Get Moments of user in Wechat

Question

My goal is to get all moments of some user using public API. I've found this documentaion, but, as I understood, it is aimed to creating Mini Programs, which doesn't suit me. The most desirable way is just to send one request with user's credentials. Is it even possible, and if it is, how do I approach it?

Answer 1

I don't think there is any public API to get this data. Options you could use are:

• Automation of Android phone (for example using Appium: https://github.com/zxkane/WeChatMoments)
• Automation of Windows version of WeChat (for example using pywinauto: https://github.com/middleclicker/Wechat-Moments-Scraper)
• Extraction of Moments data from the WeChat app cache: https://github.com/Atlasoin/wechat-moments-exporter
  • Guides:
    • https://atlas.xlog.page/how-to-export-moments-and-post-on-chain?locale=en
    • https://atlas.xlog.app/how-to-export-moments-and-post-on-chain?locale=en
• Taking screenshots of Moments while scrolling and then analysing them as raster images: https://gist.github.com/xhorn-pan/962bd14d5aa00a77f9195c7b83ee9c50
• Getting Moments directly from the device with root access: https://github.com/Chion82/WeChatMomentStat-Android

Answer 2

If you are looking for what's possible on the web side of things (no MiniProgram), you need to refer tot the Official Account Documentation (https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/offiaccount/en/Getting_Started/Overview.html). As far as I am aware, only public information of users can be retrieved, and it does not include their Moments.