InsightSocial API
Zhihu

Zhihu Question Answers API reference

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Example request
curl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/zhihu/question/answers?question_id=37811449" \
  -H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"
GET
/v1/zhihu/question/answers

Returns up to 20 answers to a question, each with its text, author, votes, comments, saves and times.

Use it to read a question’s top or newest answers; for one answer by id use answer. It returns one page.

10 credits per call.

x-api-key<token>

Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.

In: header

Query Parameters

question_id*string

Zhihu question id (zhihu.com/question/).

limit?integer

Answers to return, 1 to 20. Default 5.

Range1 <= value <= 20
order?string

default (Zhihu’s ranking) or updated (recently updated first).

Value in

  • "default"
  • "updated"
dry_run?"1"

Set to 1 to get the price of this call without making it: data.dry_run carries credits_min and credits_max. Nothing is charged.

Value in

  • "1"

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/zhihu/question/answers?question_id=string"
{  "success": true,  "platform": "string",  "endpoint": "string",  "schema_version": "2",  "pagination": {    "next_cursor": "string",    "has_more": true,    "page_size": 0,    "stopped_at": "since"  },  "unavailable": [    "string"  ],  "credits_used": 0,  "credits_remaining": 0,  "request_id": "string",  "cached": true,  "idempotent_replay": true,  "charge_reason": "string",  "free_call": true,  "data": {    "items": [      {        "post": {          "id": "string",          "url": "http://example.com",          "kind": "string",          "content": {            "text": "string",            "media_urls": [              "http://example.com"            ],            "thumbnail_url": "http://example.com",            "duration_seconds": 0          },          "author": {            "id": "string",            "username": "string",            "display_name": "string",            "avatar_url": "http://example.com",            "verified": true          },          "engagement": {            "views": 0,            "likes": 0,            "comments": 0,            "shares": 0,            "saves": 0          },          "flags": {            "nsfw": true,            "spoiler": true,            "pinned": true,            "deleted": true,            "likes_hidden": true,            "comments_hidden": true,            "shares_hidden": true,            "views_hidden": true,            "saves_hidden": true          },          "published_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",          "language": "string",          "ext": {            "property1": null,            "property2": null          }        }      }    ],    "total": 0,    "truncated": true,    "ext": {      "property1": null,      "property2": null    }  }}