WeChat Search API for Official Account articles
Search WeChat Official Account articles over HTTP and return the full article body in the same request. Results come back as structured JSON with the publisher and the publish date attached.
Endpoint
Results arrive in the same JSON shape as every other engine, so existing parsing continues to work.
The link resolves through the Sogou WeChat index.
The snippet begins with the Official Account name and the date.
Set crawl_results and each retrieved article returns markdown.
Useful for
AI answers / Monitoring / RAG
A Chinese-language source on the same endpoint
Set `search_service` to `wechat` and the results come from the WeChat Official Account index. The endpoint, the authentication, and the response shape are the same as every other engine.
Sogou WeChat index
The `link` field is a `weixin.sogou.com` redirect rather than an `mp.weixin.qq.com` permalink.
Publisher in the snippet
The `snippet` field follows the pattern `Official Account name | date | excerpt`.
Article bodies as markdown
`crawl_results` retrieves most articles but not all. Results that cannot be retrieved return without `content` and are not charged.
Standard Search parameters
`max_results` up to 50, plus `include_sites`, `exclude_sites`, and `time_range`.
What is a WeChat search API?
A WeChat search API is an HTTP interface that returns WeChat Official Account articles as structured results. Tencent’s own WeChat APIs are built for running an account rather than searching one, so they cover message sending, follower management, and publishing, but not article search across accounts. Official Account content also sits outside the open web index that most search APIs are built on, which is why providers that query a single proprietary index return nothing for it. Search1API exposes WeChat as one of the search services on its Search endpoint, returning titles, links, snippets, and optional markdown article bodies in the same JSON shape it returns for Google, Bing, and its other engines.
Typical workflow
Search WeChat Official Account articles over HTTP and return the full article body in the same request. Results come back as structured JSON with the publisher and the publish date attached.
Send a query with `search_service` set to `wechat`.
Read the structured results, each carrying a title, a link, and a snippet with the Official Account name and publish date.
Set `crawl_results` when the workflow needs article text rather than links.
One request, articles and their text
A single call searches the Official Account index and returns the body of the top results as markdown. Articles that cannot be retrieved come back without a `content` field and are not charged.
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Best for
AI assistants that answer questions about the Chinese-language web.
Brand and competitor monitoring across Official Accounts.
RAG pipelines that index Chinese long-form content as markdown.
Market and policy research that tracks topics before they reach the open web.
FAQ
Is there an official WeChat search API?
Tencent’s official WeChat APIs are built for running your own Official Account and mini programs, covering message sending, follower management, and publishing. They do not provide a public endpoint for searching other accounts’ articles. Search1API covers that case by offering WeChat as one of the engines on its Search endpoint.
How do I search WeChat Official Account articles?
Send a POST request to https://api.search1api.com/search with `search_service` set to `wechat` and your query in `query`. The response contains titles, links, and snippets in the same JSON shape as any other engine. Add `crawl_results` to receive article bodies as markdown in the same response.
Can I get the full text of a WeChat article?
Yes. Set `crawl_results` to the number of top results you want fetched. Each article retrieved successfully includes a `content` field with the page text as markdown. Articles that cannot be retrieved are returned without `content` and are not charged.
What does a WeChat search cost?
One credit per search, and one additional credit for each article body retrieved successfully. At the base top-up rate of $1 for 1,000 credits, that is $1 per 1,000 searches. Signup includes 100 free credits with no credit card, and top-up credits do not expire.
Which other Chinese engines are supported?
The same Search endpoint accepts `baidu`, `sogou`, `360`, `quark`, and `bilibili` in addition to `wechat`, alongside global engines such as Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, X, Reddit, GitHub, and arXiv, for 17 engines in total on one contract.
Can I use it with Python, JavaScript, or cURL?
Yes. Search1API is a REST API that works with any HTTP client, and WeChat is a parameter value rather than a separate integration. The official TypeScript and Python SDKs, the CLI, and the MCP server all accept the same `search_service` value.