# What does status 432 mean on Weibo? (2026)

432 is the HTTP status people report from Weibo's mobile API at m.weibo.cn, shown as 432 Client Error. We found no public explanation from Weibo; the author of weibo-crawler reads it as a limit for a while, or a cookie problem. With a data API you do not deal with it: a page of an account's posts is $0.0020, with no cookie of yours. DataXAPI reads Weibo with 11 endpoints, from $0.0020 a call; a failed call is not charged.

Updated 2026-11-04

## Why you run into it

It comes up when your own program reads `m.weibo.cn/api/container/getIndex`. weibo-crawler's issues hold many reports. In issue 565 the author says it is probably a limit for a while that usually lifts by itself. In issue 578 he thinks it is a cookie problem, and one user gets it even in a browser. Users report it both with and without a cookie, so no one cause explains all of them. How to get past it is not something we cover.

## If you would rather not deal with it

Each job is one call at $0.0020: `weibo.users.posts.list` for an account's posts, about 20 a page, by its user ID; `weibo.users.get` for the account; `weibo.posts.search` for a keyword, about 10 a page; `weibo.posts.comments.list` for comments. No cookie or account of yours. 50 accounts checked once a day are 1,500 calls a month, $3. A long post is cut short in the list: use `weibo.posts.get` for the ones that matter. A failed call is not charged.

## Endpoints

- [Weibo user posts](https://dataxapi.com/apis/weibo/users/posts/list/) ($0.0020 / a call): Get a page of the posts on a Weibo user's profile (their own and their reposts) by user ID, newest first: text (a long post is cut short here), likes, comments, reposts, pictures, topics, whether pinned.
- [Weibo user profile](https://dataxapi.com/apis/weibo/users/get/) ($0.0020 / a call): Get a Weibo user's profile by user ID: name, bio, avatar, verification, follower and following counts, number of posts.
- [Weibo realtime search](https://dataxapi.com/apis/weibo/posts/search/) ($0.0020 / a call): Get a page of Weibo posts for search terms, newest first: text (a long post is cut short here), author and follower count, likes, comments, reposts, pictures, topics.
- [Weibo post comments](https://dataxapi.com/apis/weibo/posts/comments/list/) ($0.0020 / a call): Get a page of comments on a Weibo post by post ID: text, commenter, likes, reply count, time posted, IP location.
- [Weibo post detail](https://dataxapi.com/apis/weibo/posts/get/) ($0.0020 / a call): Get one Weibo post by ID: the whole text (of a long post too), author, likes, comments, reposts, reads, pictures, topics.

## 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.

- [weibo-crawler issue 565: the author on 432](https://github.com/dataabc/weibo-crawler/issues/565)
- [weibo-crawler issue 578: 432 and cookies](https://github.com/dataabc/weibo-crawler/issues/578)
- [weibo-crawler issue 530: 432 on getIndex](https://github.com/dataabc/weibo-crawler/issues/530)

## More about Weibo

- [Weibo API](https://dataxapi.com/apis/weibo/)
- [My Weibo scraper got blocked: what now? (2026)](https://dataxapi.com/answers/weibo-scraper-blocked/)

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