/v1/search"platform": "weibo"Weibo Search API
Find posts by keyword.
Search Weibo posts by keyword and get back text, author, likes, comment count and publish time, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. A call to the Weibo Search 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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limit: 100 and one call pages for you: at most 10 pages, 20 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 200 credits, about $0.67.Daily watch: tell your AI “watch this daily” and this call runs by itself every day, sending only what is new: at most 62 credits a month, about $0.21. How to set it up
What you get from the Weibo Search API.
From a recorded answer.
A recorded call returned 9 items; here is the first, field by field. Names and text are removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
66 real calls in the last 7 days, 100% succeeded, median 1.8 s, usually 10 items (data to 2026-11-05).
Lighter for your AI: the same recorded data (9 items) is about 144,529 tokens as the platform's raw JSON and about 2,479 as this interface returns it, 98% 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 | 2026-10-12T18:01:10.000Z |
| author.id | removed from the sample |
| author.username | null: Weibo cannot give it |
| author.name | removed from the sample |
| author.verified | false |
| author.followers | 2,568 |
| metrics.likes | 0 |
| metrics.comments | 3 |
| metrics.shares | null: Weibo cannot give it |
| metrics.collects | null: Weibo cannot give it |
| metrics.views | null: Weibo cannot give it |
| metrics.reposts | 0 |
| images | 2 entries |
| hashtags | null |
| is_pinned | null: Weibo cannot give it |
2 credits a call (≈ $0.004–$0.0067): about 1,500 calls for $10.
Weibo Search API: request and response
curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/search \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "platform": "weibo", "query": "新能源汽车" }'import osimport uuidimport requestsresponse = requests.post( "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/search", 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", "query": "新能源汽车", },)print(response.json())# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.Search Weibo for posts about "新能源汽车".# Your AI calls the search tool with:{ "platform": "weibo", "query": "新能源汽车"}value{ "platform": "weibo", "status": "ok", "items": [ { "platform": "weibo", "id": "…", "ref": "…", "approx": [], "type": "content", "url": "https://example.com/…", "format": "image", "title": null, "text": "…", "published_at": "2026-10-12T18:01:10.000Z", "author": { "id": "…", "username": null, "name": "…", "verified": false, "followers": 2568 }, "metrics": { "likes": 0, "comments": 3, "shares": null, "collects": null, "views": null, "reposts": 0 }, "images": ["https://example.com/…", "https://example.com/…"], "hashtags": null, "is_pinned": null } ], "unavailable": ["title", "author.username", "metrics.shares", "metrics.collects", "metrics.views", "is_pinned"], "page": { "has_more": true, "cursor": "cur_…", "cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-12T19:33:07.000Z" }, "cost_credits": 2}nullcollects nullviews nullreposts 0Names and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.
Weibo Search API parameters.
4 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 "weibo" on this page. |
| query | string | Required | — | Search terms |
| type | string | Optional | — | "user": accounts instead of posts (2 credits)."user" |
| cursor | string | Optional | — | Pass page.cursor from the last response to get the next page. |
Weibo Search 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 | integer | 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 | integeralways null | 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.metrics.sharesShares.metrics.collectsSaves.metrics.viewsViews or plays.is_pinnedWhether the author pinned it.
Send the parameter and the call returns something else:
type=useraccounts instead of posts2 creditsCompared with the Xiaohongshu (RedNote) Search API, this call also gives author followers, reposts and hashtags 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 Search 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.
These numbers come from real calls only, worked out once a day, without our own accounts: a customer's same request on one day counts once, by how it last ended; something that does not exist or a wrong parameter is not a failure; an interface with fewer than 20 calls shows none.
Once connected over MCP, these questions use the Weibo Search API.
Search Weibo for posts about "新能源汽车".
2 creditssearch {"platform":"weibo","query":"新能源汽车"}Find Weibo accounts about "小米".
2 creditssearch {"platform":"weibo","query":"小米","type":"user"}
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: Search Weibo for posts about "新能源汽车".Call the search tool with {"platform":"weibo","query":"新能源汽车"}. Needed: query.For many items pass limit (limit=100 is at most 10 pages) and one call pages for you; each page costs 2 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.What usually comes next, with the ref or username it returns: detail (Detail), comments (Comments).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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