Bilibili scraper API for video pages
Send a Bilibili video URL — or a b23.tv short link — to the Crawl endpoint and get back a structured card: title, description, publish time, engagement stats, and the danmaku comment feed. Verified for /video/ pages, honest about what is not covered.
Endpoint — bash
A dedicated parser extracts the video card — the metadata block Bilibili publishes alongside the player.
The video title, the full uploader-written description, and the publish timestamp.
Views, likes, comments, favorites, and coins in results.metadata.stats.
The bullet-comment feed — timestamped lines appended to the output, counted in metadata.danmaku.
Useful for
Chinese video content monitoring / Uptake analytics per video / RAG over video metadata
What goes in, what comes back
Two real anonymous captures — a video page and a b23.tv short link. Left: the page as Bilibili serves it to logged-out viewers. Right: the complete results.content the API returns, byte for byte.
bilibili.com/video/BV1DJYe6AEgPWhat Bilibili serves
Full app shell — player, danmaku rail, recommendations, comments
What the API returns
markdown
Title + description + publish time + stats + 31 danmaku — 894 B
b23.tv/BV1PeYe69EWkWhat Bilibili serves
b23.tv/<code> resolves to the canonical /video/ page on its own
What the API returns
markdown
Resolved video card — 5.9 KB · stats + 300 of 347 danmaku
Use your own Bilibili link instead
What is covered, by URL pattern
Bilibili support is measured per URL pattern, not claimed per domain. Every row below is verified against the live crawler.
| URL pattern | Status | What you get |
|---|---|---|
bilibili.com/video/BV<id> | Supported | Title, description, publish time, stats — views, likes, comments, favorites, coins — plus the timestamped danmaku feed (up to 300 per video). |
b23.tv/<code> | Supported | Short links resolve to the target video page and return the same structured card — the standard mobile share format. |
bangumi / read / opus / space / live | Not covered | Episodes, column articles, dynamic posts, uploader spaces, and live rooms currently fail content-quality validation — tested and excluded rather than claimed. |
The video card, without the player shell
A Bilibili video page is a heavy application shell — player, danmaku rail, recommendations, comments. Point the Crawl endpoint at a /video/ URL and the dedicated parser returns the metadata card underneath: title, the uploader-written description, publish time, the five engagement counters — and the danmaku feed itself as timestamped lines.
Structured stats, not screen-scraped text
Views, likes, comments, favorites, and coins arrive as numbers in results.metadata.stats — ready for analytics without regex.
Danmaku comes along
The anonymous bullet-comment feed is appended to the output as timestamped lines — up to 300 per video — with the total in metadata.danmaku. For Chinese video monitoring, the danmaku is half the content.
Short links included
b23.tv is how Bilibili links travel on mobile. The crawler follows the redirect and parses the resolved video page.
Verified per URL pattern
Every matrix row is reproduced from a live crawl of a real URL — video and short links are covered, other page types are tested and marked out of scope.
What is a Bilibili scraper API?
A Bilibili scraper API is an HTTP interface that takes a bilibili.com video URL — or a b23.tv short link — and returns the video metadata in a structured, model-ready format. Bilibili is one of the largest video communities in Chinese, but the page is built for playback, not extraction. Search1API’s Crawl endpoint routes these URLs to a dedicated parser that emits the title, description, publish time, and engagement counters as a compact card — plus the anonymous danmaku comment feed as timestamped lines.
Typical workflow
Send a Bilibili video URL — or a b23.tv short link — to the Crawl endpoint and get back a structured card: title, description, publish time, engagement stats, and the danmaku comment feed. Verified for /video/ pages, honest about what is not covered.
POST a bilibili.com/video/BV… URL — or a b23.tv short link — to the Crawl endpoint.
The URL is matched against the pattern rules and routed to the dedicated Bilibili parser.
The video card returns as Markdown plus results.metadata — stats, publish time, and the danmaku section.
Check metadata.danmaku.returned vs total — the feed is capped at 300 timestamped lines per video.
Where teams use it
Monitor video performance — the five engagement counters update on every crawl.
Mine audience reaction — danmaku lines carry timestamps, so sentiment maps to moments in the video.
Feed Chinese video metadata into RAG and recommendation pipelines.
Resolve b23.tv share links from chat exports back to canonical video pages.
FAQ
Which Bilibili URLs are supported?
Video pages — bilibili.com/video/BV<id> — and b23.tv short links that resolve to one. Bangumi episodes, column articles, dynamic posts, spaces, and live rooms were tested and are not covered today.
Does the output include danmaku comments?
Yes — the anonymous bullet-comment feed is appended to the content as timestamped lines, up to 300 per video. metadata.danmaku reports the total and how many were returned. Video audio itself is not transcribed.
What does the danmaku section look like?
A "## 弹幕" section in the Markdown — one line per comment as "mm:ss text", sorted by position in the video. The timestamps let you map reactions to moments.
What happens with a deleted video?
Bilibili serves a "视频去哪了呢？" placeholder page — the parser returns that placeholder text, so validate results before treating output as a real video card.
Do I need a Bilibili account?
No — public video pages and the danmaku feed are served to anonymous viewers, and the parser reads the same endpoints. Login-required content stays out of scope.
Is scraping Bilibili legal?
We only fetch pages and feeds Bilibili serves to anonymous visitors — no login, no session sharing, no circumvention of access controls. Whether a specific use complies with applicable law and platform terms depends on your jurisdiction and use case, so confirm that with your own counsel.