# WeChat Channels Detail API

The WeChat Channels Detail API returns one public WeChat Channels video by ID: text, author, likes, comment count and publish time, in the same response format as every other SocialToAI call. One call costs 12 credits ($0.024 to $0.04 depending on the pack); failed calls are free. Call it over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. Last tested 2026-10-17.

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

| Request | Price key | Credits |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `POST /v1/detail` | `wechat_channels.detail` | 12 |

## Request

```bash
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/detail \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "platform": "wechat_channels",
    "id": "14559898883113486609"
  }'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/detail",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SOCIALTOAI_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "wechat_channels",
        "id": "14559898883113486609",
    },
)
print(response.json())
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `platform` | string | Required | — | Always "wechat_channels" on this page. |
| `id` | string | Required | — | The video's ID, a string of digits: the id a video list gives |

## Where the values come from

- `id`: The video's ID, a string of digits: the id a video list gives (e.g. `14559898883113486609`)
  Returned as `ref` by: [user_posts](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-user-posts-api.md), [search](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-search-api.md), [collection_videos](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-collection-videos-api.md)

## Response fields

| Field | Type | Meaning | Given |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `items[].url` | string | A link that opens the item. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |
| `items[].format` | string | video, image, text or article. | yes |
| `items[].title` | string | The title. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |
| `items[].text` | string | The body text or caption. | yes |
| `items[].published_at` | string | When it was published, ISO 8601 in UTC. | yes |
| `items[].author.id` | string | The author's account ID. | yes |
| `items[].author.username` | string | The author's handle. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |
| `items[].author.name` | string | The author's display name. | yes |
| `items[].author.verified` | boolean | Whether the author is verified. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |
| `items[].author.followers` | integer | The author's follower count. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |
| `items[].metrics.likes` | integer | Likes. | yes |
| `items[].metrics.comments` | integer | Comments. | yes |
| `items[].metrics.shares` | integer | Shares. | yes |
| `items[].metrics.collects` | integer | Saves. | yes |
| `items[].metrics.views` | integer | Views or plays. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |
| `items[].metrics.reposts` | integer | Reposts. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |
| `items[].images` | string[] | Image addresses. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |
| `items[].hashtags` | string[] | Hashtags, without the #. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |
| `items[].is_pinned` | boolean | Whether the author pinned it. | always null: WeChat Channels does not give it |

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": "2026-10-12T19:04:01.000Z",
  "action": "detail",
  "platform": "wechat_channels",
  "status": "ok",
  "items": [
    {
      "platform": "wechat_channels",
      "id": "…",
      "ref": "…",
      "approx": [
        {
          "field": "metrics.collects",
          "kind": "lower_bound"
        }
      ],
      "type": "content",
      "url": null,
      "format": "video",
      "title": null,
      "text": "…",
      "published_at": "2024-12-31T20:00:01.000Z",
      "author": {
        "id": "…",
        "username": null,
        "name": "…",
        "verified": null,
        "followers": null
      },
      "metrics": {
        "likes": 42702,
        "comments": 140,
        "shares": 576642,
        "collects": 100002,
        "views": null,
        "reposts": null
      },
      "images": null,
      "hashtags": null,
      "is_pinned": null
    }
  ],
  "unavailable": ["url", "title", "author.username", "author.verified", "author.followers", "metrics.views", "metrics.reposts", "images", "hashtags", "is_pinned"],
  "warnings": [],
  "applied_params": {
    "id": "14559898883113486609"
  },
  "cost_credits": 12,
  "billing": {
    "cost_credits": 12,
    "balance_credits": 88,
    "today_spend_credits": 12,
    "daily_limit_credits": null,
    "daily_remaining_credits": null,
    "display": "This call: 12 credits. Balance: 88 credits."
  },
  "replayed": false
}
```

## Paging and failures

- One call returns one object, with no pages, for 12 credits.
- 1 call per second per key, 5 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)

## Ask your AI

- Read this WeChat Channels video: 14559898883113486609 → `detail {"platform":"wechat_channels","id":"14559898883113486609"}`, 12 credits
- Search WeChat Channels for videos about "露营装备推荐", then for the first 3: read this WeChat Channels video. → `search {"platform":"wechat_channels","query":"露营装备推荐"}`, `detail {"platform":"wechat_channels","id":"<ref>"}` × 3, 48 credits

## Tools that use it

- [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

## The same call on other platforms

| Platform | Price key | Credits | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TikTok | `tiktok.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/tiktok-detail-api.md |
| Instagram | `instagram.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/instagram-detail-api.md |
| X | `x.detail` | 1 | https://socialtoai.com/x-detail-api.md |
| Reddit | `reddit.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/reddit-detail-api.md |
| YouTube | `youtube.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/youtube-detail-api.md |
| Facebook | `facebook.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/facebook-detail-api.md |
| LinkedIn | `linkedin.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/linkedin-detail-api.md |
| Threads | `threads.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/threads-detail-api.md |
| Telegram | `telegram.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/telegram-detail-api.md |
| Pinterest | `pinterest.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/pinterest-detail-api.md |
| Xiaohongshu | `xiaohongshu.detail` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/xiaohongshu-detail-api.md |
| Douyin | `douyin.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/douyin-detail-api.md |
| Weibo | `weibo.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/weibo-detail-api.md |
| WeChat Articles | `wechat.detail` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/wechat-detail-api.md |
| Bilibili | `bilibili.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/bilibili-detail-api.md |
| Zhihu | `zhihu.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/zhihu-detail-api.md |
| Kuaishou | `kuaishou.detail` | 2 | https://socialtoai.com/kuaishou-detail-api.md |

## More on WeChat Channels

| Interface | What it does | Price key | Credits | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `search` | Find videos by keyword: text, author, likes and publish time. | `wechat_channels.search` | 12 | https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-search-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 |
| `collections` | 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 |

## FAQ

**Do I need a WeChat Channels account or WeChat Channels's own API access?**

No. You only need a SocialToAI key. The call returns content and account information publicly visible on WeChat Channels; you never sign in to WeChat Channels or apply for anything there.