https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/cn-social/searchSearch recent posts and articles across Chinese news sites, Weibo, WeChat, Zhihu, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili and Kuaishou by keyword, with source and time-range filters. Results come from a cached index, so rare keywords can return few items.
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Search recent posts and articles across Chinese news sites, Weibo, WeChat, Zhihu, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili and Kuaishou by keyword, with source and time-range filters. Results come from a cached index, so rare keywords can return few items.
The result is returned in outputs[0].data in the platform's original structure.
curl -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/cn-social/search" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"keyword": "人工智能", "source": "ALL", "start": "2026-10-19 00:00:00", "end": "2026-11-02 00:00:00"}'
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
keyword | string | No | Search query string. Supports these five syntax forms: - AND (&&): A && B matches content containing both A and B. - OR ( |
source | string | No | Target social media platform for search filtering. |
start | string | No | Start time of the search period (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss). Required for initial request. |
end | string | No | End time of the search period (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss). Required for initial request. |
nextCursor | string | No | Pagination cursor provided by the 'nextCursor' field in the previous response. |
Flat price per call. Failed calls and empty results are not charged.
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# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/cn-social/search" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"end": "2026-11-02 00:00:00",
"start": "2026-10-19 00:00:00",
"source": "ALL",
"keyword": "人工智能"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
printf '%s\n' "$result"Set your SandBase API key in your server environment. Requests use Bearer authentication.
export SANDBASE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"Keep your key on the server. Do not expose it in browser code.
keywordstringSearch query string. Supports these five syntax forms: - AND (&&): A && B matches content containing both A and B. - OR (||): A || B matches content containing A or B. - Exclusion (-): -A matches content that does not contain A. - Parentheses (): (A && B) || C matches content containing C, or both A and B. - English double quotes (""): "A" disables tokenization and requires an exact match for A.
sourcestringTarget social media platform for search filtering.
Default: "ALL"
Possible values: ALL, NEWS, WEIBO, WEIXIN, ZHIHU, DOUYIN, XIAOHONGSHU, BILIBILI, KUAISHOU
startstringStart time of the search period (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss). Required for initial request.
endstringEnd time of the search period (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss). Required for initial request.
nextCursorstringPagination cursor provided by the 'nextCursor' field in the previous response.
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| API | Price | Response |
|---|---|---|
China Social Media SearchThis API China Social Media | $0.03 per call | JSON |
Questions
Send a POST request to https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/cn-social/search with your SandBase API key in the Authorization header (Bearer) and the parameters as a JSON body. You can also try it in the Playground on this page without writing code.
$0.03 per call, billed from your SandBase balance. You are only charged for calls you make; there is no subscription.
No parameters are required. Optional: keyword (string), source (one of ALL, NEWS, WEIBO, WEIXIN, ZHIHU, DOUYIN, XIAOHONGSHU, BILIBILI, KUAISHOU), start (string), end (string) and nextCursor (string). The Parameters table and the Playground on this page list every field.
A JSON response returned in the same HTTP request (synchronous).
No. China Social Media Search runs through SandBase, so one SandBase API key covers this endpoint and every other API and model in the catalog. You do not need to apply for China Social Media API access separately.