WeChat Channels account search API

Find WeChat Channels accounts by name: the name has to match exactly, and every account of that name is returned, with its ID, name, signature, avatar, whether it is verified and what the verification says. The ID can be passed to the Channels profile, video list, live replay and other endpoints. About 1 item a call, 20 at most; $0.0600 per call. Errors and timeouts are not charged; an empty result is free.

GEThttps://api.dataxapi.com/v1/wechat_channels/users/search
Also known assearch wechat channels accountsfind a wechat channels account by namewechat channels user searchchannels account id lookupIn Chinese: 微信视频号账号搜索 API
Price$0.0600/ call · Errors and timeouts are not charged
Returnsup to 20 a pageeverything in one answer, no paging
When an upstream failsRetried for youon the same route, or a backup route; never charged

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The first row of a response recorded 2026-10-29 10:19 UTC.
FieldValue
verifiedfalse
curl -G "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/wechat_channels/users/search" \
  --data-urlencode "query=央视新闻" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "9b4ae98e-ff1c-4be2-a081-de7a4c417320",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "v2_060000231003b20f05a99829d60f183968442cbbd75213164b2ee52fc0a0ade5678bd240c0@finder",
        "name": "山野咖啡馆",
        "bio": "记录生活里的小确幸|合作请私信",
        "avatar_url": "https://wx.qlogo.cn/mmhead/sYXnQFwJZb0xiPhE5pI7TE9SVTvf0TcvVbc0dzgM/132",
        "verified": false
      },
      // … 1 more
    ]
  },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": null,
    "cursor_expires_at": null,
    "has_more": false,
    "returned": 2
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "wechat_channels.users.search",
    "result_status": "complete",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-29T10:19:50.000Z",
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "unavailable": {
      "username": "platform",
      "url": "platform",
      "created_at": "capability",
      "metrics": "capability"
    },
    "billing": {
      "amount": "0.06",
      "currency": "USD",
      "balance_after": "9.94"
    }
  }
}

From a response recorded 2026-10-29 10:19 UTC. Names, text and IDs are examples, and so are the links: none is the recorded one (the page shows no one's personal data); the figures are as recorded. Long lists are cut. The request ID, cursor and balance are made up.

Size as sent: 1.0 KB in the standard view (760 B compact, 1.0 KB full).

{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "ed373f65-f881-4538-8c0d-835d00321267",
  "data": { "items": [] },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": null,
    "cursor_expires_at": null,
    "has_more": false,
    "returned": 0
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "wechat_channels.users.search",
    "result_status": "empty",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-29T09:50:40.000Z",
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "unavailable": {
      "username": "platform",
      "url": "platform",
      "created_at": "capability",
      "metrics": "capability"
    },
    "billing": { "amount": "0", "currency": "USD", "balance_after": "10" }
  }
}

From a response recorded 2026-10-29 09:50 UTC. The request ID and balance are made up.

Size as sent: 498 B in the standard view (498 B compact, 498 B full).

This example as a JSON file

curl -G "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/wechat_channels/users/search" \
  --data-urlencode "query=央视新闻" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
# pip install dataxapi
from dataxapi import DataXAPI

dx = DataXAPI()  # reads DATAXAPI_API_KEY
result = dx.wechat_channels.users.search(query="央视新闻")
print(result["data"]["items"])
// npm i @dataxapi/sdk
import { DataXAPI } from "@dataxapi/sdk";

const dx = new DataXAPI(); // reads DATAXAPI_API_KEY
const result = await dx.wechat_channels.users.search({ query: "央视新闻" });
console.log(result.data.items);
dataxapi call wechat_channels.users.search 'query=央视新闻'
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dataxapi": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.dataxapi.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${DATAXAPI_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add this to your MCP client, then ask your agent to call wechat_channels.users.search.

Parameters

querytextrequired

The Channels account's name, exactly. Example: 央视新闻.

viewtext

How much of each item to return. All three cost the same. Values: compact, standard (default), full.

fieldslist of text

Return only these fields. Each by its path, such as author.name.

Known limits

Returned fields

data.items is a list of account objects. Stable: fields are only ever added.

idtextcompact

ID

usernametextcompactThe platform has none

Handle

nametextcompact

Display name

urllinkcompactThe platform has none

Link to the profile

biotextcompact

Bio

Long text: the compact view keeps the first 500 characters and says so in warnings.

avatar_urllinkstandard

Avatar

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verifiedyes/nostandard

Whether the account is verified

created_attimestandardNot provided here

When the account was created

metricsobjectcompactNot provided here

Account counts

metrics.followersintegercompactNot provided here

Followers

metrics.followingintegercompactNot provided here

Following

metrics.postsintegercompactNot provided here

Posts published

ext.verificationtextfull

What the verification says, in the platform's words: the owner's name for a company or body, a role or profession for a person; null when not verified

approximatelist of objectcompact

Which numbers of this item are approximate or lower bounds; absent when all are exact

approximate[].fieldtextcompact

Path of the field, such as metrics.views

approximate[].kindtextcompact

Approximate, or a lower boundapproximatelower_bound

Typical size of one item: compact 131 B, standard 253 B, full 281 B (measured on the response recorded 2026-10-29 10:19 UTC).

What this endpoint cannot give

usernameThe platform has none
urlThe platform has none
created_atNot provided here
metricsNot provided here
metrics.followersNot provided here
metrics.followingNot provided here
metrics.postsNot provided here

When you are charged

A result with data$0.0600, once per call
An empty resultnot charged
Invalid parameters, a failure of ours or of the data source, a timeoutnot charged
CaseCharged
The most one call can cost$0.0600 (send X-Max-Price to refuse anything above your own limit)

Prices as read 2026-10-30 14:10 UTC, under price book 6, in effect since 2026-10-29 13:23 UTC; the Playground reads the price in force before a run.

Errors

What this endpoint can answer with; codes all endpoints share are on the full list.

HTTPCodeMeaningCharged
400invalid_paramsA parameter is invalidRetry: After a fixNo
402insufficient_balanceThe balance is too lowRetry: After a fixNo
429uncharged_cost_limitToo many of this account's calls today returned nothing and were not charged; endpoints of this kind can be called again tomorrow (UTC)Retry: YesNo
502upstream_failedThe data source failedRetry: YesNo
504timeoutThe data did not arrive in time; retry with the same idempotency keyRetry: YesNo

All error codes →

Questions

How much does the WeChat Channels account search API cost?

$0.0600 per call. The most one call can cost is $0.0600.

When am I not charged?

Errors and timeouts are not charged; an empty result is free.

How many items does one call return, and how do I get the next page?

About 1 item a page, 20 at most. The page size is the platform's; limit is not accepted. Everything comes in one page; no cursor is issued.

30-day availability

13 days are on record. The share is written here once 14 days are.

It is not a success rate: how single calls went is not in it, and a failed call is not charged either way.

Every endpoint's state now, and each incident with whether anyone was charged: the status page →

The same thing on other platforms

All 14 WeChat Channels endpoints

WeChat Channels endpoints

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Use the DataXAPI endpoint wechat_channels.users.search (WeChat Channels account search). Find WeChat Channels accounts by name: the name has to match exactly, and every account of that name is returned, with its ID, name, signature, avatar, whether it is verified and what the verification says. The ID can be passed to the Channels profile, video list, live replay and other endpoints.
Call GET https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/wechat_channels/users/search with the header "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY". Read the key from the environment variable DATAXAPI_API_KEY; never write it into code.
Parameters:
- query (required): The Channels account's name, exactly. Example: 央视新闻.
- view: How much of each item to return. All three cost the same. Values: compact, standard (default), full.
- fields: Return only these fields. Each by its path, such as author.name.
Price: $0.0600 per call. Errors and timeouts are not charged; an empty result is free.
The answer is JSON: data.items holds account; meta.billing.amount is what this call was charged.
Example:
curl -G "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/wechat_channels/users/search" \
  --data-urlencode "query=央视新闻" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
Full reference in Markdown: https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_channels/users/search.md

Names and identifiers

In Chinese
微信视频号账号搜索 API
Endpoint ID
wechat_channels.users.search
Endpoint
GET /v1/wechat_channels/users/search
Last checked 2026-10-30 14:10 UTC.View the Markdown versionopenapi.jsonllms.txt

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