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WeChat official-account articles: discover by keyword and read the full text, keyless
WeChat official accounts (公众号) are where Chinese brands, media and experts publish. The WeChat Article Scraper gives two things in one, keyless: zero-config discovery — type a keyword or account name and it finds recent public articles via Sogou Weixin — and full article content: title, account, account id (biz), author, publish time, summary, full body text and image URLs, read from the article's own public page. No login, no account, no cookies, no API key.
Who it's for
- Content and competitive intelligence — what a topic or account is publishing.
- Brand monitoring — tracking mentions across official accounts.
- Trend researchers and NLP teams building datasets of full article text.
- Analysts following a topic or a specific account over time.
What you get
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
title / account / biz / author | Article title, official-account name, account id (__biz), byline (null when none) |
publishTime / publishTimestamp / url | Publish time (ISO + unix) and the article URL |
summary / cover / images / imageCount | Summary (null when none), cover and in-body image URLs |
contentText / contentLength | Full body text and its length |
Measured (2026-10-28) on 3 fresh articles discovered keyless over a datacenter exit: title, account, biz, publish time, body text and images filled 3/3; summary 2/3 and author 2/3 (the rest honestly null). Bodies ranged 875–2,382 characters.
Input
| Input | What it does |
|---|---|
queries | Keywords or account names to discover articles via Sogou |
articleUrls | Direct mp.weixin.qq.com/s (or Sogou /link) URLs; works alone |
maxArticlesPerQuery · maxPages · maxArticles | Cap per query (default 10) · Sogou result pages per query (default 1) · total cap (default 50) |
{ "queries": ["人工智能"], "maxArticlesPerQuery": 10 }Honest limits
- No read counts, likes or 在看 (wow) — those come only from WeChat's signed mobile endpoint and are deliberately out of scope; the Actor never fakes engagement.
- Public pages only — it does not log in, does not scrape private content, and does not fabricate missing fields (a missing byline or summary is
null). - A Sogou exit can be rate-limited — rerun (exits rotate) or reduce the number of queries; a non-WeChat or deleted article URL is skipped.
Pricing
Pay per delivered article; empty runs are free. Current prices are on the actor's Pricing tab on Apify.
Track WeChat official accounts: discover by keyword or account and get the full article text, keyless. Exportable to JSON, CSV or Excel.
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Frequently asked questions
Does it need my WeChat login or cookies?
No. It never logs in and never asks you for an account, cookie or proxy. You supply only search queries or article URLs; discovery goes through Sogou Weixin and the content from the article's own public page.
Does it return read counts, likes or 在看 (wow)?
No. Those come only from WeChat's signed mobile endpoint and are deliberately out of scope — the Actor never fakes engagement numbers.
How do I choose which articles to collect?
Either give search queries (with maxArticlesPerQuery and maxPages) to discover articles, or paste exact articleUrls to fetch specific ones. maxArticles caps the whole run.
Why is a field null?
The article page did not carry it — for example, no byline or no summary. A missing value is always null, never a placeholder or a guess.
How current are the articles?
Every run reads WeChat live, so you get the articles as published at run time. Re-run on a schedule to track an account or a topic over time.
Using the data lawfully
The Actor reads only publicly served, non-personal article content (title, account, text, images) beyond the public byline. Use the output in line with the sources' terms and applicable law; do not store personal data without a lawful basis.
WeChat Article Scraper — discovery plus full article text, keyless. Pay per article, no API key.
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