Zhihu Daily API

1. Basic Call

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Base API URL

https://zeapi.ink/v1/api/zhihu

Send a GET request directly to the following URL to retrieve Zhihu Daily data:

https://zeapi.ink/v1/api/zhihu

Shell request code:

curl -X GET https://zeapi.ink/v1/api/zhihu

2. Request Parameters

This API does not require additional request parameters; simply call it using a GET request.

3. JSON Response Format

Example of a successful response:

{
  "name": "Zhihu Daily",
  "alias": "zhihu",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "title": "A Netizen Tried Walking a Straight Line on the Equator but Lost Balance After a Few Steps—Is This True?",
      "img": [
        "https://pic1.zhimg.com/v2-8fe28e545b2cb3b415f9ee72a4439aa6.jpg?source=8673f162"
      ],
      "desc": "Ji Sa Academy Leng Zhe · 2 minutes read",
      "url": "https://daily.zhihu.com/story/9783611",
      "mUrl": "https://daily.zhihu.com/story/9783611"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "title": "If Humans Could Briefly Experience a Cat's Vision, Hearing, and Smell, What Would Be the Most Shocking?",
      "img": [
        "https://picx.zhimg.com/v2-bcd7f324ef283267ee6a79f9e871cf63.jpg?source=8673f162"
      ],
      "desc": "Cat City · 1 minute read",
      "url": "https://daily.zhihu.com/story/9783612",
      "mUrl": "https://daily.zhihu.com/story/9783612"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "title": "If Evolution Is About Adapting to the Environment, Why Are There So Few Types of Geographical Environments on Earth but So Many Species?",
      "img": [
        "https://picx.zhimg.com/v2-18b53d44819f4d8a881771ea5904ba48.jpg?source=8673f162"
      ],
      "desc": "Ruo Shui · 3 minutes read",
      "url": "https://daily.zhihu.com/story/9783613",
      "mUrl": "https://daily.zhihu.com/story/9783613"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "title": "Why Are Young People Adopting 'If You Get Serious, You Lose' as an Emotional Trend? Is Our 'Emotional Expression' Collectively Downgrading?",
      "img": [
        "https://picx.zhimg.com/v2-7271c090631529caf0a7cc56c39b7a4f.jpg?source=8673f162"
      ],
      "desc": "Ting Yun Ai Ai · 4 minutes read",
      "url": "https://daily.zhihu.com/story/9783622",
      "mUrl": "https://daily.zhihu.com/story/9783622"
    }
  ]
}

Example of an error response (data retrieval failed):

{
    "error": "Failed to retrieve data"
}

4. Response Field Descriptions

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Title, fixed as "Zhihu Daily"
alias	string	Alias, fixed as "zhihu"
data	array	List of items, containing multiple entries
data.id	int	Ranking
data.title	string	Title
data.img	array	Array of image URLs
data.desc	string	Description (author · reading time)
data.url	string	Web search link
data.mUrl	string	Mobile search link
error	string	Operation result message (returned only on error)