NetEase Cloud Music song and chart scraper in n8n
Search NetEase Cloud Music songs, fetch song details by URL, pull an artist's top songs or album list, browse playlists by genre, or get any top-100 chart. Returns artist, album, duration, cover art, and popularity for each track.
What this workflow does
Import it and n8n runs the NetEase Cloud Music Song, Chart & Playlist Scraper Actor on Apify every day at 08:00 with the starter input below. Each row comes back with name, artist, album, rank position and 5 more. A Google Sheets append is included and stays off until you add your sheet. The only credential it needs is your Apify API token.
Read from the workflow file, built for NetEase Cloud Music Song, Chart & Playlist Scraper version 1.0.2. Updated 2026-11-14.How the rows travel
6 nodes, in the order n8n runs them. The yellow stop is the call to the Apify Actor; the dashed stop is optional.
- Daily trigger Schedule trigger
- Configure input Code
- Run Apify Actor HTTP Request
- Normalize + dedupe Code
- Rows ready No operation
- Google Sheets (optional) Google Sheets, off until you switch it on
From the Short
This workflow is the one the video points to: the number in each video opens this page.
Input
The Configure input node holds the starter input. Change it there; every setting the Actor accepts is listed below.
{
"maxItems": 25,
"mode": "search",
"maxCommentsPerItem": 25
}| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | Yes | search | What to fetch. Each mode reads its own list field. 10 choices. |
| searchQueries | array | No | ["周杰伦"] | Free-text queries (mode=search). One or more artist, song, album or playlist names. |
| searchType | string | No | song | Which catalog entity to search for (mode=search). One of: song, album, artist, playlist. |
| songUrls | array | No | – | music.163.com song URLs or bare song IDs, e.g. 186016. |
| artistIds | array | No | – | Artist IDs, music.163.com artist URLs, or exact artist names. |
| artistOrder | string | No | hot | Order the artist's song catalogue by popularity or release time (mode=byArtist). One of: hot, time. |
| albumUrls | array | No | – | music.163.com album URLs or bare album IDs. |
| playlistUrls | array | No | – | music.163.com playlist URLs or bare playlist IDs. Full tracklists are read. |
| playlistCat | string | No | 华语 | NetEase playlist genre, scene or mood to browse (mode=byPlaylist). 71 choices. |
| toplistIds | array | No | – | Chart IDs, music.163.com toplist URLs, or Chinese/English chart names. Use all or leave empty for every current chart. |
| maxTracksPerChart | integer | No | 0 | Limit tracks read from each chart before the global max items cap (mode=byToplist). 0 reads every track. |
| commentUrls | array | No | – | Song, album, playlist or chart URLs/IDs. A bare ID is treated as a song; use album:123, playlist:123 or chart:123 to be explicit. |
| commentOrder | string | No | recommended | Recommended comments or NetEase's hot-comment selection (mode=comments). One of: recommended, hot. |
| maxCommentsPerItem | integer | No | 100 | Maximum top-level comments read per song, album, playlist or chart (mode=comments). NetEase stops anonymous pagination around 1,100. |
| includeReplies | boolean | No | false | Fetch the reply floor for comments that have replies (mode=comments). |
| maxRepliesPerComment | integer | No | 20 | How many replies to read for each comment when replies are enabled (mode=comments). |
| includeArtistProfile | boolean | No | false | Emit one artist profile record with bio, images, sizes, rank, identities and fan count (mode=byArtist / byArtistAlbums). |
| includeLyrics | boolean | No | false | Attach full LRC lyrics plus translation, romanization and word-by-word lyrics when NetEase has them (every song mode). |
| includeAlbumTracks | boolean | No | true | Emit each album's tracks as song records (mode=byAlbum). |
| includePlaylistTracks | boolean | No | true | Emit the playlist's full tracklist as song records (mode=byPlaylistUrl). |
| includeToplistInfo | boolean | No | true | Emit a chart summary record before each chart's tracks (mode=byToplist). |
| minDurationSec | integer | No | – | Skip song records shorter than this. Album, artist, playlist and chart metadata are unaffected. |
| maxDurationSec | integer | No | – | Skip song records longer than this. Album, artist, playlist and chart metadata are unaffected. |
| minPopularity | integer | No | – | Skip song records below this NetEase popularity score (0-100). Metadata records are unaffected. |
| minPlayCount | integer | No | – | Skip browsed playlists with fewer plays (mode=byPlaylist). |
| minTrackCount | integer | No | – | Skip browsed playlists with fewer tracks (mode=byPlaylist). |
| containsKeyword | string | No | – | Keep only records whose name contains this text (case-insensitive). Applies to songs, albums, artists, playlists and charts. |
| maxItems | integer | No | 100 | Hard cap on total dataset records for the run, including error records. |
What each row holds
Every field the Actor returns stays in the row (9 in its dataset schema). Normalize + dedupe trims text, drops empty fields and adds _source and _scrapedAt. The main fields:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| name | Name |
| artist | Artist |
| album | Album |
| rankPosition | Rank Position |
| chartName | Chart Name |
| playlistName | Playlist Name |
| durationSec | Duration Sec |
What the first run costs
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage.
The Actor lists $0.99 per 1,000 results; its catalogue page breaks the price down by Apify plan. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
The Actor behind it
NetEase Cloud Music Song, Chart & Playlist Scraper: Search NetEase Cloud Music songs, fetch song details by URL, pull an artist's top songs or album list, browse playlists by genre, or get any top-100 chart. Returns artist, album, duration, cover art, and popularity for each track.
The same job from an AI agent
The matching agent skill gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents the same Actor, input and fields. Install it in one line:
npx skills add https://scraperfinder.com --skill netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist-scraper The netEase Cloud Music song and chart scraper skill, with manual install and run steps
Questions people ask
How do I import this workflow into n8n?
Copy https://scraperfinder.com/n8n/netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist-scraper.json. In n8n, open a new workflow, click the three-dot menu, choose Import from URL and paste it. Or download the JSON file and use Import from File; both give the same 6 nodes.
Do I need an Apify account?
Yes. The workflow calls the NetEase Cloud Music Song, Chart & Playlist Scraper Actor through the Apify API with your own token, and each run is billed to your Apify account. The Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
What does a run cost?
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage. The Actor's Store page shows the current price.
Can I change what it collects?
Yes: edit the input object in the Configure input node. The Actor takes 28 settings; the table on this page lists each one with its default. Raise maxItems once the first rows look right.
Does it work without Google Sheets?
Yes. The rows wait in the Rows ready node, so you can connect any other node there: a database, Airtable, a webhook or an email. The Google Sheets node is only one option.
Workflow updated 2026-11-14