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Zhihu API
Questions, answers, articles, and expert profiles from China's largest knowledge community.
TikHub's Zhihu API provides structured access to 知乎 — China's Quora-meets-Medium. Pull questions with full answer threads, column articles, user profiles with credentials, topic taxonomies, and search results. High-quality, long-form Chinese text that's ideal for LLM training and research.
What's in the Zhihu API
Zhihu Web API
One request to structured JSON
1curl -X GET "https://api.tikhub.io/api/v1/zhihu/web/fetch_column_article_detail?article_id=ARTICLE_ID" \2 -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Get your API key at user.tikhub.io/dashboard/api — see the getting-started guide.
What teams build with it
- Build high-quality Chinese Q&A corpora for LLM training
- Track expert opinion on industries and products
- Research consumer decision journeys in Chinese
- Monitor topic-level knowledge trends
Zhihu API — frequently asked questions
Do I need a Zhihu developer account to use this API?
No. Sign up for a free TikHub account, create an API key, and call standard REST endpoints. There is no Zhihu developer application, app review, or OAuth flow involved — TikHub provides structured access to publicly available data.
What Zhihu data can I extract?
Public questions with answer threads, column articles, user profiles, topic data, comments, and search results.
How much does the Zhihu API cost?
Pay-as-you-go from $0.001 per request, with automatic daily volume discounts down to $0.0005 at 30,000+ requests/day. New accounts get $0.05 free credit (~50 requests) — no credit card required.
Is the Zhihu data suitable for AI training?
Yes. Responses are structured JSON, and the same data is available as bulk datasets (CSV, JSON, JSONL, Parquet) for model training, RAG pipelines, and fine-tuning. TikHub collects public data only and operates in alignment with GDPR and CCPA.