Zhihu API

Zhihu Question answers API

List the first page of public answers to a Zhihu question with normalized authors and engagement data. Pagination is not supported.

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What the API returnedanswers[0]
{
"id": "3852641177",
"url": "https://www.zhihu.com/question/37811449/answer/3852641177",
"excerpt": "先说结论：DeepSeek最大的意义不是便宜，而是把训练成本曲线往下砸了一个数量级，逼着整个行业重新算账。",
"text": "先说结论：DeepSeek最大的意义不是便宜，而是把训练成本曲线往下砸了一个数量级，逼着整个行业重新算账。过去一年大家习惯了大模型等于烧钱，DeepSeek用远低于同行的训练成本做到了接近第一梯队的效果。",
"createdUtc": 1706227200,
"updatedUtc": 1706400000,
"authorUserId": "a1b2c3d4e5f6",
"authorToken": "lin-yu-84-27",
... 10 more fields
}
Uptime
100.00%
30d · 14 calls
Requests
14
30d
Response
1.5s
median · 30d

Pricing

Zhihu Question answers API pricing

You pay
$12.00
$1.20/1k req, only for what you use. No monthly plan.
Your first 83 requests are free with the $0.10 starting balance.

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{
  "found": true,
  "data": {
    "answers": [
      {
        "id": "3852641177",
        "url": "https://www.zhihu.com/question/37811449/answer/3852641177",
        "excerpt": "先说结论：DeepSeek最大的意义不是便宜，而是把训练成本曲线往下砸了一个数量级，逼着整个行业重新算账。",
        "text": "先说结论：DeepSeek最大的意义不是便宜，而是把训练成本曲线往下砸了一个数量级，逼着整个行业重新算账。过去一年大家习惯了大模型等于烧钱，DeepSeek用远低于同行的训练成本做到了接近第一梯队的效果。",
        "createdUtc": 1706227200,
        "updatedUtc": 1706400000,
        "authorUserId": "a1b2c3d4e5f6",
        "authorToken": "lin-yu-84-27",
        "authorName": "林语",
        "authorImage": "https://pic1.zhimg.com/v2-8f3a2c9b1d0e4f5a6b7c8d9e0f1a2b3c_l.jpg",
        "authorHeadline": "量化研究员 / 机器学习爱好者",
        "authorUrl": "https://www.zhihu.com/people/lin-yu-84-27",
        "questionId": "37811449",
        "questionTitle": "如何评价 DeepSeek？",
        "votes": 8462,
        "comments": 341,
        "saves": 2103,
        "thanks": 512
      },
      {
        "id": "3852700221",
        "url": "https://www.zhihu.com/question/37811449/answer/3852700221",
        "excerpt": "从工程角度看，MLA和DeepSeekMoE的设计确实解决了推理成本的老大难问题。",
        "createdUtc": 1706236000,
        "authorUserId": "b2c3d4e5f6a7",
        "authorToken": "chen-hao-yu-12",
        "authorName": "陈昊宇",
        "authorImage": "https://pic2.zhimg.com/v2-1a2b3c4d5e6f7a8b9c0d1e2f3a4b5c6d_l.jpg",
        "authorHeadline": "系统架构师",
        "votes": 3021,
        "comments": 88,
        "saves": 640,
        "thanks": 201
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

Request body

JSON, posted to this endpoint.

  • questionIdstring

    37811449

    Zhihu question identifier.

  • limitinteger

    5

    Number of answers requested on the first page. Pagination is not supported.

  • orderenum

    default

    Answer ordering: default ranking or recently updated.

You send. A small JSON body. The values shown are examples to replace with your own.

Response

JSON, one example value per field.

each answerdata.answers[]

Normalized answers. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • authorHeadlinestring

    量化研究员 / 机器学习爱好者

    One-line headline the author shows on their Zhihu profile.

  • authorImagestring

    https://pic1.zhimg.com/v2-8f3a2c9b1d0e4f5a6b7c8d9e0f1a2b3c_l.jpg

    Author avatar URL.

  • authorNamestring

    林语

    Author display name. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • authorTokenstring

    lin-yu-84-27

    Author URL token.

  • authorUrlstring

    https://www.zhihu.com/people/lin-yu-84-27

    Canonical URL of the author's Zhihu profile.

  • authorUserIdstring

    a1b2c3d4e5f6

    Author identifier.

  • commentsinteger

    341

    Comment count.

  • createdUtcnumber

    1706227200

    UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • excerptstring

    先说结论：DeepSeek最大的意义不是便宜，而是把训练成本曲线往下砸了一个数量级，逼着整个行业重新算账。

    Answer excerpt. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • idstring

    3852641177

    Answer identifier. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • questionIdstring

    37811449

    Zhihu ID of the question the answer belongs to.

  • questionTitlestring

    如何评价 DeepSeek？

    Title of the question the answer belongs to.

  • savesinteger

    2103

    Save count.

  • textstring

    先说结论：DeepSeek最大的意义不是便宜，而是把训练成本曲线往下砸了一个数量级，逼着整个行业重新算账。过去一年大家习惯了大模型等于烧钱，DeepSeek用远低于同行的训练成本做到了接近第一梯队的效果。

    Full body text of the answer, with HTML markup stripped.

  • thanksinteger

    512

    Thanks count.

  • updatedUtcnumber

    1706400000

    Last update UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.

  • urlstring

    https://www.zhihu.com/question/37811449/answer/3852641177

    Canonical answer URL. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • votesinteger

    8462

    Upvote count.

top level
  • foundboolean

    true

    True when answers were found.

  • reason"not_found"

    Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.

You get back. Named, typed fields in the same shape whichever source answers.

FAQ

About the Zhihu Question answers API

The AnyAPI Zhihu Question answers API returns Zhihu question answers data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/zhihu.question_answers. List the first page of public answers to a Zhihu question with normalized authors and engagement data. Pagination is not supported. AnyAPI returns one normalized schema whichever source serves it. It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Zhihu question answers calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 1.5 seconds across 14 measured calls.

It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet and each call draws it down. Some failed wallet-funded requests incur processing charges that we pass through at cost, with no markup; the error response shows the amount charged.

List the first page of public answers to a Zhihu question with normalized authors and engagement data. Pagination is not supported. The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Zhihu question answers calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 1.5 seconds across 14 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

Yes. A new AnyAPI account starts with $0.10 of free balance and no card required, which covers 83 Zhihu Question answers calls at $0.0012 each.

Send a POST request to https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/zhihu.question_answers with your AnyAPI key in an "Authorization: Bearer" header and the input as a JSON body. The same key and the same wallet work on every AnyAPI endpoint.

No. You add US dollars to one prepaid AnyAPI balance and each request draws it down. There is no monthly plan and no minimum, and the same balance pays for every AnyAPI endpoint.

Yes. Install @getanyapi/sdk from npm for TypeScript or getanyapi from pip for Python. Both call every AnyAPI endpoint with the same key, and any HTTP client works too.

Yes. An agent can connect to the AnyAPI MCP server at https://api.getanyapi.com/mcp, or create its own free-trial key with one unauthenticated POST to https://api.getanyapi.com/agent/signup and call this endpoint over HTTP.
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