WeChat Official Account name search API

Find WeChat Official Accounts by name or keyword, closest first: original ID, WeChat ID, name, avatar, owner, and a third-party database's estimates of active followers, lead-article reads and likes, and articles a week (not official, possibly months old). Charged per account; limit sets how many (5 by default, at most 15). About 5 items a call, 15 at most; $0.05635 per item returned, at least $0.0600 and at most $0.84525 a call. Errors and timeouts are not charged; an empty result is free.

GEThttps://api.dataxapi.com/v1/wechat_mp/accounts/search
Also known assearch wechat official accountsfind wechat official account by namewechat mp account searchwechat official account followersIn Chinese: 微信公众号账号搜索 API
Price$0.05635/ item · Errors and timeouts are not charged
Returnsup to 15 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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{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "6a0decec-3648-4ce7-ae73-2a1d2bd7fad5",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "gh_5f2e34769fdc",
        "username": "aya_living",
        "name": "认真生活的阿雅",
        "avatar_url": "https://wx.qlogo.cn/mmhead/LO7unl2CpHGnNeCMRIFsNNLZ2CsNrwgfzOG5J5d3/132"
      },
      // … 2 more
    ]
  },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": null,
    "cursor_expires_at": null,
    "has_more": false,
    "returned": 3
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "wechat_mp.accounts.search",
    "result_status": "complete",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:33.000Z",
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "unavailable": {
      "url": "platform",
      "bio": "capability",
      "verified": "capability",
      "created_at": "capability",
      "metrics": "platform"
    },
    "billing": {
      "amount": "0.16905",
      "currency": "USD",
      "balance_after": "9.83095"
    }
  }
}

From a response recorded 2026-10-29 09:47 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 (715 B compact, 1.7 KB full).

{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "f5225d6d-edcf-4b7b-813a-c9be62ac4f31",
  "data": { "items": [] },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": null,
    "cursor_expires_at": null,
    "has_more": false,
    "returned": 0
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "wechat_mp.accounts.search",
    "result_status": "empty",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:33.000Z",
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "unavailable": {
      "url": "platform",
      "bio": "capability",
      "verified": "capability",
      "created_at": "capability",
      "metrics": "platform"
    },
    "billing": { "amount": "0", "currency": "USD", "balance_after": "10" }
  }
}

From a recording of 2026-10-29 09:47 UTC, edited by hand to show this case. The request ID and balance are made up.

Size as sent: 514 B in the standard view (514 B compact, 514 B full).

This example as a JSON file

curl -G "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/wechat_mp/accounts/search" \
  --data-urlencode "query=咖啡" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
# pip install dataxapi
from dataxapi import DataXAPI

dx = DataXAPI()  # reads DATAXAPI_API_KEY
result = dx.wechat_mp.accounts.search(query="咖啡")
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_mp.accounts.search({ query: "咖啡" });
console.log(result.data.items);
dataxapi call wechat_mp.accounts.search 'query=咖啡'
{
  "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_mp.accounts.search.

Parameters

querytextrequired

The account's name, or a keyword. Example: 咖啡.

limitinteger

Items per page. Items per page, 1 to 15.

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

usernametextcompact

Handle

On this platform: The WeChat ID people type to find the account; null where none is set

nametextcompact

Display name

urllinkcompactThe platform has none

Link to the profile

biotextcompactNot provided here

Bio

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

avatar_urllinkstandard

Avatar

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verifiedyes/nostandardNot provided here

Whether the account is verified

created_attimestandardNot provided here

When the account was created

metricsobjectcompactThe platform has none

Account counts

metrics.followersintegercompactThe platform has none

Followers

metrics.followingintegercompactThe platform has none

Following

metrics.postsintegercompactThe platform has none

Posts published

ext.biztextfull

The account's __biz: what follows __biz= in the links of its articles

ext.owner_nametextfull

Name of the account's owner (a company or body); null for a personal account and where none is on record

ext.estimated_followersintegerfull

Estimated active followers: a third-party database's estimate from reads and the like, not a follower count the platform publishes (it publishes none), and possibly weeks to months old

ext.estimated_headline_readsintegerfull

Estimated average reads of the account's lead articles: a third-party database's estimate, possibly out of date

ext.estimated_headline_likesintegerfull

Estimated average likes of the account's lead articles: a third-party database's estimate, possibly out of date

ext.estimated_weekly_articlesintegerfull

Estimated articles a week: as a third-party database counts them, possibly out of date

ext.estimated_last_published_attimefull

When the account last published, as a third-party database has it; earlier than the truth when the database has not caught up

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 67 B, standard 174 B, full 423 B (measured on the response recorded 2026-10-29 09:47 UTC).

What this endpoint cannot give

urlThe platform has none
bioNot provided here
verifiedNot provided here
created_atNot provided here
metricsThe platform has none
metrics.followersThe platform has none
metrics.followingThe platform has none
metrics.postsThe platform has none

When you are charged

A result with data$0.05635 for each valid item returned, at least $0.0600 a 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$0.84525 (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 Official Account name search API cost?

$0.05635 per item returned, at least $0.0600 and at most $0.84525 a call. The most one call can cost is $0.84525.

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 5 items a page, 15 at most. Set it with limit. 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 8 WeChat Official Accounts endpoints

WeChat Official Accounts endpoints

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Use the DataXAPI endpoint wechat_mp.accounts.search (WeChat Official Account name search). Find WeChat Official Accounts by name or keyword, closest first: original ID, WeChat ID, name, avatar, owner, and a third-party database's estimates of active followers, lead-article reads and likes, and articles a week (not official, possibly months old). Charged per account; limit sets how many (5 by default, at most 15).
Call GET https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/wechat_mp/accounts/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 account's name, or a keyword. Example: 咖啡.
- limit: Items per page. Items per page, 1 to 15.
- 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: $0.05635 per item returned, at least $0.0600 and at most $0.84525 a 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_mp/accounts/search" \
  --data-urlencode "query=咖啡" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
Full reference in Markdown: https://dataxapi.com/apis/wechat_mp/accounts/search.md

Names and identifiers

In Chinese
微信公众号账号搜索 API
Endpoint ID
wechat_mp.accounts.search
Endpoint
GET /v1/wechat_mp/accounts/search
Last checked 2026-10-30 14:10 UTC.View the Markdown versionopenapi.jsonllms.txt

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