/v1/user_posts"platform": "wechat"WeChat Articles User Posts API
The recent articles of one account.
Get the recent articles of any public WeChat Articles account and get back text and publish time, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. A call to the WeChat Articles User Posts API costs 12 credits ($0.024 to $0.04 depending on the pack), failed calls are free, and the response has the same format as every other call.
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limit: 100 and one call pages for you: at most 10 pages, 120 credits. It stops once it has them or the list ends; pages it does not use are not charged, and neither are pages that fail. Reading 1,000 items comes to about 1,200 credits, about $4.00.Daily watch: tell your AI “watch this daily” and this call runs by itself every day, sending only what is new: at most 372 credits a month, about $1.24. How to set it up
What you get from the WeChat Articles User Posts API.
From a recorded answer.
A recorded call returned 10 items; here is the first, field by field. Names and text are removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
Lighter for your AI: the same recorded data (10 items) is about 7,632 tokens as the platform's raw JSON and about 3,093 as this interface returns it, 59% fewer (measured 2026-11-06). How it was measured
| Field | In the recorded answer |
|---|---|
| url | removed from the sample |
| format | article |
| title | removed from the sample |
| text | null |
| published_at | 2026-10-12T13:35:48.000Z |
| author.id | removed from the sample |
| author.username | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| author.name | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| author.verified | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| author.followers | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| metrics.likes | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| metrics.comments | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| metrics.shares | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| metrics.collects | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| metrics.views | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| metrics.reposts | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| images | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| hashtags | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
| is_pinned | null: WeChat Articles cannot give it |
12 credits a call (≈ $0.024–$0.04): about 250 calls for $10.
WeChat Articles User Posts API: request and response
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "platform": "wechat", "id": "gh_13c97ab93ce8" }'import osimport uuidimport requestsresponse = requests.post( "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/user_posts", 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={ "platform": "wechat", "id": "gh_13c97ab93ce8", },)print(response.json())# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.What has this WeChat Articles account posted lately: gh_13c97ab93ce8# Your AI calls the user_posts tool with:{ "platform": "wechat", "id": "gh_13c97ab93ce8"}{ "platform": "wechat", "status": "ok", "items": [ { "platform": "wechat", "id": "…", "ref": "…", "approx": [], "type": "content", "url": "https://example.com/…", "format": "article", "title": "…", "text": null, "published_at": "2026-10-12T13:35:48.000Z", "author": { "id": "…", "username": null, "name": null, "verified": null, "followers": null }, "metrics": { "likes": null, "comments": null, "shares": null, "collects": null, "views": null, "reposts": null }, "images": null, "hashtags": null, "is_pinned": null } ], "unavailable": ["author.username", "author.name", "author.verified", "author.followers", "metrics.likes", "metrics.comments", "metrics.shares", "metrics.collects", "metrics.views", "metrics.reposts", "images", "hashtags", "is_pinned"], "page": { "has_more": true, "cursor": "cur_…", "cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-12T19:32:58.000Z" }, "cost_credits": 12}nullcomments nullshares nullcollects nullviews nullNames and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
WeChat Articles User Posts API parameters.
3 parameters, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| platform | string | Required | — | Always "wechat" on this page. |
| id | string | Required | — | The account's original ID, starting with gh_, not the account's name; knowing only the name, search its articles with search (platform=wechat) and take author.id |
| cursor | string | Optional | — | Pass page.cursor from the last response to get the next page. |
Where to get what you send.
idThe account's original ID, starting with gh_, not the account's name; knowing only the name, search its articles with search (platform=wechat) and take author.id (e.g. gh_13c97ab93ce8)
Every item these return carries its ref; send it as it is:
search · type=userWeChat Articles Search API
WeChat Articles User Posts API response fields.
What WeChat Articles cannot give is marked.
| Field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| items[].url | string | A link that opens the item. |
| items[].format | string | video, image, text or article. |
| items[].title | string | The title. |
| items[].text | string | The body text or caption. |
| items[].published_at | string | When it was published, ISO 8601 in UTC. |
| items[].author.id | string | The author's account ID. |
| items[].author.username | stringalways null | The author's handle. |
| items[].author.name | stringalways null | The author's display name. |
| items[].author.verified | booleanalways null | Whether the author is verified. |
| items[].author.followers | integeralways null | The author's follower count. |
| items[].metrics.likes | integeralways null | Likes. |
| items[].metrics.comments | integeralways null | Comments. |
| items[].metrics.shares | integeralways null | Shares. |
| items[].metrics.collects | integeralways null | Saves. |
| items[].metrics.views | integeralways null | Views or plays. |
| items[].metrics.reposts | integeralways null | Reposts. |
| items[].images | string[]always null | Image addresses. |
| items[].hashtags | string[]always null | Hashtags, without the #. |
| items[].is_pinned | booleanalways null | Whether the author pinned it. |
nullFields WeChat Articles cannot giveRead null as “WeChat Articles did not give this”, not as zero. These are always null on this call:
author.usernameThe author's handle.author.nameThe author's display name.author.verifiedWhether the author is verified.author.followersThe author's follower count.metrics.likesLikes.metrics.commentsComments.metrics.sharesShares.metrics.collectsSaves.metrics.viewsViews or plays.metrics.repostsReposts.imagesImage addresses.hashtagsHashtags, without the #.is_pinnedWhether the author pinned it.
Compared with the Zhihu User Posts API, this call does not give likes or comments.
Every item also has platform, id, ref, approx and type; the response around the items is the same on every call. Response format
WeChat Articles User Posts 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: 2026-10-17. 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 Articles User Posts API.
What has this WeChat Articles account posted lately: gh_13c97ab93ce8
12 creditsuser_posts {"platform":"wechat","id":"gh_13c97ab93ce8"}Find WeChat Articles accounts about "咖啡", then for the first 3: what has this WeChat Articles account posted lately.
138 creditssearch {"platform":"wechat","query":"咖啡","type":"user"}user_posts {"platform":"wechat","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: What has this WeChat Articles account posted lately: gh_13c97ab93ce8Call the user_posts tool with {"platform":"wechat","id":"gh_13c97ab93ce8"}. Needed: id.For many items pass limit (limit=100 is at most 10 pages) and one call pages for you; each page costs 12 credits and unused pages are not charged.Before you start, work out how many credits it will take in all and ask me; call it only after I agree.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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