Xiaohongshu (RedNote) comments API: the top comments and replies from a note link — what you get and what you don't
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Short answer: Xiaohongshu has no public comments endpoint, and the web page only expands comments after a login. The share link a note's author copies from the app (the one carrying xsec_token) opens a public page that embeds the note's top comments — at most 5, each with up to 3 replies. LinkDigest reads them in the same request as the note: no Xiaohongshu account, no cookies, no comments endpoint. That is also the limit: you get the top comments and reply excerpts, never the whole thread, and nothing about who wrote them. Disclosure: LinkDigest is the author's own service. The numbers below
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