# Weibo User Profile API Documentation

Retrieve the public profile of a Weibo user: screen name, bio, follower count, following count, post count, verification status, gender and avatar URL. A valid profile with zero followers or an empty bio is still a successful response.

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

## 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.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `uid` | string | Yes | Weibo user ID (numeric string). Example: 7857214613. |

## Example request

```bash
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/weibo/user?uid=7857214613"
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "uid": 7857214613,
        "screen_name": "\u5e74\u7cd5\u6761\u597d\u9999",
        "description": "",
        "followers_count": 82551000,
        "follow_count": 312,
        "statuses_count": 19711,
        "verified": false,
        "gender": "m",
        "avatar_url": "https://tvax2.sinaimg.cn/..."
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "user_profile"
    }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 422 | Validation Error | The uid parameter is missing or not a numeric string. This response is not billable. |
| 404 | User Not Found | The requested Weibo user was not found. This response is not billable. |
| 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)