What is a WeChat Channels account ID (…@finder), and what is an export ID?
A WeChat Channels (视频号) account has an ID that starts with v2_ and ends in @finder, which DataXAPI's account endpoints take; it is not the sph… ID the app shows. An export ID (export/…) is the encrypted ID WeChat Search gives a video, and the video endpoints do not take it. DataXAPI reads WeChat Channels with 14 endpoints, from $0.0150 a call; a failed call is not charged.
The IDs WeChat documents
WeChat's mini program interface wx.openChannelsActivity takes finderUserName, described as the Channels ID starting with sph, found in Channels Assistant (视频号助手), and feedId, the video's feed ID, which WeChat's guide says to copy from the post management page of Channels Assistant. They are for opening a video from a mini program.
The IDs DataXAPI uses
The account ID v2_…@finder is not a format WeChat documents. A public open-source project shows account user names in this form, and every account DataXAPI has recorded has it: v2_, a run of hexadecimal characters, @finder.
As public open-source tools describe it, a WeChat Search result card names a Channels video by an encrypted ID in a field called exportId. DataXAPI gives it as the video's id in search results; it is not the numeric ID the video endpoints take, and the same video is not promised the same export ID in a later search.
| ID | Looks like (made up) | In DataXAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Channels ID the app shows | sph and letters | Not taken |
| Account ID | v2_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef@finder | id of wechat_channels.users.get and wechat_channels.users.videos.list; a video's author.id |
| Video ID | Digits, up to 20, kept as text | id of wechat_channels.videos.get and wechat_channels.videos.comments.list; id in an account's video list |
| Export ID | export/ and letters | id of a video in wechat_channels.videos.search; not taken by the video endpoints |
Endpoints
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Sources
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