/v1/call/wechat.account_ownerWeChat Official Account owner API
Only on WeChat Articles.
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.
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What you get from the WeChat Official Account owner API.
From a recorded answer.
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
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" }'import osimport uuidimport requestsresponse = 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())# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.Use the WeChat Official Account owner interface (wechat.account_owner) with id: gh_3707d9541c3f.# Your AI calls the call tool with:{ "id": "gh_3707d9541c3f"}{ "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": [], "cost_credits": 60}- entry_type
- account_owner
- owner_type
- company
- registration_id
null- country
- …
- verification
- verified
- verification_type
- …
- verified_at
- 2025-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
Names and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
WeChat Official Account owner API parameters.
1 parameter, all required.
Send them as a JSON body with POST. Your key goes in the Authorization header, never in the URL.
| 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.
idThe 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)
Every item these return carries its ref; send it as it is:
search · type=userWeChat Articles Search API
WeChat Official Account owner API response fields.
What WeChat Articles cannot give is marked.
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| items[].title | string | The entry's title or name. |
| items[].url | string | A link that opens it; null where the platform's list has none. |
| items[].rank | integer | Position on a board, from 1. |
| items[].heat | integer | The platform's heat score. |
| items[].fields.owner_type | string | What the owner is: company, government, media, individual or other. |
| 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. |
| items[].fields.country | string | The owner's country or region, in the platform's words. |
| items[].fields.verification | string | The account's verification: verified, unverified or expired. |
| items[].fields.verification_type | string | The kind of verification, in the platform's words; null when not verified. |
| items[].fields.verified_at | string | When the verification was granted. |
| items[].fields.account_id | string | The account you asked about. |
| items[].fields.account_created_at | string | When the account was registered. |
nullFields WeChat Articles cannot giveWeChat Articles gives every field of this call. Where one item lacks a value, that field is null.
Every item also has platform, id, ref, approx and type; the response around the items is the same on every call. Response format
WeChat Official Account owner API: paging and billing.
5 calls per second per key, 20 after a purchase; going over is not charged. Rate limits
A failed call costs 0 credits and is never retried on its own. Error codes
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.
60 creditscall {"op":"wechat.account_owner","id":"gh_3707d9541c3f"}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.
282 creditssearch {"platform":"wechat","query":"咖啡","type":"user"}call {"op":"wechat.account_owner","id":"<ref>"} × 3
Give this to your AI.
Copy it into Claude or ChatGPT.
How to connectUse 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.Paste it into a chat once SocialToAI is connected over MCP. There is no key in it: Claude and ChatGPT sign in, other clients send a key in a header.
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