WeChat Article Scraper

Search public WeChat official-account (公众号) articles by keyword, or fetch the full text of specific mp.weixin.qq.com articles. No WeChat account, no login, no cookies to manage. Results come back as clean JSON, CSV or Excel.

What you get

Field	Description
title, summary	Article title and the search snippet
account_name, account_id, author	Official account display name, original id (gh_…) and author byline
published_at, published_ts	Publish time (UTC ISO 8601 and Unix seconds)
url	Link to the article. From keyword search this is a temporary signed link; open it soon
permalink	Stable link when the page exposes one (articles you submit by link)
article_id	Stable id biz:mid:idx (when the text is fetched)
text, images, html	Full article text, image URLs and optionally the body HTML
cover_url, description, account_description, account_avatar	Cover and account details
content_status	ok, not_requested, or the reason the text could not be fetched

Use cases

• Brand and competitor monitoring in Chinese media: schedule a keyword and get only new articles each run.
• Market and trend research: what Chinese accounts publish about a product, industry or policy.
• Cross-border e-commerce and sourcing teams reading supplier and platform announcements.
• Content and PR tracking: which accounts cover a topic, and when.
• AI and NLP: build Chinese text corpora with account and date metadata.

Input

Parameter	What it does
mode	search (keywords) or articles (links)
keywords	Search terms. Chinese works best
urls	mp.weixin.qq.com article links for articles mode
maxResultsPerKeyword	1-100. Sogou returns at most about 100 results per keyword
publishedAfter	Keep only articles published on or after a date (YYYY-MM-DD)
includeContent	Also fetch every article's full text (search mode)
includeHtml	Also return the body HTML
onlyNewSinceLastRun	Skip articles already returned for the same input in earlier runs
maxConcurrency	Parallel requests (1-10)
proxyConfiguration	Apify Residential proxy (default). Needed for reliable results

Example

{
  "mode": "search",
  "keywords": ["新能源汽车", "跨境电商"],
  "maxResultsPerKeyword": 20,
  "publishedAfter": "2026-09-01",
  "includeContent": true
}

Example output (search with text)

{
  "keyword": "新能源汽车",
  "title": "…",
  "account_name": "…",
  "published_at": "2026-10-07T11:02:46Z",
  "url": "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?src=11&timestamp=…&signature=…",
  "article_id": "MjM5…==:2650928357:1",
  "text": "…",
  "images": ["https://mmbiz.qpic.cn/…"],
  "content_status": "ok"
}

Scheduling and monitoring

Turn on onlyNewSinceLastRun, pick a few keywords and schedule the actor (hourly, daily). Every run skips articles it already returned for the same input. Search results are ranked by relevance and can differ from one request to the next, so pair this with publishedAfter for a reliable feed of recent articles. Connect a webhook, Zapier, Make or Google Sheets integration to receive them.

Use with AI assistants and the API

Run it from the Apify API, the JavaScript or Python client, or the Apify MCP server, and feed the text field to your own pipeline or LLM.

FAQ

Do I need a WeChat account or cookies? No.

How many results per keyword? Up to about 100. That is the limit of the search source, so use several keywords and publishedAfter to cover a topic.

Why can the search link expire? Links from keyword search are signed by the search engine and are temporary. Fetch the text in the same run with includeContent, or store the article_id. Links you submit yourself keep working.

What is not included? Account article history, comments, read/like counts and account search need a WeChat login and are not covered.

Why are some text values empty? Some posts are image-only or video posts with no text body. images still lists the pictures. Deleted articles are reported in content_status.

Is this allowed? The actor reads publicly visible pages. You are responsible for how you use the data and for following WeChat's terms and the laws that apply to you. Do not use it to collect personal data you have no right to process.