Weibo

Overview

Chinese microblogging platform (social media). China's Twitter/X equivalent with trending topics, user timelines, post detail/comments, and write operations (like, repost, follow, bookmark).

Workflows

Browse trending and read a post

1. getHotSearch → realtime[].word
2. getHotFeed(group_id, containerid, extparam) → statuses[].mid, statuses[].user.id
3. getPost(id=mid) → full post with text, images, engagement

Explore a user's profile and posts

1. getUserProfile(uid) → screen_name, bio, followers_count, verification
2. getUserDetail(uid) → birthday, ip_location, created_at
3. getUserStatuses(uid, page) → list[].mid, list[].user.id
4. getPost(id=mid) → full post detail

Read home feed and interact (verified write ops, paired)

1. getHotFeed(group_id, containerid, extparam) → pick post → statuses[].mid (numeric long), statuses[].user.id
2. likePost(id ← statuses[].mid) → ok, attitude
3. unlikePost(id ← statuses[].mid) → ok (reverses likePost)
4. bookmarkPost(id ← statuses[].mid) → ok, favorited_time
5. unbookmarkPost(id ← statuses[].mid) → ok (reverses bookmarkPost; note upstream typo destory)
6. repost(id ← statuses[].mid, reason) → ok, statuses (publish a quote-repost)

mid format matters. Write ops require the numeric long-integer mid
(e.g. 5289345339621625) from feed responses, not the alphanumeric
mblogid (e.g. Qyj0ifs0m) used by getPost. setLike/destoryFavorites accept
only the long integer.

Follow / unfollow a user from a post

1. getPost(id) or feed → user.id
2. followUser(friend_uid ← user.id) → returns target user object
3. unfollowUser(uid ← user.id) → reverses followUser (note: param is uid, not friend_uid; endpoint typo destory)

Operations

Operation	Intent	Key Input	Key Output	Notes
getFriendsFeed	home feed	list_id	statuses[].mid, user.id, since_id	entry point; paginate via since_id
getHotFeed	trending feed	group_id, containerid, extparam	statuses[].mid, user.id, total_number	entry point; 102803 = default hot
getHotSearch	trending topics	—	realtime[].word, num, icon_desc	entry point; top 50
getUserProfile	user profile	uid	user.screen_name, followers_count, verified	entry point (with known uid)
getUserDetail	user extended info	uid ← getUserProfile	ip_location, created_at, birthday
getUserStatuses	user's posts	uid ← getUserProfile, page	list[].mid, user.id, total	page-based pagination
getPost	post detail	id ← feed/statuses mid	text_raw, reposts_count, comments_count, attitudes_count, user.id, pic_infos
getLongtext	full text for truncated post	id ← getPost (when isLongText=true)	longTextContent, longTextContent_raw
listReposts	post reposts	id ← getPost id (numeric)	data[], total_number	page-based
likePost	like a post	id ← feed/getPost mid (numeric long)	ok, attitude	SAFE: reversible via unlikePost
repost	repost/retweet	id ← feed mid, reason	ok, statuses	SAFE: reversible via deletePost (not exposed)
followUser	follow a user	friend_uid ← user.id	id, screen_name, ok	SAFE: reversible via unfollowUser
bookmarkPost	bookmark a post	id ← feed mid	status (post obj)	SAFE: reversible via unbookmarkPost
unlikePost	unlike a post	id ← feed mid	ok	CAUTION: reverses likePost
unfollowUser	unfollow a user	uid ← user.id	id, screen_name, ok	CAUTION: param is uid not friend_uid; endpoint typo /friendships/destory
unbookmarkPost	remove bookmark	id ← feed mid	status (post obj, favorited:false)	CAUTION: endpoint typo /statuses/destoryFavorites

Quick Start

# Get trending topics
openweb weibo exec getHotSearch '{}'

# Get home feed
openweb weibo exec getFriendsFeed '{"list_id": "my_follow_all", "count": 25}'

# Get hot/trending feed
openweb weibo exec getHotFeed '{"group_id": 102803, "containerid": 102803, "count": 10, "extparam": "discover|new_feed"}'

# Get a user's profile
openweb weibo exec getUserProfile '{"uid": 1918530507}'

# Get a user's posts
openweb weibo exec getUserStatuses '{"uid": 1706699904, "page": 1}'

# Get a specific post
openweb weibo exec getPost '{"id": "Qyj0ifs0m"}'

# Get reposts of a post
openweb weibo exec listReposts '{"id": 5281762063682574, "page": 1, "count": 10}'

# Like / unlike a post (numeric long mid, not mblogid)
openweb weibo exec likePost   '{"id": "5289345339621625"}'
openweb weibo exec unlikePost '{"id": "5289345339621625"}'

# Bookmark / unbookmark (note "destory" typo on the unbookmark endpoint)
openweb weibo exec bookmarkPost   '{"id": "5288272024575643"}'
openweb weibo exec unbookmarkPost '{"id": "5288272024575643"}'

# Follow / unfollow (note: unfollow uses `uid`, follow uses `friend_uid`)
openweb weibo exec followUser   '{"friend_uid": "6859786766"}'
openweb weibo exec unfollowUser '{"uid": "6859786766"}'

# Quote-repost
openweb weibo exec repost '{"id": "5289345339621625", "reason": "interesting"}'

Known Limitations

• Login required — every op needs a logged-in weibo.com browser tab (SUB cookie).
• Numeric long mid for write ops — likePost/unlikePost/bookmarkPost/unbookmarkPost/repost reject the alphanumeric mblogid. Read mid from feed responses (getFriendsFeed.statuses[].mid, getHotFeed.statuses[].mid), not from getPost.
• Upstream typos: destory (not destroy) — unbookmarkPost POSTs to /ajax/statuses/destoryFavorites and unfollowUser POSTs to /ajax/friendships/destory. Both spellings are wrong (Weibo's typo); using the "correct" destroy returns HTML 404. Param name is also asymmetric — followUser takes friend_uid, unfollowUser takes uid.