Zhihu APIs - Column Article List (V1)

prod-global

GET

/api/zhihu/get-column-article-list/v1

Retrieve the list of articles published under a specific Zhihu Column by its column ID.

Typical use cases:

• Tracking creator output and analyzing column performance.
• Knowledge aggregation based on specific topics.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
token	query	string	Yes	TOKEN
columnId	query	string	Yes	Column ID
offset	query	integer	No	Start offset, begins with 0.

Code Samples

💡 Environment Note

Default samples use https://api.justoneapi.com (prod-global). For users in Mainland China, it is recommended to replace it with http://47.117.133.51:30015 (prod-cn) for better performance. See Environment Guide.

🐚 cURL

# Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
curl -X GET "https://api.justoneapi.com/api/zhihu/get-column-article-list/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&columnId=VALUE"

🤖 AI Prompt

I want to use the "Column Article List (V1)" API from Just One API.
API Endpoint: https://api.justoneapi.com/api/zhihu/get-column-article-list/v1
HTTP Method: GET
Authentication: Append "?token=YOUR_API_KEY" to the URL.
OpenAPI Definition: https://docs.justoneapi.com/openapi/zhihu-apis/column-article-list-v1-en.json

Parameters:
- token (query): TOKEN (Required)
- columnId (query): Column ID (Required)
- offset (query): Start offset, begins with 0.

Return format: JSON

Response Handling & Error Codes:
1. Business results should be determined by the "code" field in the response body (code 0 means success).
2. Timeout Recommendation: Set request timeout to at least 60 seconds.
3. Business Code Reference:
   - 0: Success
   - 100: Invalid or Inactive Token
   - 301: Collection Failed. Please Retry.
   - 302: Rate Limit Exceeded
   - 303: Daily Quota Exceeded
   - 400: Invalid Parameters
   - 500: Internal Server Error
   - 600: Permission Denied
   - 601: Insufficient Balance

Please help me write a script in my preferred programming language to call this API and handle the response.

🐍 Python

# Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
import requests

url = "https://api.justoneapi.com/api/zhihu/get-column-article-list/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&columnId=VALUE"
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

🌐 JavaScript

// Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
const response = await fetch("https://api.justoneapi.com/api/zhihu/get-column-article-list/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&columnId=VALUE", {
  method: "GET"
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

☕ Java

// Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.justoneapi.com/api/zhihu/get-column-article-list/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&columnId=VALUE"))
            .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
            .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

🐹 Go

// Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	client := &http.Client{}
	url := "https://api.justoneapi.com/api/zhihu/get-column-article-list/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&columnId=VALUE"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

🐘 PHP

// Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.justoneapi.com/api/zhihu/get-column-article-list/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&columnId=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

[OpenAPI Definition (JSON)]

Responses

{
  "code": 0,
  "data": {
    "paging": {
      "is_end": false,
      "totals": 1467,
      "previous": "http://www.zhihu.com/api/v4/columns/zhangjiawei/items?limit=10&ws_qiangzhisafe=0&offset=0",
      "is_start": true,
      "next": "http://www.zhihu.com/api/v4/columns/zhangjiawei/items?limit=10&ws_qiangzhisafe=0&offset=10"
    },
    "data": [
      {
        "updated": 1772787785,
        "is_labeled": false,
        "copyright_permission": "need_review",
        "settings": {
          "table_of_contents": {
            "enabled": false
          }
        },
        "excerpt": "据说每一代人，都会被个什么坏东西毁掉。 我上大学时，“互联网和游戏会毁掉这一代人！” 我上小学时，“港台影视剧和港台明星会毁掉这一代人！” 我叔叔说，他刚参加工作时，“武侠小说会毁掉这一代人！” 等等...",
        "admin_closed_comment": false,
        "voting": 0,
        "article_type": "normal",
        "reason": "",
        "force_login_when_click_read_more": false,
        "excerpt_title": "",
        "id": "2013298427925123440",
        "voteup_count": 262,
        "title_image": "",
        "has_column": true,
        "url": "https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/2013298427925123440",
        "comment_permission": "all",
        "author": {
          "is_followed": false,
          "avatar_url_template": "https://pic1.zhimg.com/v2-d626957872f9b38fa594394db2d2e6e7.jpg?source=d16d100b",
          "uid": "26731574460416",
          "user_type": "people",
          "is_following": false,
          "type": "people",
          "url_token": "zhang-jia-wei",
          "id": "f9de84865e3e8455a09af78bfe4d1da5",
          "description": "",
          "name": "张佳玮",
          "is_advertiser": false,
          "headline": "公号：张佳玮写字的地方",
          "gender": 1,
          "url": "/people/f9de84865e3e8455a09af78bfe4d1da5",
          "avatar_url": "https://picx.zhimg.com/v2-d626957872f9b38fa594394db2d2e6e7_l.jpg?source=d16d100b",
          "is_org": false,
          "badge": [
            {
              "topics": [],
              "type": "best_answerer",
              "description": "优秀答主"
            }
          ]
        },
        "comment_count": 38,
        "created": 1772787785,
        "content": "<p data-pid=\"3TIRnByL\">据说每一代人，都会被个什么坏东西毁掉。</p><p class=\"ztext-empty-paragraph\"><br/></p><p data-pid=...",
        "state": "published",
        "content_need_truncated": true,
        "image_url": "",
        "title": "“毁掉一代人的就是这！”",
        "can_comment": {
          "status": true,
          "reason": ""
        },
        "type": "article",
        "suggest_edit": {
          "status": false,
          "url": "",
          "reason": "",
          "tip": "",
          "title": ""
        }
      }
    ],
    "need_force_login": false
  }
}

💡 Note: For list data, the example shows only 1-2 items for simplicity. The actual count depends on the API response.