diff --git a/lib/middleware/template.test.ts b/lib/middleware/template.test.ts
index da61f0ffec..b3ac3c60df 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/template.test.ts
+++ b/lib/middleware/template.test.ts
@@ -114,4 +114,12 @@ describe('template', () => {
         expect(response.status).toBe(301);
         expect(response.headers.get('location')).toBe('/test/1');
     });
+
+    it(`api`, async () => {
+        const response = await app.request('/api/test');
+        expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(await response.json()).toEqual({
+            code: 0,
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/lib/middleware/template.tsx b/lib/middleware/template.tsx
index 6bcf3fd639..a42a815fdd 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/template.tsx
+++ b/lib/middleware/template.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ const middleware: MiddlewareHandler = async (ctx, next) => {
     const ttl = (cacheModule.status.available && Math.trunc(config.cache.routeExpire / 60)) || 1;
     await next();
 
+    const apiData = ctx.get('apiData');
+    if (apiData) {
+        return ctx.json(apiData);
+    }
+
     const data: Data = ctx.get('data');
     const outputType = ctx.req.query('format') || 'rss';
 
diff --git a/lib/registry.ts b/lib/registry.ts
index 9e713aac37..ce693ae9ae 100644
--- a/lib/registry.ts
+++ b/lib/registry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Namespace, Route } from '@/types';
+import type { APIRoute, Namespace, Route } from '@/types';
 import { directoryImport } from 'directory-import';
 import { Hono, type Handler } from 'hono';
 import path from 'node:path';
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ let namespaces: Record<
                 location: string;
             }
         >;
+        apiRoutes: Record<
+            string,
+            APIRoute & {
+                location: string;
+            }
+        >;
     }
 > = {};
 
@@ -48,6 +54,9 @@ if (Object.keys(modules).length) {
               }
             | {
                   namespace: Namespace;
+              }
+            | {
+                  apiRoute: APIRoute;
               };
         const namespace = module.split(/[/\\]/)[1];
         if ('namespace' in content) {
@@ -63,6 +72,7 @@ if (Object.keys(modules).length) {
                 namespaces[namespace] = {
                     name: namespace,
                     routes: {},
+                    apiRoutes: {},
                 };
             }
             if (Array.isArray(content.route.path)) {
@@ -78,6 +88,27 @@ if (Object.keys(modules).length) {
                     location: module.split(/[/\\]/).slice(2).join('/'),
                 };
             }
+        } else if ('apiRoute' in content) {
+            if (!namespaces[namespace]) {
+                namespaces[namespace] = {
+                    name: namespace,
+                    routes: {},
+                    apiRoutes: {},
+                };
+            }
+            if (Array.isArray(content.apiRoute.path)) {
+                for (const path of content.apiRoute.path) {
+                    namespaces[namespace].apiRoutes[path] = {
+                        ...content.apiRoute,
+                        location: module.split(/[/\\]/).slice(2).join('/'),
+                    };
+                }
+            } else {
+                namespaces[namespace].apiRoutes[content.apiRoute.path] = {
+                    ...content.apiRoute,
+                    location: module.split(/[/\\]/).slice(2).join('/'),
+                };
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -143,6 +174,42 @@ for (const namespace in namespaces) {
     }
 }
 
+for (const namespace in namespaces) {
+    const subApp = app.basePath(`/api/${namespace}`);
+
+    const namespaceData = namespaces[namespace];
+    if (!namespaceData || !namespaceData.apiRoutes) {
+        continue;
+    }
+
+    const sortedRoutes = Object.entries(namespaceData.apiRoutes) as [
+        string,
+        APIRoute & {
+            location: string;
+            module?: () => Promise<{ apiRoute: APIRoute }>;
+        },
+    ][];
+
+    for (const [path, routeData] of sortedRoutes) {
+        const wrappedHandler: Handler = async (ctx) => {
+            if (!ctx.get('apiData')) {
+                if (typeof routeData.handler !== 'function') {
+                    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
+                        const { apiRoute } = await import(`./routes/${namespace}/${routeData.location}`);
+                        routeData.handler = apiRoute.handler;
+                    } else if (routeData.module) {
+                        const { apiRoute } = await routeData.module();
+                        routeData.handler = apiRoute.handler;
+                    }
+                }
+                const data = await routeData.handler(ctx);
+                ctx.set('apiData', data);
+            }
+        };
+        subApp.get(path, wrappedHandler);
+    }
+}
+
 app.get('/', index);
 app.get('/healthz', healthz);
 app.get('/robots.txt', robotstxt);
diff --git a/lib/routes/test/api-index.ts b/lib/routes/test/api-index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee0b894797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/routes/test/api-index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { APIRoute } from '@/types';
+
+export const apiRoute: APIRoute = {
+    path: '/',
+    maintainers: ['DIYgod'],
+    handler,
+};
+
+function handler() {
+    return {
+        code: 0,
+    };
+}
diff --git a/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/check-cookie.ts b/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/check-cookie.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86eecffedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/check-cookie.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { APIRoute } from '@/types';
+import { checkCookie } from './util';
+
+export const apiRoute: APIRoute = {
+    path: '/check-cookie',
+    description: '检查小红书 cookie 是否有效',
+    maintainers: ['DIYgod'],
+    handler,
+};
+
+async function handler() {
+    const valid = await checkCookie();
+    return {
+        code: valid ? 0 : -1,
+    };
+}
diff --git a/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/user.ts b/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/user.ts
index 9a5cb140dc..7e95fc6275 100644
--- a/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/user.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/user.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async function handler(ctx) {
     if (cookie && category === 'notes') {
         try {
             const urlNotePrefix = 'https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore';
-            const user = await getUserWithCookie(url, cookie);
+            const user = await getUserWithCookie(url);
             const notes = await renderNotesFulltext(user.notes, urlNotePrefix, displayLivePhoto);
             return {
                 title: `${user.userPageData.basicInfo.nickname} - 笔记 • 小红书 / RED`,
diff --git a/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/util.ts b/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/util.ts
index 68a0a760c0..864a28b9b0 100644
--- a/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/util.ts
+++ b/lib/routes/xiaohongshu/util.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { config } from '@/config';
 import logger from '@/utils/logger';
 import { parseDate } from '@/utils/parse-date';
 import puppeteer from '@/utils/puppeteer';
-import { ofetch } from 'ofetch';
+import ofetch from '@/utils/ofetch';
 import { load } from 'cheerio';
 import cache from '@/utils/cache';
 
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ async function getFullNote(link, displayLivePhoto) {
     return data;
 }
 
-async function getUserWithCookie(url: string, cookie: string) {
+async function getUserWithCookie(url: string) {
+    const cookie = config.xiaohongshu.cookie;
     const res = await ofetch(url, {
         headers: getHeaders(cookie),
     });
@@ -267,4 +268,12 @@ function extractInitialState($) {
     return script;
 }
 
-export { getUser, getBoard, formatText, formatNote, renderNotesFulltext, getFullNote, getUserWithCookie };
+async function checkCookie() {
+    const cookie = config.xiaohongshu.cookie;
+    const res = await ofetch('https://edith.xiaohongshu.com/api/sns/web/v2/user/me', {
+        headers: getHeaders(cookie),
+    });
+    return res.code === 0 && !!res.data.user_id;
+}
+
+export { getUser, getBoard, formatText, formatNote, renderNotesFulltext, getFullNote, getUserWithCookie, checkCookie };
diff --git a/lib/types.ts b/lib/types.ts
index 5fb66bb4ac..e4a45d3ba7 100644
--- a/lib/types.ts
+++ b/lib/types.ts
@@ -359,14 +359,12 @@ interface RouteItem {
     view?: ViewType;
 }
 
-interface Route extends RouteItem {
+export interface Route extends RouteItem {
     ja?: RouteItem;
     zh?: RouteItem;
     'zh-TW'?: RouteItem;
 }
 
-export type { Route };
-
 // radar
 export type RadarItem = {
     /**
@@ -412,3 +410,50 @@ export type RadarDomain = {
 } & {
     [subdomain: string]: RadarItem[];
 };
+
+export interface APIRoute {
+    /**
+     * The route path, using [Hono routing](https://hono.dev/api/routing) syntax
+     */
+    path: string;
+
+    /**
+     * The GitHub handle of the people responsible for maintaining this route
+     */
+    maintainers: string[];
+
+    /**
+     * The handler function of the route
+     */
+    handler: (ctx: Context) =>
+        | Promise<{
+              code: number;
+              message?: string;
+              data?: any;
+          }>
+        | {
+              code: number;
+              message?: string;
+              data?: any;
+          };
+
+    /**
+     * The description of the route parameters
+     */
+    parameters?: Record<
+        string,
+        {
+            description: string;
+            default?: string;
+            options?: {
+                value: string;
+                label: string;
+            }[];
+        }
+    >;
+
+    /**
+     * Hints and additional explanations for users using this route, it will be appended after the route component, supports markdown
+     */
+    description?: string;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/workflow/build-routes.ts b/scripts/workflow/build-routes.ts
index 9807cfc4c4..ca4d11b6c1 100644
--- a/scripts/workflow/build-routes.ts
+++ b/scripts/workflow/build-routes.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ for (const namespace in namespaces) {
         }
         data.module = `() => import('@/routes/${namespace}/${data.location}')`;
     }
+    for (const path in namespaces[namespace].apiRoutes) {
+        const data = namespaces[namespace].apiRoutes[path];
+        data.module = `() => import('@/routes/${namespace}/${data.location}')`;
+    }
 }
 
 fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '../../assets/build/radar-rules.json'), JSON.stringify(radar, null, 2));