# WeChat Channels API

The WeChat Channels API lets you search videos and read video details, comments, account profiles and an account's videos, with no WeChat Channels account or login. Each call costs 12 credits ($0.024 to $0.04); failed calls are free. WeChat Channels does not give view counts, so that field is returned as null. Use it over HTTP with an API key, or through MCP from your AI client. Last tested 2026-10-17.

- Page: https://socialtoai.com/platforms/wechat-channels/
- Last updated: 2026-10-17
- Last tested: 2026-10-17

## Actions

| Action | What it returns | Selected by | Price key | Credits | Parameters and fields |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `search` | Find videos by keyword: text, author, likes and publish time. | — | `wechat_channels.search` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-search-api.md |
| `detail` | One video by ID: text, author, likes, comment count and publish time. | — | `wechat_channels.detail` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-detail-api.md |
| `comments` | The comments under one video: text, likes and time. | — | `wechat_channels.comments` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-comments-api.md |
| `user_profile` | One account: name, bio and post count. | — | `wechat_channels.user_profile` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-user-profile-api.md |
| `user_posts` | The recent videos of one account. | — | `wechat_channels.user_posts` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-user-posts-api.md |

Not offered on WeChat Channels: trending.

## Example call

```bash
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "platform": "wechat_channels",
    "query": "露营装备推荐"
  }'
```

## Only on WeChat Channels

Each one is called by its own op, through `POST /v1/call/{op}`; its full parameters and response fields are on its own page.

### Content and accounts

| Interface | What it does | Price key | Credits | Parameters and fields |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Account collections (Preview) | Get every public collection of a WeChat Channels account by the account's ID. | `wechat_channels.collections` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-collections-api.md |
| Collection videos | Get a page of the videos in a WeChat Channels collection by the collection's ID, in the collection's own order (oldest first), 20 a page. | `wechat_channels.collection_videos` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-collection-videos-api.md |

Preview: this interface is not marked stable yet, so its parameters and fields may still change. It is charged like any other call, and a failed call is not charged.

## Fields WeChat Channels cannot give

These fields are always null on the calls named, and are listed in the response's `unavailable`.

| Field | On |
| --- | --- |
| `url` | search, detail, comments, user_profile, user_posts |
| `title` | search, detail, user_posts |
| `author.id` | search |
| `author.username` | search, detail, user_posts |
| `author.verified` | search, detail, user_posts |
| `author.followers` | search, detail, user_posts |
| `metrics.comments` | search |
| `metrics.shares` | search |
| `metrics.views` | search, detail, user_posts |
| `metrics.reposts` | search, detail, user_posts |
| `images` | search, detail, user_posts |
| `hashtags` | search, detail, user_posts |
| `is_pinned` | search, detail, user_posts |
| `reply_count` | comments |
| `username` | user_profile |
| `verified` | user_profile |
| `followers` | user_profile |
| `following` | user_profile |

## Ask in your AI

- Which is bigger on WeChat Channels this week: home coffee or matcha? → search, search: 24 credits

- Read the comments on this WeChat Channels video and tell me what people complain about. → detail, comments × 3: 48 credits

- How big is this WeChat Channels account, and what has it posted lately? → user_profile, user_posts: 24 credits

## Ready-made tools that read WeChat Channels

- [Brand buzz](https://socialtoai.com/tools/brand-buzz.md): How people feel about it on each platform, what comes up most, and the posts behind it
- [Comment analysis](https://socialtoai.com/tools/comment-insights.md): The topics in their comments and how big each is, plus questions, buying intent and complaints
- [Account watch](https://socialtoai.com/tools/account-watch.md): What each one posted lately, and which posts beat its usual numbers
- [Creator profile](https://socialtoai.com/tools/creator-card.md): Their accounts on other platforms, the numbers on each, and how sure the match is
- [Bulk link data](https://socialtoai.com/tools/batch-stats.md): One row per link with its numbers as they are now. Links that no longer work are marked

## Official API

WeChat's developer documentation describes no API for reading public Channels posts: mini programs can open or embed Channels videos, and can read live-stream info only for Channels accounts under the same or an associated verified entity.

Source: [WeChat Channels's developer documentation](https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/dev/framework/open-ability/channels-live.html), checked 2026-10-17.