pgy-get-note-detail/llms.txt): $12.667 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Anysite, $549 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/anysite/549-monthly/llms.txt): $12.918 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £299 pack](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/socialcrawl/299-pack/llms.txt): $13.291 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [SocialDataX, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /socialdatax/api/v1/xhs/note/detail](https://datacircle.dev/xiaohongshu-note-apis/socialdatax/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-socialdatax-api-v1-xhs-note-detail/llms.txt): $14.956 per 1,000, 100% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://linkdigest.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/api/v1/health/platforms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/china-social-media-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing
- https://linkdigest.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=xiaohongshu-note-api-pricing