RedNote (Xiaohongshu)

RedNote, known in China as Xiaohongshu (小红书, "Little Red Book"), is a Shanghai-based social and e-commerce platform operated by Xingyin Information Technology (行吟信息科技). It blends user-generated lifestyle content, community discovery, and in-app shopping, and is one of China's largest content-commerce platforms. Beyond the consumer app, RedNote runs an open platform (open.xiaohongshu.com) plus the Qianfan (千帆) merchant commerce workbench (ark.xiaohongshu.com) and a mini-program surface (miniapp.xiaohongshu.com) that let brands, merchants, and marketing partners integrate storefronts, content, and campaigns. It was surfaced as a portfolio company of HongShan (Sequoia China) and added to the API Evangelist network for enrichment.

RedNote (Xiaohongshu) is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Technology, Social Media, E-Commerce, and Content.

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8.5/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 8.5/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Rednote Xiaohongshu Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: rednote-xiaohongshu
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
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  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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name: RedNote (Xiaohongshu)
description: RedNote, known in China as Xiaohongshu (小红书, "Little Red Book"), is a Shanghai-based social and e-commerce platform
  operated by Xingyin Information Technology (行吟信息科技). It blends user-generated lifestyle content, community discovery, and
  in-app shopping, and is one of China's largest content-commerce platforms. Beyond the consumer app, RedNote runs an open
  platform (open.xiaohongshu.com) plus the Qianfan (千帆) merchant commerce workbench (ark.xiaohongshu.com) and a mini-program
  surface (miniapp.xiaohongshu.com) that let brands, merchants, and marketing partners integrate storefronts, content, and
  campaigns. It was surfaced as a portfolio company of HongShan (Sequoia China) and added to the API Evangelist network for
  enrichment.
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Technology
- Social Media
- E-Commerce
- Content
- China
- Open Platform
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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- type: Website
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- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://open.xiaohongshu.com
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