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POST/v1/zhihu/trends/hot

Chinese name: 知乎热榜 · 问题 · 热门趋势读取知乎首页热榜的问题、摘要、回答数和热度文本。
zhihu.trends.hot@v1

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Execution result

// Result

Request parameters

limitintegeroptional

default: 50 · minimum: 1 · maximum: 50

Example: 50

Request JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "default": 50,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Code samples

Install the SDK with npm i @dataxapi/sdk or pip install dataxapi, and put your API key in the DATAXAPI_API_KEY environment variable.

curl -X POST https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/zhihu/trends/hot \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"limit":50}'

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

const client = new ExactApiClient({
  baseUrl: "https://api.dataxapi.com",
  apiKey: process.env.DATAXAPI_API_KEY,
});

const result = await client.call("zhihu_trends_hot_v1", {
  "limit": 50
});
console.log(result.data);

import os
from dataxapi import ExactApiClient

client = ExactApiClient("https://api.dataxapi.com", os.environ["DATAXAPI_API_KEY"])

result = client.call("zhihu_trends_hot_v1", {
    "limit": 50,
})
print(result["data"])

[mcp_servers.dataxapi]
url = "https://api.dataxapi.com/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "DATAXAPI_API_KEY"

Response example

200 · application/json

{
  "code": 200,
  "request_id": "req_example_zhihu_trends_hot",
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "0_1720000000.123",
        "type": "hot_list_feed",
        "target": {
          "id": 37811449,
          "title": "公开问题标题",
          "answer_count": 320,
          "follower_count": 5000
        },
        "detail_text": "1024 万热度"
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": null
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "listing_id": "zhihu.trends.hot",
    "version": "v1",
    "catalog_release_id": "catalog-production-2026-09-19.b069be57",
    "price_book_version": "pricebook-production-2026-09-19.4487e352",
    "result_status": "complete",
    "charged_amount": "0.02",
    "balance_after": "49.98",
    "currency": "CNY"
  }
}

Response fields

codenumber: const: 200
request_idstring
messagestring: const: "success"
dataobject
pageobject
warningsarray
metaobject

Response JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "type": "number",
      "const": 200
    },
    "request_id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "success"
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "items": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {},
              "type": {},
              "target": {},
              "detail_text": {},
              "card_id": {}
            },
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "items"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "next_cursor": {
          "type": "null"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "next_cursor"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "warnings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "listing_id": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "zhihu.trends.hot"
        },
        "version": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "v1"
        },
        "catalog_release_id": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "price_book_version": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        "result_status": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "complete",
            "empty",
            "partial"
          ]
        },
        "charged_amount": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "balance_after": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "currency": {
          "type": "string",
          "const": "CNY"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "listing_id",
        "version",
        "catalog_release_id",
        "price_book_version",
        "result_status",
        "charged_amount",
        "balance_after",
        "currency"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code",
    "request_id",
    "message",
    "data",
    "page",
    "warnings",
    "meta"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Usage notes

Good for

Use it to discover questions receiving strong public discussion on Zhihu now.

Not for

Do not use it for historical boards, topic heat curves, or algorithm claims.

Known limitations

Question details are under target; heat is the detail_text display string.
This is a point-in-time board snapshot.
Result order is set by the platform and does not explain ranking causality.

Billing

¥0.02 per call. Nonempty complete results are charged; empty, partial, and failed results are not.

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