WeChat Article Download API

Fetch and export WeChat public article content through down.mptext.top API. Use when testing this API, downloading a WeChat article, validating html/markdown/text/json output differences, or batch-saving article content to local files.

Overview

Use this skill to call https://down.mptext.top/api/public/v1/download without API key, fetch a WeChat article by URL, and save outputs as html, markdown, text, or json.

Workflow

1. Confirm target article URL.
2. Pick output format(s): html, markdown, text, json.
3. Run scripts/fetch_wechat_article.py to request API and save files.
4. Check returned status, content type, and local file size.

Quick Commands

Fetch all 4 formats to current directory:

python scripts/fetch_wechat_article.py \
  --url "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/W-8MSBo5FwDY8OmCUN0cSw" \
  --formats html markdown text json

Set output directory and basename:

python scripts/fetch_wechat_article.py \
  --url "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xxx" \
  --formats json \
  --outdir "d:/wechattxt/output" \
  --basename "wx_article"

Output Naming

Save files as {basename}.{ext}:

• html -> .html
• markdown -> .md
• text -> .txt
• json -> .json

Print one summary line per format:

• HTTP status code
• response Content-Type
• output file path
• byte size

Error Handling

Treat non-200 status as failure. Keep processing remaining formats unless --fail-fast is set. Raise process exit code 1 if any format fails.

Resources

• API details: references/api.md
• Runner script: scripts/fetch_wechat_article.py