Zhihu Column Article Full Text by Article ID

omnial/zhihu-web-fetch-column-article-detail

Given a Zhihu column article ID, returns that article: its title, a short excerpt and the full body as plain text (links and markup removed), type, creation and last-update times, upvote, comment, favorite and like counts, its topic tags, the author's ID, handle and display name, and the column it was published in (column ID, title, intro, article count, follower count, creation and update times).

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Price

Up to $0.00205 per call; you pay what the call used

The price shown is the price you pay. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $5.

Data source

Zhihu

Data from Zhihu.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

agent

// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "omnial/zhihu-web-fetch-column-article-detail" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "omnial/zhihu-web-fetch-column-article-detail" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "omnial/zhihu-web-fetch-column-article-detail", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "omnial/zhihu-web-fetch-column-article-detail", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.00205

Updated: Oct 15, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "article_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "article_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The numeric ID of a Zhihu column article (the digits after zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/ in its link)."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The article's ID."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The content type ('article' in every capture)."
    },
    "title": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The article's title."
    },
    "author": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The author's Zhihu member ID."
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The author's display name."
        },
        "url_token": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The author's public Zhihu handle."
        }
      }
    },
    "column": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The column's ID (the part after /column/ in its link)."
        },
        "intro": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The column's introduction, as plain text."
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The column's title."
        },
        "created": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "When the column was created, as a Unix timestamp in seconds."
        },
        "updated": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "When the column was last updated, as a Unix timestamp in seconds."
        },
        "followers": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "How many users follow the column."
        },
        "articles_count": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "How many articles the column holds."
        }
      },
      "description": "The column the article was published in."
    },
    "topics": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The topic's ID."
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The topic's name."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "The topic tags on the article."
    },
    "content": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The article's full body as plain text, links and markup removed."
    },
    "created": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "When the article was published, as a Unix timestamp in seconds."
    },
    "excerpt": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "A short opening excerpt of the article, as plain text."
    },
    "updated": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "When the article was last edited, as a Unix timestamp in seconds."
    },
    "liked_count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "How many likes the article has."
    },
    "article_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The article type ('normal' in every capture)."
    },
    "voteup_count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "How many upvotes the article has."
    },
    "comment_count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "How many comments the article has."
    },
    "favlists_count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "How many times the article was saved to a favorites list."
    }
  },
  "description": "The article, as returned after shaping."
}