aid: wechat
name: WeChat
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wechat/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
description: WeChat (Weixin) is Tencent's flagship super-app, combining messaging, social, payments, mini-apps, official-account publishing, video, enterprise collaboration, and cloud hosting under a single identity. Its developer surface spans the WeChat Open Platform (third-party app login and authorization), Mini Programs (client and server APIs), Mini Games, Official Accounts and Service Accounts, WeChat Pay (APIv3 for mainland China and Global v3 for cross-border merchants), WeChat Work / WeCom (Enterprise WeChat), WeChat Channels (Video Accounts), WeChat Shop, and WeChat Cloud Hosting — addressing over a billion monthly active users primarily in China and across the WeChat international footprint.
image: https://res.wx.qq.com/op_res/9rSix1dhHfK4rW029eFr-aJZkUVtQrKZbZHsFRpeFx_aJ-mQIzZ8DvJZsI7AtZk9
tags:
- Messaging
- Social
- Payments
- Mini Programs
- Mini Games
- Official Accounts
- Enterprise Communication
- Cloud Hosting
- Video
- Identity
- China
- Super App
- Tencent
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
created: '2026-05-22'
modified: '2026-05-23'
apis:
- aid: wechat:wechat-mini-programs-server-api
  name: WeChat Mini Programs Server API
  description: Backend HTTPS/JSON APIs that Mini Program operators call from their own servers to authenticate user sessions (code2Session), mint access tokens, send customer service and template/subscription messages, generate Mini Program codes / QR codes, run content moderation (msgSecCheck, imgSecCheck, mediaCheckAsync), pull analytics (retention, visit trends, user portraits, page distribution), manage logistics, manage plugins, and verify SOTER biometric signatures. This is the server-side counterpart to the Mini Program JS framework and the primary integration surface for Mini Program publishers.
  humanURL: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/api-backend/
  baseURL: https://api.weixin.qq.com
  tags:
  - Mini Programs
  - Server API
  - Authentication
  - Messaging
  - Content Moderation
  - Analytics
  - QR Codes
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/api-backend/
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/framework/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/framework/quickstart/
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/dev/api-backend/open-api/login/auth.code2Session.html
    type: Authentication
- aid: wechat:wechat-mini-programs-client-api
  name: WeChat Mini Programs Client API
  description: Client-side JavaScript API exposed inside the WeChat runtime to Mini Programs and Mini Games. Covers network (wx.request, wx.downloadFile, wx.uploadFile), storage, UI / navigation, media (audio, video, camera, image), location, device (Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, sensors), file system, canvas, payment invocation (wx.requestPayment), login (wx.login), and the WeChat-provided UI components. Apps are built with WXML / WXSS / JS and packaged via the WeChat Developer Tools.
  humanURL: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/api/
  tags:
  - Mini Programs
  - Mini Games
  - Client SDK
  - JavaScript
  - Devices
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/api/
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/framework/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/dev/devtools/devtools.html
    type: IDESupport
  - url: https://github.com/wechat-miniprogram/api-typings
    type: SDK
- aid: wechat:wechat-pay-apiv3-direct-merchant
  name: WeChat Pay APIv3 (Direct-Connect Merchant)
  description: WeChat Pay's third-generation REST API for mainland-China direct-connect merchants. Authenticates with merchant API certificates and platform-key signed requests over HTTPS/JSON. Covers JSAPI / Native / App / H5 / Mini Program payments, refunds, bill download, merchant transfers, WeChat Pay Score, vouchers, marketing red packets, profit sharing, consumer complaints, and platform certificate rotation. Replaces the legacy XML-based APIv2.
  humanURL: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/wiki/doc/apiv3/en/index.shtml
  baseURL: https://api.mch.weixin.qq.com
  tags:
  - Payments
  - WeChat Pay
  - Refunds
  - Marketing
  - Profit Sharing
  - Transfers
  properties:
  - url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/wiki/doc/apiv3/en/index.shtml
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/wiki/doc/apiv3/en/index.shtml
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/index.php/core/home/login
    type: Login
  - url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/
    type: Portal
  - url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-java
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-go
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-php
    type: SDK
  - url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-postman-script
    type: CodeExamples
  - url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/CertificateDownloader
    type: CLI
- aid: wechat:wechat-pay-apiv3-service-provider
  name: WeChat Pay APIv3 (Service Provider / Partner)
  description: WeChat Pay's APIv3 in "service provider" mode, used by payment platforms and ISVs to onboard and operate sub-merchants. Adds combined-order JSAPI/Native/App payments, sub-merchant onboarding ("特约商户进件"), sub-merchant settlement and bill journals, partner-mode refunds, profit sharing across sub-merchants, marketing tooling, and consumer complaint handling on behalf of sub-merchants.
  humanURL: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/wiki/doc/apiv3_partner/en/index.shtml
  baseURL: https://api.mch.weixin.qq.com
  tags:
  - Payments
  - WeChat Pay
  - Service Provider
  - Sub-Merchants
  - Onboarding
  - Profit Sharing
  properties:
  - url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/wiki/doc/apiv3_partner/en/index.shtml
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/wiki/doc/apiv3_partner/en/index.shtml
    type: Documentation
- aid: wechat:wechat-pay-global-v3
  name: WeChat Pay Global v3 API
  description: Cross-border WeChat Pay surface for international institutions and merchants accepting payments from WeChat users outside mainland China. Provides a "universal version for global institutions and merchants" with multi-currency settlement, refunds, and reconciliation distinct from the mainland APIv3.
  humanURL: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/doc/global/v3/en/index.html
  tags:
  - Payments
  - WeChat Pay
  - Cross-Border
  - International
  - Multi-Currency
  properties:
  - url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/doc/global/v3/en/index.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/index.php/public/wechatpay_en
    type: Portal
- aid: wechat:wechat-open-platform-mobile-login
  name: WeChat Open Platform — Mobile App Login (OAuth 2.0)
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization flow exposed by the WeChat Open Platform for native iOS, Android, and HarmonyOS apps. Apps redirect into WeChat to obtain an authorization code, then exchange it via `https://api.weixin.qq.com/sns/oauth2/access_token` for an access token (snsapi_userinfo scope), refresh tokens via `/sns/oauth2/refresh_token`, and fetch profile via `/sns/userinfo`. Access tokens expire in 7200 seconds; refresh tokens last 180 days. Underpins "Login with WeChat" across third-party mobile apps.
  humanURL: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/oplatform/Mobile_App/WeChat_Login/Development_Guide.html
  baseURL: https://api.weixin.qq.com
  tags:
  - Identity
  - OAuth
  - Login
  - Mobile
  - Open Platform
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/oplatform/Mobile_App/WeChat_Login/Development_Guide.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://open.weixin.qq.com/
    type: Portal
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/oplatform/Mobile_App/WeChat_Login/Authorized_Interface_Calling_UnionID.html
    type: APIReference
- aid: wechat:wechat-open-platform-website-login
  name: WeChat Open Platform — Website Login (QR OAuth)
  description: Web-based OAuth 2.0 login that renders a WeChat QR code on third-party websites. End users scan the code in WeChat to authenticate; the website receives a code on its callback URL and exchanges it for a snsapi_login access token plus the user's WeChat OpenID / UnionID. Standard way of adding "Sign in with WeChat" to non-WeChat web properties.
  humanURL: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/oplatform/Website_App/WeChat_Login/Wechat_Login.html
  tags:
  - Identity
  - OAuth
  - Login
  - Web
  - QR Code
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/oplatform/Website_App/WeChat_Login/Wechat_Login.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://open.weixin.qq.com/
    type: Portal
- aid: wechat:wechat-open-platform-third-party
  name: WeChat Open Platform — Third-Party Platform API
  description: API surface that lets authorized ISVs operate Official Accounts and Mini Programs on behalf of merchant clients ("代商家调用接口"). Covers merchant authorization onboarding, developing Mini Programs on behalf of merchants (registration, certification, code template upload, version management), initiating web authorization, handling messages and events, using the JS-SDK on behalf of accounts, cloud development integration, domain configuration, privacy settings, and merchant-violation notifications.
  humanURL: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/oplatform/Third-party_Platforms/Authorization_Process_Technical_Description.html
  tags:
  - Open Platform
  - Third-Party Platform
  - ISV
  - Delegation
  - Mini Programs
  - Official Accounts
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/oplatform/Third-party_Platforms/Authorization_Process_Technical_Description.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://open.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/frame?t=home/wx_plugin&lang=zh_CN
    type: Portal
- aid: wechat:wechat-official-accounts-api
  name: WeChat Official Accounts API
  description: HTTPS/JSON APIs for WeChat Official Accounts (Subscription Accounts and Service Accounts) — the publishing surface used by media, brands, and businesses to reach WeChat followers. Surface includes user-info & tagging, message receipt and reply (text, image, voice, video, news), template messages, customer service messages, custom menus, materials and asset management, QR code with scene parameters, web authorization (snsapi_base / snsapi_userinfo), and the JS-SDK for embedded webpages.
  humanURL: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/offiaccount/Getting_Started/Overview.html
  baseURL: https://api.weixin.qq.com
  tags:
  - Official Accounts
  - Subscription Account
  - Service Account
  - Messaging
  - Templates
  - JS SDK
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/offiaccount/Getting_Started/Overview.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/
    type: Portal
- aid: wechat:wechat-work-api
  name: WeChat Work (WeCom) API
  description: Server API for Enterprise WeChat / WeCom — Tencent's enterprise collaboration suite. All calls are HTTPS/JSON, UTF-8 encoded, and require an access token. Covers Contacts management (members, departments, tags), messaging & event callbacks, group chat sessions and passive reply, External Contacts (customer management, departing-employee inheritance, customer groups, moments), web OAuth / Web login components / secondary verification, Office Automation (mail, document collaboration, calendar, meetings, cloud drive, livestreaming), enterprise payments (red envelopes, employee payment, external collections / invoicing), conversation-content archive for compliance, school/parent communication, civic / grid services, and the AI & data zone for analytics and knowledge bases.
  humanURL: https://developer.work.weixin.qq.com/document/path/90664
  baseURL: https://qyapi.weixin.qq.com
  tags:
  - WeCom
  - Enterprise WeChat
  - Collaboration
  - Contacts
  - Messaging
  - External Contacts
  - Office
  - Compliance
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.work.weixin.qq.com/document/path/90664
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.work.weixin.qq.com/
    type: DeveloperPortal
  - url: https://work.weixin.qq.com/wework_admin/loginpage_wx
    type: Login
  - url: https://github.com/sbzhu/weworkapi_python
    type: SDK
- aid: wechat:wechat-cloud-hosting-api
  name: WeChat Cloud Hosting API
  description: WeChat Cloud Hosting (微信云托管) is Tencent's cloud-native, ops-free container deployment service tightly integrated into the WeChat ecosystem. Documented as "a cloud-native, operations-free, highly available service deployment solution that requires no servers and enables deployment in just one minute." Exposes container deployment APIs, serverless MySQL, object storage with CDN and security validation, native token access (no auth layer needed to call WeChat APIs), the cloud-call service relaying WeChat APIs, message-push routing, WeChat Pay integration without encryption handling, gray deployment and version rollback, real-time log search, resource monitoring, custom alerts, and Enterprise WeChat robot notifications. Supports Node.js, Go, Python, and Java containers plus official templates.
  humanURL: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/dev/wxcloudrun/src/basic/intro.html
  tags:
  - Cloud Hosting
  - Containers
  - Serverless
  - Backend
  - MySQL
  - Object Storage
  - DevOps
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/dev/wxcloudrun/src/basic/intro.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://cloud.weixin.qq.com/
    type: Portal
- aid: wechat:wechat-channels-api
  name: WeChat Channels (Video Accounts) Developer Surface
  description: WeChat Channels (视频号) is WeChat's short-video and livestreaming product. The developer surface — exposed through the Mini Programs platform and Channels merchant tools — covers livestream room creation, livestream goods linkage, Channels-driven traffic into Mini Programs, and merchant integrations. There is no fully public OpenAPI; most APIs are gated to qualified Channels merchants and partners.
  humanURL: https://channels.weixin.qq.com/developers
  tags:
  - Video Accounts
  - Channels
  - Live Streaming
  - Short Video
  - Commerce
  properties:
  - url: https://channels.weixin.qq.com/developers
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://channels.weixin.qq.com/
    type: Portal
- aid: wechat:wechat-shop-api
  name: WeChat Shop (微信小店) API
  description: WeChat Shop (微信小店) is WeChat's unified merchant storefront tying together Mini Programs, Channels livestreaming, Official Accounts, and WeChat Search. APIs cover product (SPU/SKU) management, order lifecycle, after-sales, logistics, inventory, vouchers, and merchant-side fulfilment hooks for the integrated WeChat commerce graph.
  humanURL: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/dev/platform-capabilities/industry/mini-shop/
  tags:
  - Commerce
  - Shop
  - Products
  - Orders
  - Logistics
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/dev/platform-capabilities/industry/mini-shop/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://shop.weixin.qq.com/
    type: Portal
common:
- url: https://www.wechat.com/
  type: Website
- url: https://weixin.qq.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/
  type: DeveloperPortal
- url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/
  type: APIReference
- url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/framework/quickstart/
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/community/develop/doc
  type: Support
- url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/community/
  type: Hub
- url: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/
  type: Console
- url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://pay.weixin.qq.com/index.php/core/home/login
  type: Login
- url: https://work.weixin.qq.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://developer.work.weixin.qq.com/
  type: DeveloperPortal
- url: https://open.weixin.qq.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://channels.weixin.qq.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://cloud.weixin.qq.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://shop.weixin.qq.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://github.com/wechat-miniprogram
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://github.com/wechat-miniprogram/miniprogram-demo
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/wechat-miniprogram/weui-miniprogram
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/wechat-miniprogram/api-typings
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/wechat-miniprogram/threejs-miniprogram
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/Tencent/weui
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-java
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-go
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-php
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-apache-httpclient
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-guzzle-middleware
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/wechatpay-postman-script
  type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3/CertificateDownloader
  type: CLI
- url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/dev/devtools/devtools.html
  type: IDESupport
- url: https://www.weixin.qq.com/agreement?lang=en_US
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.tencent.com/en-us/privacy-policy.html
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://kf.qq.com/
  type: Support
- url: https://service.weixin.qq.com/
  type: Support
- type: Features
  data:
  - WeChat Mini Programs framework (WXML / WXSS / JS) with native-app-grade APIs
  - WeChat Mini Programs Server API on api.weixin.qq.com — code2Session, access tokens, subscribe / template / customer-service messages, content moderation, analytics, QR codes
  - WeChat Pay APIv3 for direct-connect merchants — JSAPI / Native / App / H5 / Mini Program payments, refunds, transfers, profit sharing, Pay Score
  - WeChat Pay APIv3 Service Provider mode for sub-merchant onboarding, combined orders, and partner-side profit sharing
  - WeChat Pay Global v3 API for cross-border / international institutions and merchants
  - WeChat Open Platform OAuth 2.0 login for native mobile (iOS, Android, HarmonyOS) — access tokens expire in 7200s, refresh tokens last 180 days
  - WeChat Open Platform QR Login for third-party websites
  - WeChat Open Platform Third-Party Platform API for ISVs operating Official Accounts and Mini Programs on behalf of merchants
  - WeChat Official Accounts API — user info, template messages, materials, custom menus, QR with scene, JS-SDK
  - WeChat Work / WeCom API on qyapi.weixin.qq.com — contacts, messaging, external contacts, OA, conversation archive, enterprise payments
  - WeChat Cloud Hosting — containerized backend (Node.js / Go / Python / Java) with built-in WeChat API access, serverless MySQL, COS, CDN, gray deploys, logs
  - WeChat Channels developer surface — livestream rooms, livestream commerce, Mini Program integration
  - WeChat Shop API — SPU/SKU, orders, logistics, after-sales for the unified WeChat commerce graph
  - Official Java / Go / PHP SDKs for WeChat Pay APIv3 under github.com/wechatpay-apiv3
  - Postman script and CertificateDownloader CLI for WeChat Pay APIv3 onboarding
  - 74 repos under github.com/wechat-miniprogram including miniprogram-demo (7.2k stars), weui-miniprogram (2.4k), api-typings (798), threejs-miniprogram (781), glass-easel component framework
  - WeUI design library (github.com/Tencent/weui, 27.4k stars) — official UI components for WeChat web pages
  sources:
  - https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/
  - https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/api-backend/
  - https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/en/dev/framework/
  - https://pay.weixin.qq.com/wiki/doc/apiv3/en/index.shtml
  - https://pay.weixin.qq.com/wiki/doc/apiv3_partner/en/index.shtml
  - https://developer.work.weixin.qq.com/document/path/90664
  - https://developers.weixin.qq.com/doc/oplatform/Mobile_App/WeChat_Login/Development_Guide.html
  - https://developers.weixin.qq.com/miniprogram/dev/wxcloudrun/src/basic/intro.html
  - https://github.com/wechat-miniprogram
  - https://github.com/wechatpay-apiv3
  - https://github.com/Tencent
  updated: '2026-05-23'
- type: Notes
  data:
  - No public OpenAPI / Swagger document is published for any WeChat API surface. SDKs are hand-written from the Chinese reference docs.
  - WeChat has no public global status page; outage information is communicated through the developer community at developers.weixin.qq.com/community/ and via Service Notices in mp.weixin.qq.com.
  - WeChat does not publish a public pricing page for its core APIs — Mini Programs, Official Accounts, and the Server API are free at the API level; WeChat Pay fees are negotiated per-merchant in the merchant agreement and are not posted on a public pricing page.
  - WeChat Pay APIv3 supersedes the legacy APIv2 XML protocol; v2 remains in use but Tencent recommends new integrations target v3.
  - Most product documentation is Chinese-first; English mirrors exist for Mini Programs (`/miniprogram/en/dev/`), WeChat Pay APIv3 (`/wiki/doc/apiv3/en/`), and WeChat Pay Global v3, but coverage outside those is limited.
  - WeChat Work / WeCom does not have a Tencent-maintained Python SDK; the most-used Python wrapper (sbzhu/weworkapi_python) is community-maintained and explicitly disclaims it is "for demonstration purposes only."
  - The github.com/wxopen organization is empty (zero public repos) — not the canonical home for WeChat Open Platform SDKs.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- name: WeChat / Tencent
  url: https://developers.weixin.qq.com/