WeChat Official Account Scraper (公众号)

Scrape WeChat Official Account (微信公众号) articles without a WeChat account: search articles by keyword, or paste article links. You get the title, account name and ID, author, publish time, original (原创) flag, full text and image URLs.

$4.99 per 1,000 articles. No login, no cookie, no WeChat app.

What does WeChat Official Account Scraper do?

• Keyword search. Finds WeChat articles through Sogou WeChat search (搜狗微信), up to about 100 articles per keyword.
• Full articles. Opens each article for the full text, all images, author, account ID (gh_...), the __biz account id and the original flag.
• Article links. Paste any mp.weixin.qq.com/s/... link and get the same fields.
• Monitor mode. With onlyNew on, each scheduled run only returns articles you haven't seen yet.

What can I use it for?

• Track what Chinese media and brands publish about a topic, a product or a competitor.
• Collect Chinese articles for market research, translation or an AI / RAG knowledge base.
• Find the Official Accounts that write about a niche, for partnerships or outreach.
• Archive the full text of articles before they get deleted.

How do I use it?

1. Click Try for free. A free Apify account is enough.
2. Add keywords (Chinese works best) or article URLs.
3. Click Start.
4. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.

Examples

Latest articles on a topic, full text:

{
  "keywords": ["新能源汽车", "跨境电商"],
  "maxArticlesPerKeyword": 50,
  "publishedAfter": "2026-09-01"
}

Fast metadata only (no article pages opened):

{
  "keywords": ["咖啡"],
  "maxArticlesPerKeyword": 100,
  "fetchArticles": false
}

Specific articles:

{
  "articleUrls": ["https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xxxxxxxx"]
}

Input

Field	Default
keywords		Keywords to search
articleUrls		mp.weixin.qq.com article links
maxArticlesPerKeyword	20	Up to 100
publishedAfter		Skip older articles (YYYY-MM-DD)
fetchArticles	true	Open each article for full details
includeContent	true	Include body text and images
onlyNew	false	Skip articles from earlier runs
proxyConfiguration	residential	Used for Sogou search
articlesViaProxy	false	Also fetch article pages through the proxy
requestGapSecs	1.5	Pause between Sogou requests

What data do I get?

{
  "keyword": "咖啡",
  "title": "咖啡地图 | “咖啡”遇上西雅图，好喝夜未眠",
  "account": "企鹅吃喝指南",
  "accountId": "gh_08fd862a7e90",
  "accountBiz": "MjM5Mzc5NTk1OQ==",
  "author": "低电量",
  "publishedAt": "2017-06-11T03:52:20Z",
  "isOriginal": true,
  "digest": "西雅图，何止星巴克？还有更值得拜访的咖啡馆。",
  "summary": "不久前, 君去西雅图出差,参加咖啡展会...",
  "cover": "http://mmbiz.qpic.cn/...",
  "content": "不久前，🐧 君去西雅图出差，参加咖啡展会……",
  "wordCount": 4027,
  "images": ["https://mmbiz.qpic.cn/..."],
  "articleId": "MjM5Mzc5NTk1OQ==_2653009417_1",
  "url": "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?src=11&timestamp=...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-30T12:00:00Z"
}

With fetchArticles off you get title, summary, account, publishedAt, cover and url.

How much does it cost?

$4.99 per 1,000 articles ($0.005 each). No start fee, proxy included.

• 100 articles with full text: about $0.50.
• 5 keywords on a daily schedule with onlyNew, 50 new articles a day: about $0.25 a day.

Apify's free plan includes monthly credit that covers roughly 1,000 articles.

Limits

• Read counts, likes and "在看" are not included. WeChat only shows those inside the WeChat app to logged-in users.
• About 100 articles per keyword. That's the most Sogou WeChat search shows. Use more specific keywords to reach more.
• Search order is relevance, not date. Results mix new and older articles. Use publishedAfter to keep recent ones.
• The url is a temporary link. WeChat links that come from search carry a signature and may stop opening after a while. Save the content you need; use articleId to identify an article across runs.
• Deleted or blocked articles are skipped and not charged.

FAQ

Do I need a WeChat account? No. It uses public pages: Sogou WeChat search and the public article pages.

Can I get every article from one account? Not yet. Search by the account name plus a topic, or paste the article links you have.

Why did a run stop early? Sogou sometimes shows a captcha to busy IPs. The actor switches IPs and retries; if it keeps getting blocked it stops, and you're only charged for articles already delivered. Running again later usually works.

Can I call it from the API, Make, n8n or an AI agent? Yes, from the Apify API, any integration, or MCP.