# How do I export a WeChat Official Account's past articles in bulk? (2026)

WeChat's own interface only reads an account you run, and the old way through the back end has mostly stopped working since July 2026. To export another account's past articles, DataXAPI does it all on one key: list the articles by the account's original ID, read each full text by its link, then read its numbers and comments if you need them. DataXAPI reads WeChat Official Accounts with 8 endpoints, from $0.0200 a call; a failed call is not charged.

Updated 2026-11-04

## One key, five steps

Take as many of these as the job needs.

| Step | Endpoint | You get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Find the account | `wechat.accounts.search` | Its original ID |
| 2. List its articles | `wechat_mp.accounts.articles.list` | Title, digest, link, time |
| 3. Read the full text | `wechat_mp.articles.get` | The whole article |
| 4. Read the numbers | `wechat_mp.articles.metrics` | Reads, likes, shares |
| 5. Read the comments | `wechat_mp.articles.comments.list` | Featured comments |

## What exporting 500 articles comes to

At about 10 articles a page, listing 500 takes about 50 calls: $0.0200 each, about $1. Full text for all 500 at $0.0200 each is $10, and their numbers at $0.0200 each another $10. So about $21 for everything, or about $1 if titles and links are all you need. A page often holds more than 10, so the list can come to less.

## Good to know

The numbers endpoint takes the long link, which the article list gives. The numbers are as they stand now, not a history. A count WeChat shows as 100,000+ comes back as 100001, marked `approximate` as a lower limit.

What you read is public, and being able to read it does not give you the right to republish it. Keep what you do with it within the law and the account's rights.

## Endpoints

- [WeChat Official Account live search](https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat/accounts/search/) ($0.0200 / a call): Find WeChat Official Accounts and service accounts for search terms through WeChat Search, closest first, possibly followed by less related ones: original ID, WeChat ID, name, bio, avatar, whether verified, owner, number of original articles. Charged per call; no followers or reads, for estimates of those use wechat_mp.accounts.search.
- [WeChat Official Account articles](https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_mp/accounts/articles/list/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get a page of the articles a WeChat Official Account published, newest first: title, digest, link, time published.
- [WeChat Official Account article detail](https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_mp/articles/get/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get one WeChat Official Account article by its link: title, text, time published, the account's name and IDs.
- [WeChat Official Account article stats](https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_mp/articles/metrics/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get the current counts of a WeChat Official Account article by its long link: reads, likes, recommends, shares, saves, comments.
- [WeChat Official Account article comments](https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_mp/articles/comments/list/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get a page of the featured comments on a WeChat Official Account article by its link: text, commenter, likes, reply count, time posted, IP location.

## How-to guides

- [How to list a WeChat Official Account's past articles](https://dataxapi.com/guides/wechat-official-account-articles/)
- [How to get WeChat Official Account article reads and likes](https://dataxapi.com/guides/wechat-article-reads-and-likes/)

## Sources

What this page says of other services is from their own pages and documents, read on 2026-11-04. Prices and features change: check the source before you decide.

- [WeChat's documentation for Official Accounts](https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/subscription/guide/)
- [wechat-article-exporter's README](https://github.com/wechat-article/wechat-article-exporter)

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