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Zhihu question detail API

Get one Zhihu question by ID or link: title, details, when it was asked, answer, follower and view counts. One object a call; $0.0020 per call. Errors, timeouts and objects that do not exist are not charged.

GEThttps://api.dataxapi.com/v1/zhihu/questions/get

Also known aszhihu question infoIn Chinese: 知乎问题详情 API

id is in the link: zhihu.com/question/<id>. Or pass the whole link as url.

Price$0.0020/ call · Errors and timeouts are not charged

Returns1 objectone post object

When an upstream failsRetried for youon the same route, or a backup route; never charged

StatusLive statusChecked daily with real calls · 4 days on record

Try it

Change a value and the request on the right follows.

idtextviewtextRun · $0.0020

Used to call POST /v1/zhihu/questions/detail? It is this address now. What changed for old endpoints

PreviewJSONCodeThe first 4 rows of a response recorded 2026-10-12 19:18 UTC.

FieldValue

typetext

published_at2017-01-22 20:48 UTC

metrics.comments0

metrics.views149,214

curl -G "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/zhihu/questions/get" \
  --data-urlencode "id=55043447" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"

{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "b046c82a-5ea3-4cd7-b4e2-615ededbbc40",
  "data": {
    "item": {
      "id": "3511132586",
      "url": "https://www.zhihu.com/answer/3511132586",
      "type": "text",
      "title": "周末露营入门指南：一篇讲清楚",
      "text": null,
      "published_at": "2017-01-22T20:48:31.000Z",
      "metrics": { "comments": 0, "views": 149214 }
    }
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "zhihu.questions.get",
    "result_status": "complete",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-12T19:18:35.000Z",
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "unavailable": {
      "lang": "capability",
      "author": "platform",
      "metrics.likes": "platform",
      "metrics.shares": "platform",
      "metrics.favorites": "platform",
      "metrics.reposts": "platform",
      "images": "capability",
      "hashtags": "capability",
      "mentions": "capability",
      "is_pinned": "platform",
      "post_id": "platform",
      "parent_id": "platform",
      "root_id": "platform"
    },
    "billing": {
      "amount": "0.002",
      "currency": "USD",
      "balance_after": "9.998"
    }
  }
}

From a response recorded 2026-10-12 19:18 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: 878 B in the standard view (878 B compact, 914 B full).

This example as a JSON file

curl -G "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/zhihu/questions/get" \
  --data-urlencode "id=55043447" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"

from dataxapi import DataXAPI

dx = DataXAPI()  # reads DATAXAPI_API_KEY
result = dx.zhihu.questions.get(id="55043447")
print(result["data"]["item"])

import { DataXAPI } from "@dataxapi/sdk";

const dx = new DataXAPI(); // reads DATAXAPI_API_KEY
const result = await dx.zhihu.questions.get({ id: "55043447" });
console.log(result.data.item);

dataxapi call zhihu.questions.get id=55043447

{
  "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 zhihu.questions.get.

Parameters

idtextgive exactly one of id, url

Question ID, a string of digits. Example: 55043447.

urltextgive exactly one of id, url

Web link to the question. Example: https://zhihu.com/question/55043447. Full link: https://zhihu.com/question/55043447.

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

One object per call: there is nothing to page.
22 fields of the object are not available from this endpoint

Returned fields

data.item is one post object. Stable: fields are only ever added.

idtextcompact

ID; pass it unchanged to the get endpoint

urllinkcompact

Link that opens the post

typetextcompact

Content formatvideoimagetextarticle

titletextcompact

Title

texttextcompact

Body text

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

langtextstandardNot provided here

Language of the text

Show all 36 fields →

published_attimecompact

When it was published

authorobjectcompactThe platform has none

Author

author.idtextcompactThe platform has none

Author's account ID

author.usernametextcompactThe platform has none

Author's handle

author.nametextcompactThe platform has none

Author's display name

author.avatar_urllinkstandardThe platform has none

Author's avatar

author.verifiedyes/nostandardThe platform has none

Whether the author is verified

author.followersintegerstandardThe platform has none

Author's follower count

metricsobjectcompact

Engagement counts

metrics.likesintegercompactThe platform has none

Likes

metrics.commentsintegercompact

Comments

metrics.sharesintegercompactThe platform has none

metrics.favoritesintegercompactThe platform has none

Saves

metrics.viewsintegercompact

Views

metrics.repostsintegercompactThe platform has none

Reposts

imageslist of linkstandardNot provided here

Image addresses

hashtagslist of textstandardNot provided here

Hashtags, without the #

mentionslist of objectstandardNot provided here

Accounts mentioned in the text

mentions[].idtextstandardNot provided here

Account ID

mentions[].usernametextstandardNot provided here

Handle

mentions[].nametextstandardNot provided here

Display name

is_pinnedyes/nostandardThe platform has none

Whether the author pinned it

post_idtextcompactThe platform has none

ID of the thread's root post when this is a reply; otherwise null

parent_idtextcompactThe platform has none

ID of the item it replies to directly; otherwise null

root_idtextcompactThe platform has none

ID of the first-level reply its thread hangs under

ext.answersintegerfull

Answers the question has

ext.followersintegerfull

People following the question

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 249 B, standard 249 B, full 285 B (measured on the response recorded 2026-10-12 19:18 UTC).

What this endpoint cannot give

langNot provided here

authorThe platform has none

author.idThe platform has none

author.usernameThe platform has none

author.nameThe platform has none

author.avatar_urlThe platform has none

author.verifiedThe platform has none

author.followersThe platform has none

metrics.likesThe platform has none

metrics.sharesThe platform has none

metrics.favoritesThe platform has none

metrics.repostsThe platform has none

imagesNot provided here

hashtagsNot provided here

mentionsNot provided here

mentions[].idNot provided here

mentions[].usernameNot provided here

mentions[].nameNot provided here

is_pinnedThe platform has none

post_idThe platform has none

parent_idThe platform has none

root_idThe platform has none

When you are charged

A result with data$0.0020, once per call

The object does not exist (404)not charged

Invalid parameters, a failure of ours or of the data source, a timeoutnot charged

CaseCharged

The most one call can cost$0.0020 (send X-Max-Price to refuse anything above your own limit)

Prices as read 2026-10-21 09:10 UTC, under price book 2, in effect since 2026-10-17 11:00 UTC; the Playground reads the price in force before a run.

If the object does not exist

The answer is 404 not_found and nothing is charged. reason says which: not_found (it does not exist) or private_or_deleted.

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

404not_foundThe object does not exist, is private or was deletedRetry: NoNo

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 Zhihu question detail API cost?

$0.0020 per call. The most one call can cost is $0.0020.

When am I not charged?

Errors, timeouts and objects that do not exist are not charged.

What happens if the object does not exist?

The answer is 404 not_found and nothing is charged. reason says which: not_found (it does not exist) or private_or_deleted.

All 16 Zhihu endpoints

Zhihu endpoints

Zhihu answer comments$0.0020 Zhihu answer detail$0.0020 Zhihu article detail$0.0020 Zhihu column articles$0.0020 Zhihu comment replies$0.0020 Zhihu pin detail$0.0020 Zhihu content search$0.0020 Zhihu question answers$0.0020 Zhihu question detail$0.0020 Zhihu hot list$0.0020 Zhihu user answers$0.0020 Zhihu user articles$0.0020 Zhihu user followers$0.0020 Zhihu user profile$0.0020 Zhihu user pins$0.0020 Zhihu user search$0.0020

Use it in your AI

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It reads the page the prompt points to and connects itself.

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Read https://dataxapi.com/agents.md and set up DataXAPI in this agent. My API key is dx_••••; use it for every DataXAPI call.

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Use one of these, or your own words.

Read https://dataxapi.com/apis/zhihu/questions/get.md and help me use the DataXAPI endpoint zhihu.questions.get (Zhihu question detail).

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dataxapi setupgives the agents on your machine (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) the DataXAPI MCP server and the base skill. The key is read from DATAXAPI_API_KEY; none is written into a file.MCP server: https://api.dataxapi.com/mcp. The entry for your client is under MCP in the request examples of this page; then ask your agent to call zhihu.questions.get.Other clients →

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Use the DataXAPI endpoint zhihu.questions.get (Zhihu question detail). Get one Zhihu question by ID or link: title, details, when it was asked, answer, follower and view counts.
Call GET https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/zhihu/questions/get with the header "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY". Read the key from the environment variable DATAXAPI_API_KEY; never write it into code.
Parameters:
- id: Question ID, a string of digits. Example: 55043447.
- url: Web link to the question. Example: https://zhihu.com/question/55043447. Full link: https://zhihu.com/question/55043447.
- 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: $0.0020 per call. Errors, timeouts and objects that do not exist are not charged.
The answer is JSON: data.item holds post; meta.billing.amount is what this call was charged.
Example:
curl -G "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/zhihu/questions/get" \
  --data-urlencode "id=55043447" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
Full reference in Markdown: https://dataxapi.com/apis/zhihu/questions/get.md

Names and identifiers

In Chinese: 知乎问题详情 API
Endpoint ID: zhihu.questions.get
Endpoint: GET /v1/zhihu/questions/get

Last checked 2026-10-21 09:10 UTC.View the Markdown version openapi.json llms.txt

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