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How to find Zhihu question and answer ids (2026)

A question's ID is the digits after zhihu.com/question/; an answer's, the digits after /answer/; a column article's, the digits after zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/; a user is the handle after zhihu.com/people/ (url_token). DataXAPI's Zhihu endpoints take the ID or the link pasted as it is, at $0.0020 a call. DataXAPI reads Zhihu with 16 endpoints, from $0.0020 a call; a failed call is not charged, and the free trial covers up to 333 calls.

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Updated 2026-11-06

Where is each ID?

An answer's link carries both the question's ID and the answer's.

IDIn the linkUsed by
Question IDzhihu.com/question/55043447zhihu.questions.get, zhihu.questions.answers.list
Answer ID…/question/…/answer/2430879961zhihu.answers.get, zhihu.answers.comments.list
Article IDzhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/…zhihu.articles.get
Handle (url_token)zhihu.com/people/zhihuadminzhihu.users.get, zhihu.users.answers.list

IDs from the hot list and search

Each zhihu.trends.list item's ID is a question ID, ready for zhihu.questions.answers.list; an answer from zhihu.posts.search carries parent_id, its question's ID.

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  • Fewer tokens: across 16 endpoints on Zhihu, one recorded real response each, the platform's own JSON comes to 712k tokens and what an AI reads through DataXAPI's MCP server to 63k, 91% fewer; the JSON of a direct API call is 73% 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.
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Endpoints

Each with its price; every page has the parameters, the fields and a recorded response.

Zhihu question detailGet one Zhihu question by ID or link: title, details, when it was asked, answer, follower and view counts.$0.0020 / a callZhihu question answersGet the first 20 answers to a Zhihu question by ID or link, in Zhihu's own order: text, author, upvotes, comment and save counts. One page only.$0.0020 / a callZhihu answer detailGet one Zhihu answer by ID or link: its question, text, author, time posted.$0.0020 / a callZhihu answer commentsGet a page of comments on a Zhihu answer: text, commenter, likes, reply count, time posted.$0.0020 / a callZhihu article detailGet one Zhihu column article by ID or link: title, text, author, upvotes, comment count.$0.0020 / a callZhihu user profileGet a Zhihu user's profile by the handle in its address: name, headline, follower count, answer and article counts.$0.0020 / a callZhihu hot listGet Zhihu's hot list: the questions on it, their rank, heat (approximate) and answer count; an entry's ID is its question's.$0.0020 / a call

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