Bilibili Search API

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Search Bilibili for videos on a topic, with duration, views, likes, coins, favorites, danmaku and comment counts, uploader and publish time. Note that most_liked sorts by favorites rather than likes, and counts are a snapshot, not a history.

Bilibili Search finds videos by keyword and returns each video's title, description, length, view, like, comment, danmaku, favorite, coin and share counts, plus its category, tags, uploader and publish time. Use it to see which videos exist on a topic and which do best, for topic research, tracking brand mentions or finding uploaders to work with.

Order results with sort (relevance, newest, most viewed or most commented); note that most_liked actually ranks by favorites, not likes. When judging popularity, give weight to coin_count: coins are a paid form of approval on Bilibili and count for more than likes, while danmaku_count sits next to comments as a measure of how actively people watch.

Price $0.56 per 1,000 requests ($0.000556 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

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Paste this into your AI assistant. It already holds this endpoint's parameters, response fields and an example request, so the assistant can ask what you need and then write the scraper.

Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra Bilibili Search endpoint (bilibili/search).

Endpoint contract:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to bilibili and action to search, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
  - keyword: Specifies video search terms for Bilibili based on titles or topics, rather than an exact uploader nickname search. Use user_id to query uploader profiles or user submissions.
- Optional parameters:
  - sort: Specifies the video sort order: relevance, newest for latest, most_viewed for view count, most_commented for comment relevance, and most_liked for favorites rather than likes. (allowed: most_commented / most_liked / most_viewed / newest / relevance)
  - limit: The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 50. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. (default: 20)
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: id, url, title, text, duration_seconds, duration_sec, duration_text (Duration as displayed text (for example…), view_count, like_count, comment_count, danmaku_count (Danmaku (on-screen comment) count), favorite_count (Favorites); 21 fields in total, full list at https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=bilibili.
- Example request body:
{
  "platform": "bilibili",
  "action": "search",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "摄影入门"
  }
}
- Price: $0.56 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.

Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.

Request parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
AuthorizationheaderstringYes-Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
platformbodystringYesbilibiliPlatform identifier, fixed value.
actionbodystringYessearchCapability identifier, fixed value.
keywordbody.paramsNot declaredYes-Specifies video search terms for Bilibili based on titles or topics, rather than an exact uploader nickname search. Use user_id to query uploader profiles or user submissions.
sortbody.paramsenumNo-Specifies the video sort order: relevance, newest for latest, most_viewed for view count, most_commented for comment relevance, and most_liked for favorites rather than likes. It applies to video search only and does not set the order of comments.Allowed valuesmost_commentedmost_likedmost_viewednewestrelevance
limitbody.paramsinteger (1–50)No20The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 50. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge.

Code samples

bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "bilibili",
  "action": "search",
  "params": {
    "keyword": "摄影入门"
  }
}'

[OpenAPI definition (JSON)]Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Real response

Captured September 26, 2026 at 08:56 (UTC) by calling this API with the parameters in the code sample above. results and count are that call's real response with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2. id, billing and quota differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

json
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "bilibili",
  "action": "search",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "BV1pv411H78e",
      "url": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1pv411H78e",
      "title": "从零开始手把手教你学摄影,20节课带你从小白到大师 | 摄影前期拍摄入门教程",
      "text": "此课程是一套面向零基础小白的零基础摄影前期拍摄系统教程,分为4大部分,一共20节,由浅入深。课程从器材讲解到参数技巧,最后带领大家实战拍摄,可以快速带大家入门摄影,录制于2020年,因故未能发布,现在作为福利分享给大家~\r\n\r\nPS: 如果大家觉得有帮助的话,求个一键三连~\r\n\r\nPART1 知己知彼——认识你的器材\r\nPART2 基础入门——学懂枯燥的参数\r\nPART3 技能提升——拍摄技巧全解\r\nPART4 综合运用——带你复盘拍摄现场",
      "duration_seconds": 28849,
      "duration_text": "480:49",
      "view_count": 8307391,
      "like_count": 301661,
      "comment_count": 3799,
      "danmaku_count": 38430,
      "favorite_count": 752984,
      "thumbnail_url": "https://i1.hdslb.com/bfs/archive/d293a1682ffac131d109bd6180c4df644f632388.png",
      "posted_at": "2021-07-02T03:56:53+00:00",
      "category": "数码",
      "author_name": "(已隐去)",
      "author_id": "(已隐去)",
      "author_url": "https://space.bilibili.com/(已隐去)",
      "platform": "bilibili",
      "tags": [
        "教程",
        "摄影",
        "相机"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "BV1MceuzVEz7",
      "url": "https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1MceuzVEz7",
      "title": "【吊打付费】目前B站最完整的摄影教程,包含了所有干货内容!这还没人看,我不更了!!!",
      "text": "一个冷知识:点赞是免费的!但是可以让辛苦做视频的UP主开心快乐一整天!!!\n 我给大家准备了摄影礼包,评论“666”即可得",
      "duration_seconds": 71221,
      "duration_text": "1187:1",
      "view_count": 2186277,
      "like_count": 50942,
      "comment_count": 12382,
      "danmaku_count": 6525,
      "favorite_count": 124107,
      "thumbnail_url": "https://i2.hdslb.com/bfs/archive/5fffaef73d60995cf40a9336b58fe68b15ca5033.jpg",
      "posted_at": "2025-08-20T09:20:00+00:00",
      "category": "数码",
      "author_name": "(已隐去)",
      "author_id": "(已隐去)",
      "author_url": "https://space.bilibili.com/(已隐去)",
      "platform": "bilibili",
      "tags": [
        "摄影入门",
        "新手摄影",
        "零基础学摄影"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "count": 17,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.

FieldMeaning
idThe record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms.
urlLink to the record on the platform.
titleTitle. null when the platform has no titles (for example text-only posts).
textBody text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so).
duration_secondsDuration in seconds. null for content that is not video or audio.
duration_secKeeps the platform's own meaning
duration_textDuration as displayed text (for example 12:34).
view_countViews or plays. null means not disclosed, not 0.
like_countLikes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0.
comment_countComments. null means not disclosed, not 0.
danmaku_countDanmaku (on-screen comment) count. A Bilibili-specific engagement signal; read it alongside comment_count.
favorite_countFavorites.
coin_countCoins given. Coins are a paid form of approval on Bilibili and weigh more than likes.
share_countShares. null means not disclosed, not 0.
thumbnail_urlThumbnail link, lower resolution than image_url.
posted_atPublish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it.
categoryCategory name in the platform's own taxonomy, not normalized across platforms.
author_nameAuthor's display name.
author_idAuthor's unique ID on the platform.
author_urlLink to the author's profile on the platform.
platformSource platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).
tagsArray of tags. An empty array, not null, when there are none.

FAQ

Why doesn't most_liked sort by likes?

In the current mapping most_liked ranks videos by favorites, not by likes. To list the most-liked videos, fetch the results and sort them by like_count yourself.

How do I judge how popular a video really is?

Look beyond view_count at coin_count, favorite_count and danmaku_count. Coins are a paid form of approval, while favorites and dense on-screen comments show how invested viewers are; read together, they say more than views alone.

Can I search by uploader?

keyword matches video titles and topics, not uploader nicknames exactly. author_id in a result is the uploader's numeric ID; pass it to the Bilibili Details capability for the profile, or to Posts by user for their uploads.

Errors and billing

401
Missing or invalid key. Authentication runs before parameter checks, so unauthenticated requests never see the parameter schema.
422
Wrong parameter name or value. The error lists the parameters and allowed values this capability accepts and the closest match; it happens before any charge.
402
Insufficient balance. Top up first.
429
The account's per-minute request limit was reached (all of its API keys count together; a key's own lower limit applies first). Wait for Retry-After and try again; a rate package in the console raises the limit.
503
Could not complete right now. Any charge for the call goes back to your balance automatically, and the billing receipt in the response states the actual outcome, including when it is not yet known. Do not resend blindly.
200 empty
The request completed without data and is not charged (billing.reason = empty_result_refunded).