# WeChat

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/wechat/  
**Website:** https://www.wechat.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 16

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.

## Kin Score — 48.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 48.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 60.7 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 73.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 57.1 |
| Access Clarity | 57.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 21.9 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 26.0 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (16)

- **WeChat Mini Programs Server API** — 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 templ...
- **WeChat Mini Programs Client API** — 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 / navigati...
- **WeChat Pay APIv3 (Direct-Connect Merchant)** — 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...
- **WeChat Pay APIv3 (Service Provider / Partner)** — 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-mercha...
- **WeChat Pay Global v3 API** — Cross-border WeChat Pay surface for international institutions and merchants accepting payments from WeChat users outside mainland China. Provides a "universal version for globa...
- **WeChat Open Platform — Mobile App Login (OAuth 2.0)** — 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 exc...
- **WeChat Open Platform — Website Login (QR OAuth)** — 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 U...
- **WeChat Open Platform — Third-Party Platform API** — 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...
- **WeChat Official Accounts API** — HTTPS/JSON APIs for WeChat Official Accounts (Subscription Accounts and Service Accounts) — the publishing surface used by media, brands, and businesses to reach WeChat follower...
- **WeChat Work (WeCom) API** — 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 manage...
- **WeChat Cloud Hosting API** — 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, operat...
- **WeChat Channels (Video Accounts) Developer Surface** — 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 ...
- **WeChat Shop (微信小店) API** — 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/SK...
- **WeChat Access Token API** — Application-level access token management.
- **WeChat Login API** — Mini Program login and session exchange.
- **WeChat User Information API** — User identity (UnionID) lookups.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Wechat Agentic Access** — 3 operations

## Security (1)

- **Wechat Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Messaging, Social, Payments, Mini Programs, Mini Games, Official Accounts, Enterprise Communication, Cloud Hosting, Video, Identity, China, Super App, Tencent

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/wechat/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.