# Weibo Hot Search API Documentation

Retrieve the current Weibo hot search board: a ranked list of trending topics with heat values, categories and flags. A valid empty board is a successful response.

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/weibo-api/weibo_hot_search](https://scrappa.co/docs/weibo-api/weibo_hot_search)
- **API group:** Weibo API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/weibo/hot-search`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Example request

```bash
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/weibo/hot-search"
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "success": true,
    "data": [
        {
            "rank": 1,
            "word": "\u90d1\u94a6\u6587\u56e2\u961f\u4e00\u5929\u5c31\u5f97\u82b1\u4e94\u4e07\u591a\u5757",
            "heat": 91611,
            "category": "\u4f53\u80b2",
            "flag": 1,
            "topic_flag": 0
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "hot_search"
    }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 503 | Upstream Unavailable | The Weibo API is temporarily unavailable. This response is not billable. |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)