NetEase Cloud Music song and chart scraper skill for AI agents

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 the skill does

It tells your agent when a request fits the NetEase Cloud Music Song, Chart & Playlist Scraper Actor, which input to send and which fields come back (name, artist, album, rank position and 5 more). The agent runs it through the Apify API with your token and gets JSON rows.

Skill files updated 2026-11-14.

Install by hand

Save the five files into a folder named netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist-scraper: ~/.claude/skills/netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist-scraper/ for Claude Code, ~/.agents/skills/netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist-scraper/ for Codex and most other agents.

The same five files as one download: netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist-scraper.zip (6.4 KB).

Run it

Ask your agent in plain words, for example "NetEase Cloud Music song, chart scraper", and it picks the skill from its description. Or run the script yourself:

export APIFY_TOKEN=your_apify_token
cd netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist-scraper                             # the skill folder
node scripts/run.mjs                     # the example input
node scripts/run.mjs my-input.json       # your own input

Without an argument the script uses references/example-input.json. It waits for the run and prints the rows as JSON; for long runs SKILL.md shows the async API calls.

What it returns

Main fields the NetEase Cloud Music song and chart scraper skill returns
FieldWhat it is
nameName
artistArtist
albumAlbum
rankPositionRank Position
chartNameChart Name
playlistNamePlaylist Name
durationSecDuration Sec

Read SKILL.md

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---
name: netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist-scraper
description: "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. Output fields: name, artist, album, rankPosition, playlistName and more, as JSON rows. Use it for requests like \"NetEase Cloud Music song, chart scraper\", or a CSV/JSON export of public NetEase Cloud Music data."
---

# 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.

- Actor: https://apify.com/dataspryva/netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist (ID `dataspryva~netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist`)
- n8n workflow for the same Actor: https://scraperfinder.com/n8n/netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist-scraper/
- Example input: `references/example-input.json`
- Input schema: `references/input-schema.json`
- Output fields: `references/output-fields.json`

Short video breakdown:
- [Choose your next playlist from live charts](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k3LbS3Z4Eqc)

## When to use

Use this skill when the user wants:

- NetEase Cloud Music song, chart scraper
- a repeatable export of public NetEase Cloud Music data as CSV or JSON

Do not use it for private, login-protected or paywalled data.

## What it returns

One JSON row per result. Columns from the Actor's dataset schema:

- `name`: Name
- `artist`: Artist
- `album`: Album
- `rankPosition`: Rank Position
- `chartName`: Chart Name
- `playlistName`: Playlist Name
- `durationSec`: Duration Sec

All 9 declared fields: `references/output-fields.json`.

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | string | yes | search | What to fetch. Each mode reads its own list field. |
| `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). |
| `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). |
| `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). |
| `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). |
| `maxCommentsPerItem` | integer | no | 100 | Maximum top-level comments read per song, album, playlist or chart (mode=comments). NetEase stops anonymous pagination around 1,100. |

14 more optional fields on the Actor's Input tab.

Example (`references/example-input.json`):

```json
{
  "maxItems": 25,
  "mode": "search",
  "maxCommentsPerItem": 25
}
```

The input passes the Actor's input schema (checked at every publish). First run: `maxItems` = 25, small enough for the 300-second sync wait; raise it once the rows look right.

## Run it

Set `APIFY_TOKEN`, then call the synchronous endpoint for small and medium runs (it waits up to 300 seconds):

```bash
curl -s -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dataspryva~netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @references/example-input.json > output.json
```

Or with Node 18+: `node scripts/run.mjs [input.json]`.

For large runs, start an async run and read its dataset when it finishes:

```bash
RUN=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dataspryva~netease-cloud-music-song-chart-and-playlist/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @references/example-input.json)
RUN_ID=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.data.id'); DATASET=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.data.defaultDatasetId')
curl -s "https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/$RUN_ID?waitForFinish=60" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" | jq -r '.data.status'
curl -s "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/$DATASET/items?format=json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" > output.json
```

## Cost and limits

- Apify bills the Actor's usage on your account; the Actor's Pricing tab shows the current price.
- Keep the limit in the input small for a first run.

## Guardrails

- Public data only. Do not pass cookies, sessions or private account data.
- Do not use the output for spam, harassment or unlawful discrimination.
- Check the target site's terms and local law before running at scale.

Questions people ask

Which agents can use this skill?

Any agent that reads Agent Skills folders: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and the other agents the skills CLI installs into. The skill is a SKILL.md file plus a small Node script, so an agent without skill support can still follow the file by hand.

Does the skill cost anything?

The skill is free. Running it starts the NetEase Cloud Music Song, Chart & Playlist Scraper Actor on your own Apify account, which bills the run at the Actor's Store price; the Apify Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.

What does npx skills add install?

The whole folder: SKILL.md, scripts/run.mjs and the three reference files, downloaded from this site and checked against the SHA-256 digest in scraperfinder.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json. Add -g to install it for every project.

Skill updated 2026-11-14