WeChat Channels (视频号) Scraper

Scrape WeChat Channels (视频号) content by keyword — search videos (latest or comprehensive ranking), search channel accounts, and fetch full video detail. This is the only WeChat Channels (视频号) scraper on Apify.

Unofficial. This Actor is not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by WeChat, Weixin Channels (微信视频号), or Tencent. It is an independent tool that retrieves publicly available data via a third-party API. Use it in compliance with WeChat's terms and all applicable laws; you are responsible for how you use the retrieved data.

What it does

• Video keyword search — give one or more keywords to search 视频号 videos. Choose comprehensive (relevance), latest (newest first), or both. Returns title, cover, video URL, duration, publish time, channel name and avatar.
• Channel/account search — give keywords to find matching 视频号 creator accounts (paginated). Returns channel name, description, avatar and the encrypted username.
• Video detail — give video exportIds (from the search output) or numeric ids to fetch full engagement: like / comment / favorite / forward counts, description, IP region, and media URLs.

All three modes can be combined in a single run. Results are de-duplicated by id and capped at maxItems.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchKeywords	string[]	["美食"]	Keywords to search videos. Chinese keywords return the most results.
searchType	enum	comprehensive	comprehensive / latest / both video ranking.
userKeywords	string[]	[]	Keywords to search channel accounts.
videoIds	string[]	[]	Video exportIds (e.g. export/UzFf...) or numeric ids for detail.
maxItems	integer	50	Max total items across all modes.

Example input

{
  "searchKeywords": ["美食", "健身"],
  "searchType": "both",
  "userKeywords": ["美食"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Output

One dataset item per record. A video-search item:

{
  "type": "video",
  "id": "finderobjv0...",
  "exportId": "export/UzFf...",
  "title": "土菜中的农家一碗香 #辣椒炒肉",
  "duration": "00:09",
  "publishTime": 1780571202,
  "dateText": "5分钟前",
  "likeCount": 3,
  "coverUrl": "https://findermp.video.qq.com/...",
  "videoUrl": "https://findermp.video.qq.com/...",
  "width": 1080,
  "height": 1920,
  "author": { "nickname": "山鸡哥做菜", "avatarUrl": "https://..." },
  "source": "search:美食:comprehensive"
}

A channel-search item has type: "channel" with username, nickname, description, avatarUrl. A video-detail item has type: "videoDetail" with likeCount, commentCount, favCount, forwardCount, regionText, and media URLs.

Notes

• Data is sourced live; WeChat occasionally rate-limits, so the Actor retries transient blocks with exponential backoff.
• IDs are de-duplicated within a run.