Weibo scraper API

Weibo profile, posts and search API

Public Weibo profiles, their posts and post search as JSON. Send an account or a keyword, get the data back. No Weibo login or app review.

No card needed
Failed calls are free
Pack credits never expire

Account

Endpoint

curl "https://api.toolzerhub.com/v2/weibo/profiles/info?uid=1699432410" \
  -H "x-api-key: $TOOLZERHUB_API_KEY"

200 OK

Real response, 15 Oct 2026

{
  "data": {
    "idstr": "1699432410",
    "screen_name": "新华社",
    "description": "新华社官方微博，重大新闻权威首发平台。",
    "verified": true,
    "verified_reason": "新华社法人微博",
    "followers_count_str": "1.14亿",
    "friends_count": 3029,
    "statuses_count": 206539,
    "location": "北京",
    "created_at": "Thu Feb 25 13:59:03 +0800 2010"
  }
}

$ID is the uid in demoInputIds (first Search users match). Images and layout config removed.

2
2 credits per call: 100%
finished without a server error: 1.1 s
median response time: 24
Weibo endpoints

From our request logs.

Endpoints

What you can get

One request each, 2 credits per call. Open one to see its parameters and a real response.

See all 24 Weibo endpoints in the docs

Response

What comes back

Field names and types read off the real responses in the demo above.

Profile/v2/weibo/profiles/info10 fields
- idstrstring"1699432410"
- screen_namestring"新华社"
- descriptionstring"新华社官方微博，重大新闻权威首发平台。"
- verifiedbooleantrue
- verified_reasonstring"新华社法人微博"
- followers_count_strstring"1.14亿"
- friends_countnumber3,029
- statuses_countnumber206,539
- locationstring"北京"
+ 1 more
Profile posts/v2/weibo/profiles/posts8 fields
- idstrstring"5354289590699887"
- mblogidstring"RmMjR2W4v"
- created_atstring"Thu Oct 15 14:26:19 +08…"
- sourcestring"微博视频号"
- text_rawstring"【#高速逆行扣的是分赌的是命#】近日，云南丽江…"
- reposts_countnumber5
- comments_countnumber7
- attitudes_countnumber5
Search posts/v2/weibo/search/posts5 fields
- weibo_idstring"5352939619353943"
- publish_timestring"10月11日 21:02"
- contentstring"【#刘浩存倾情演绎小幸运#】那首属于青春的《小…"
- weibo_typestring"original"
- interactionobject{ repost_count, comment_count }

Use cases

What people build with it

01Monitor media accounts' postsProfile postsProfile
02Track a topic across ChinaSearch posts
03Find official accounts by nameSearch usersProfile
04Measure post engagementProfile postsSearch posts
05Build a Chinese news corpusSearch postsProfile posts

How it works

From key to JSON

01x-api-key••••••••••Get a key100 free credits a month, no card
02GET/v2/weibo/profiles/infoSend a requestAny HTTP client, no SDK needed
03{ data, status }200Get JSONFailed calls cost nothing

Pricing

What it costs

Every endpoint on this page costs 2 credits per call. Failed calls cost nothing.

Free$0every month
- 100 credits a month
- No card needed
10K pack$19one time
- 10,000 credits
- Never expire
- $1.90 per 1,000
Starter$29a month
- 20,000 credits a month
- Cancel anytime
- $1.45 per 1,000

Per 1,000 credits

10K pack$1.90
Starter$1.45
Growth$1.32
Scale$1.21
Business$0.99
Customfrom $0.99

Plans renew monthly and cancel anytime. Custom plans start at 1M+ credits. Full pricing

Billing through RapidAPI? Subscribe to our Weibo Scraper API there, or see all our listings.

Compare

Why not build it yourself

Three ways to get Weibo data into your app.

Compare	Toolzer Hub	Weibo open platform	Your own scraper
Setup	One API key	App review, per-user authorization	Proxies, sessions, retries
When Weibo changes	We fix it	Weibo keeps it working	You fix the parser
Cost to start	100 free credits a month	100 calls a day per user	Proxies and your time

Official API access rules: Weibo Open Platform: API rate limits (opens in new tab)

FAQ

Questions

Is this the official Weibo API?: No. Toolzer Hub is not affiliated with Sina Weibo. The official limits apply per authorized user. Ours needs no Weibo login or app review.
What does the official Weibo API allow?: Within one app, a single authorized user can make at most 100 calls a day to Weibo's open APIs, and one IP address at most 15,000 calls an hour.
What data does it return?: Search posts, Search users, Profile, Profile posts, as JSON.
What does it cost?: 2 credits per call. New workspaces get 100 credits a month at no cost; plans work out to $0.99 to $1.45 per 1,000 credits. Failed calls are not charged.

Guides

Weibo guides

Tested walkthroughs with real requests and output.

Weibo API: what the official one needs and what it lacksWeibo's API needs an OAuth token from each user and sells search to enterprises only. Ours has 6 public-data routes at 1 credit a call.

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