--- title: "WeChat Official Account owner API · SocialToAI" canonical: https://socialtoai.com/wechat-account-owner-api/ updated: 2026-10-30 --- # WeChat Official Account owner API Get who a WeChat Official Account is registered to, by its original ID: the owner's name, type, registration number, country, verification status, kind and date, and the account's registration date and authorised third-party services. A call to the WeChat Official Account owner API costs 60 credits ($0.12 to $0.20 depending on the pack); failed calls are free. Call it over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. - Page: https://socialtoai.com/wechat-account-owner-api/ - Last updated: 2026-10-30 | Request | Price key | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | | `POST /v1/call/wechat.account_owner` | `wechat.account_owner` | 60 | ## What you get from the WeChat Official Account owner API A recorded call returned the object below, field by field. Names and text are removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded. | Field | In the recorded answer | | --- | --- | | title | removed from the sample | | url | null | | rank | null | | heat | null | | fields.owner_type | company | | fields.registration_id | null | | fields.country | removed from the sample | | fields.verification | verified | | fields.verification_type | removed from the sample | | fields.verified_at | 2025-11-13T00:00:00.000Z | | fields.account_id | removed from the sample | | fields.account_created_at | 2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z | 60 credits a call (≈ $0.12–$0.20): about 50 calls for $10. ## WeChat Official Account owner API: request and response ```bash curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/call/wechat.account_owner \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "id": "gh_3707d9541c3f" }' ``` ```python import os import uuid import requests response = requests.post( "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/call/wechat.account_owner", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY']}", # A new key for each request; the same one again retries it without paying twice. "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()), }, json={ "id": "gh_3707d9541c3f", }, ) print(response.json()) ``` ## WeChat Official Account owner API parameters | Name | Type | Required | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `id` | string | Required | — | The account's original ID, starting with gh_; not knowing it, search the name with search (platform=wechat, type=user) and take id | ## Where to get what you send - `id`: The account's original ID, starting with gh_; not knowing it, search the name with search (platform=wechat, type=user) and take id (e.g. `gh_3707d9541c3f`) Returned as `ref` by: [WeChat Articles Search API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-search-api.md) ## WeChat Official Account owner API response fields | Field | Type | Meaning | Given | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `items[].title` | string | The entry's title or name. | yes | | `items[].url` | string | A link that opens it; null where the platform's list has none. | yes | | `items[].rank` | integer | Position on a board, from 1. | yes | | `items[].heat` | integer | The platform's heat score. | yes | | `items[].fields.owner_type` | string | What the owner is: company, government, media, individual or other. | yes | | `items[].fields.registration_id` | string | The number the owner is registered under, such as a unified social credit code; null where the platform gives none. | yes | | `items[].fields.country` | string | The owner's country or region, in the platform's words. | yes | | `items[].fields.verification` | string | The account's verification: verified, unverified or expired. | yes | | `items[].fields.verification_type` | string | The kind of verification, in the platform's words; null when not verified. | yes | | `items[].fields.verified_at` | string | When the verification was granted. | yes | | `items[].fields.account_id` | string | The account you asked about. | yes | | `items[].fields.account_created_at` | string | When the account was registered. | yes | Every item also has platform, id, ref, approx and type; the response around the items is the same on every call. [Response format](https://socialtoai.com/docs/api/response.md) ## Sample response Sample data: names, links and text are replaced by placeholders; the numbers are as recorded. ```json { "request_id": "req_00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000001", "schema_version": "v1", "fetched_at": "2026-10-29T09:49:21.000Z", "action": "call", "op": "wechat.account_owner", "platform": "wechat", "status": "ok", "items": [ { "platform": "wechat", "id": "…", "ref": "…", "approx": [], "type": "entry", "entry_type": "account_owner", "title": "…", "url": null, "rank": null, "heat": null, "fields": { "owner_type": "company", "registration_id": null, "country": "…", "verification": "verified", "verification_type": "…", "verified_at": "2025-11-13T00:00:00.000Z", "account_id": "…", "account_created_at": "2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z" } } ], "unavailable": [], "warnings": [], "applied_params": { "id": "gh_3707d9541c3f" }, "cost_credits": 60, "billing": { "cost_credits": 60, "balance_credits": 40, "today_spend_credits": 60, "daily_limit_credits": null, "daily_remaining_credits": null, "display": "This call: 60 credits (≈ $0.20). Balance: 40 credits (≈ $0.13)." }, "replayed": false } ``` ## WeChat Official Account owner API: paging and billing - One call returns one object, with no pages, for 60 credits. - 5 calls per second per key, 20 after a purchase; going over is not charged. [Rate limits](https://socialtoai.com/docs/credits-and-billing.md#rate-limits) - A failed call costs 0 credits and is never retried on its own. [Error codes](https://socialtoai.com/docs/api/errors.md) - Interface last tested: 2026-10-30. Each call reads from the platform, and `fetched_at` in the answer is when it was read. The same request sent again with the same key within 5 minutes is a replay (`replayed: true`): 0 credits, and the answer as first read. ## Once connected over MCP, these questions use the WeChat Official Account owner API - Get who a WeChat Official Account is registered to, by its original ID: gh_3707d9541c3f. → `call {"op":"wechat.account_owner","id":"gh_3707d9541c3f"}`, 60 credits - Find WeChat Articles accounts about "咖啡", then for the first 3: get who a WeChat Official Account is registered to, by its original ID. → `search {"platform":"wechat","query":"咖啡","type":"user"}`, `call {"op":"wechat.account_owner","id":""}` × 3, 282 credits ## Give this to your AI ``` Use the SocialToAI MCP server (https://mcp.socialtoai.com/mcp) for this: Get who a WeChat Official Account is registered to, by its original ID: gh_3707d9541c3f. Call the call tool with {"op":"wechat.account_owner","id":"gh_3707d9541c3f"}. Needed: id. For several, call it once for each: 60 credits each. Before you start, work out how many credits it will take in all and ask me; call it only after I agree. What usually comes next, with the ref or username it returns: user_posts (User Posts). If SocialToAI is not connected yet, tell me how to connect it; never ask me to paste a key into the chat. Answer with a link to every item you used, and tell me how many credits it cost. ``` ## More on WeChat Articles | Interface | What it does | Price key | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [WeChat Index API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-keyword-history-api.md) | Get a keyword's WeChat Index over the last 30 days, one figure a day. | `wechat.keyword_history` | 60 | | [WeChat Official Account article stats API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-article-stats-api.md) | Get the current counts of a WeChat Official Account article by its long link. | `wechat.article_stats` | 12 | | [WeChat Articles Search API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-search-api.md) | Find articles by keyword: text, author, likes and publish time. | `wechat.search` | 12 | | [WeChat Articles Detail API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-detail-api.md) | One article by link: text, author and publish time. | `wechat.detail` | 12 | | [WeChat Articles Comments API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-comments-api.md) | The comments under one article: text, likes, reply count and time. | `wechat.comments` | 12 | | [WeChat Articles User Profile API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-user-profile-api.md) | One account: name. | `wechat.user_profile` | 12 | | [WeChat Articles User Posts API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-user-posts-api.md) | The recent articles of one account. | `wechat.user_posts` | 12 | | [WeChat Search suggestions API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-keyword-related-api.md) | Get the suggestions WeChat Search lists in its search box for a keyword, in the order it lists them, about 10 at a time. | `wechat.keyword_related` | 60 | | [WeChat mini program search API](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-miniprogram-search-api.md) | Find WeChat mini programs for search terms through WeChat Search, the first page (about 25). | `wechat.miniprogram_search` | 60 | ## Read next - [WeChat Articles official API: access, prices and limits](https://socialtoai.com/does-wechat-have-an-api.md): What its own API allows, who can use it and what it costs, with sources. - [How to let AI read WeChat Official Account articles](https://socialtoai.com/how-to/let-ai-read-wechat-articles.md): let your AI read WeChat Official Account articles - [Turn WeChat Official Account articles into RSS, or push them to Feishu and WeCom](https://socialtoai.com/how-to/wechat-official-account-to-rss-feishu-wecom.md): turn WeChat Official Account articles into a private RSS feed, or push them to Feishu and WeCom - [WeChat Articles MCP server](https://socialtoai.com/mcp/wechat.md): Let your AI read WeChat Articles. ## WeChat Official Account owner API: questions **Do I need a WeChat Articles account or WeChat Articles's own API access?** No. You only need a SocialToAI key. The call returns content and account information publicly visible on WeChat Articles; you never sign in to WeChat Articles or apply for anything there. **What does one call cost in dollars?** 60 credits: $0.20 at 300 credits per dollar (purchases from $10), $0.12 at 500 per dollar (from $200). Credits never expire and there is no subscription. 100 free credits on sign-up, no card. **Am I charged when a call fails or finds nothing?** A failed call costs 0 credits and is never retried on its own. **How much does one call return?** One call returns one object, with no pages, for 60 credits. **Is there a rate limit?** 5 calls a second per key, 20 a second after your first purchase. A request over the limit is told how long to wait and is not charged. **How do I use it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?** Yes. In Claude or ChatGPT, add the MCP address https://mcp.socialtoai.com/mcp as a custom connector, sign in with the code we email you and press Allow; there is no key to paste. In Claude Code, run one command, type /mcp, pick socialtoai and sign in; Codex and Cursor sign in too, with their steps on the connect page. Then ask in plain words and your AI calls call for you.