# WeChat Channels API for AI agents and LLMs: fewer tokens, called from Claude and Cursor (2026)

DataXAPI has 15 WeChat Channels endpoints, and what an AI reads of them through MCP takes 85% fewer tokens than the platform's raw JSON: a page of 10 video search results is 8,252 tokens raw and 1,476 as the AI reads it. One key, no WeChat Channels account of yours. DataXAPI reads WeChat Channels with 15 endpoints, from $0.0150 a call; a failed call is not charged, and the free trial covers up to 333 calls.

Updated 2026-11-06

## Why does an agent care how big an answer is?

Every token of a tool's answer goes into the agent's context and is paid for as input. WeChat Channels's raw JSON is made for its own app, with many fields nested deep. Across DataXAPI's 15 WeChat Channels endpoints, one recorded real response each, the raw JSON comes to 231k tokens and what an AI reads through MCP to 35k. With the context saved, an agent reads more pages and takes more steps in one conversation, and sooner.

Every platform uses the same names: the author in `author`, counts in `metrics`, the time in `published_at` as UTC, the next page in `page.next_cursor`. A field the platform does not give is listed in `meta.unavailable`, so the AI does not read it as 0.

## How do I connect it?

To connect: paste this to your AI assistant: “Read https://dataxapi.com/agents.md and set up DataXAPI here. My API key is dx_…; use it for every DataXAPI call.” A client that takes a remote MCP server can be given `https://api.dataxapi.com/mcp` with the header `Authorization: Bearer <key>` instead.

## What to ask once it is connected

Say what you want: the agent finds the endpoint and its price, then calls it; finding and reading parameters are free.

| You say | What it calls |
| --- | --- |
| Popular WeChat Channels videos on latte art | `wechat_channels.videos.search` |
| This video's likes and shares (a share link) | `wechat_channels.videos.get` |
| This account's recent videos | `wechat_channels.users.videos.list` |
| This video's comments | `wechat_channels.videos.comments.list` |

## What does it cost?

Paid per call; a failed call is not charged. A page of 10 video search results is $0.0200; the free trial covers up to 333 calls. Give the agent its own key with a limit; `X-Max-Price` caps what one call may cost.

## Why DataXAPI

- Steady: endpoints were available 99.0% of the last 30 days, on a public status page you can check.
- Fast: a paid call took 2.3 seconds at the median over the last 7 days (counted 2026-11-06).
- Fewer tokens: across 15 endpoints on WeChat Channels, one recorded real response each, the platform's own JSON comes to 231k tokens and what an AI reads through DataXAPI's MCP server to 35k, 85% fewer; the JSON of a direct API call is 82% fewer too (counted 2026-11-06). Every platform answers in one shape: the author in `author`, counts in `metrics`, the next page in `page.next_cursor`, so another platform needs no new parser.
- See before you pay: every endpoint's page shows a recorded real response, field by field.
- Spending you control: a failed call is not charged; each key can have a limit, `X-Max-Price` caps one call, and the same `Idempotency-Key` within 24 hours is never charged twice.
- Ready for AI: a remote MCP server listed in the official MCP registry as `com.dataxapi/mcp`, usable from Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT.
- Free trial of up to 333 calls, no card.

## Endpoints

- [WeChat Channels video search](https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_channels/videos/search/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get a page of WeChat Channels videos for search terms through WeChat Search, by relevance, newest or hottest, filtered by time posted: description, the account's name and avatar, time published, likes and saves, length, cover. WeChat Search gives no account ID, and a video's ID is an encrypted one starting with export/: given as export_id to wechat_channels.videos.get it yields the numeric ID, the video file's address and the key that decrypts it; it expires, so use it soon.
- [WeChat Channels video detail](https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_channels/videos/get/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get one WeChat Channels video by its ID, a search result's export/ ID or its share link: description, author, time published, likes, comments, forwards, saves, and the video file's address with the key that decrypts it.
- [WeChat Channels account videos](https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_channels/users/videos/list/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get a page of the videos a WeChat Channels account published, newest first, by the account's ID: description, time published, likes, comments, forwards, saves.
- [WeChat Channels video comments](https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_channels/videos/comments/list/) ($0.0200 / a call): Get a page of top-level comments on a WeChat Channels video by its ID: text, commenter, likes, time posted, IP location.

## How-to guides

- [WeChat Channels API in Python: account videos and comments (2026)](https://dataxapi.com/guides/wechat-channels-api-python/)

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