/v1/detail"platform": "weibo"Weibo Detail API
One post by ID or link.
Get any public Weibo post by ID or link and get back text, author, likes, comment count, views and publish time, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. A call to the Weibo Detail API costs 2 credits ($0.004 to $0.0067 depending on the pack), failed calls are free, and the response has the same format as every other call. Last tested 2026-11-05.
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What you get from the Weibo Detail 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.
Lighter for your AI: the same recorded data (1 item) is about 7,328 tokens as the platform's raw JSON and about 531 as this interface returns it, 92% fewer (measured 2026-11-06). How it was measured
| Field | In the recorded answer |
|---|---|
| url | removed from the sample |
| format | image |
| title | null: Weibo cannot give it |
| text | removed from the sample |
| published_at | 2026-09-23T12:01:14.000Z |
| author.id | removed from the sample |
| author.username | null: Weibo cannot give it |
| author.name | removed from the sample |
| author.verified | true |
| author.followers | null: Weibo cannot give it |
| metrics.likes | 452 |
| metrics.comments | 235 |
| metrics.shares | null: Weibo cannot give it |
| metrics.collects | null: Weibo cannot give it |
| metrics.views | null |
| metrics.reposts | 63 |
| images | 1 entry |
| hashtags | 1 entry |
| is_pinned | null: Weibo cannot give it |
2 credits a call (≈ $0.004–$0.0067): about 1,500 calls for $10.
Weibo Detail API: request and response
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/detail \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "platform": "weibo", "id": "5352571897120856" }'import osimport uuidimport requestsresponse = requests.post( "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/detail", 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": "weibo", "id": "5352571897120856", },)print(response.json())# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.Read this Weibo post: 5352571897120856# Your AI calls the detail tool with:{ "platform": "weibo", "id": "5352571897120856"}{ "platform": "weibo", "status": "ok", "items": [ { "platform": "weibo", "id": "…", "ref": "…", "approx": [], "type": "content", "url": "https://example.com/…", "format": "image", "title": null, "text": "…", "published_at": "2026-09-23T12:01:14.000Z", "author": { "id": "…", "username": null, "name": "…", "verified": true, "followers": null }, "metrics": { "likes": 452, "comments": 235, "shares": null, "collects": null, "views": null, "reposts": 63 }, "images": ["https://example.com/…"], "hashtags": ["…"], "is_pinned": null } ], "unavailable": ["title", "author.username", "author.followers", "metrics.shares", "metrics.collects", "is_pinned"], "cost_credits": 2}nullcollects nullviews nullreposts 63Names and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
Weibo Detail API parameters.
3 parameters, 1 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 "weibo" on this page. |
| id | string | One of these | — | Post ID, a string of digits. With only a link or a share text, give it as url |
| url | string | One of these | — | Link to the post, pasted as it is: the site's https://weibo.com/<user>/… (digits or letters after it), the phone site's https://m.weibo.cn/detail/… or /status/…, or a whole share text with one of these in it |
Where to get what you send.
idPost ID, a string of digits. With only a link or a share text, give it as url (e.g. 5352571897120856)
Every item these return carries its ref; send it as it is:
searchWeibo Search APIuser_postsWeibo User Posts API
Or send the web link: the url field of the same items.
Weibo Detail API response fields.
What Weibo 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 | stringalways null | 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 | string | The author's display name. |
| items[].author.verified | boolean | Whether the author is verified. |
| items[].author.followers | integeralways null | The author's follower count. |
| items[].metrics.likes | integer | Likes. |
| items[].metrics.comments | integer | Comments. |
| items[].metrics.shares | integeralways null | Shares. |
| items[].metrics.collects | integeralways null | Saves. |
| items[].metrics.views | integer | Views or plays. |
| items[].metrics.reposts | integer | Reposts. |
| items[].images | string[] | Image addresses. |
| items[].hashtags | string[] | Hashtags, without the #. |
| items[].is_pinned | booleanalways null | Whether the author pinned it. |
nullFields Weibo cannot giveRead null as “Weibo did not give this”, not as zero. These are always null on this call:
titleThe title.author.usernameThe author's handle.author.followersThe author's follower count.metrics.sharesShares.metrics.collectsSaves.is_pinnedWhether the author pinned it.
Compared with the Xiaohongshu (RedNote) Detail API, this call also gives reposts and views but does not give title, shares or saves.
Every item also has platform, id, ref, approx and type; the response around the items is the same on every call. Response format
Weibo Detail 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
“Last tested” above is the last day a real call of this interface succeeded. 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 Weibo Detail API.
Read this Weibo post: 5352571897120856
2 creditsdetail {"platform":"weibo","id":"5352571897120856"}Search Weibo for posts about "新能源汽车", then for the first 3: read this Weibo post.
8 creditssearch {"platform":"weibo","query":"新能源汽车"}detail {"platform":"weibo","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: Read this Weibo post: 5352571897120856Call the detail tool with {"platform":"weibo","id":"5352571897120856"}. Needed: id, url.For several, call it once for each: 2 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: comments (Comments), call weibo.likers (Post likers).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.
These ready-made tools call it when they run.
batch-statsOne row per link with its numbers as they are now. Links that no longer work are marked
Work scenarios that use it.
china-market-researchYour AI reads what Chinese consumers post on Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Weibo and other Chinese platforms, and answers in your language, with the posts it read and their links.
The same call on other platforms.
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