Zhihu CLI

A CLI tool for interacting with Zhihu (知乎) content.

Installation

# Install globally
npm install -g zhihu-cli

# Or use npx
npx zhihu-cli <command>

Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | zhihu login | Auto-extract cookies from Chrome | | zhihu whoami | Check login status | | zhihu set-cookie <cookie> | Set cookie manually | | zhihu hot | Get hot topics | | zhihu search <keyword> | Search content | | zhihu topics <keyword> | Search topics | | zhihu read <url> | Read answer/article | | zhihu user <token> | Get user info by url_token | | zhihu vote <url> | Browser Relay vote instructions | | zhihu follow [url] | Browser Relay follow instructions | | zhihu post | Browser Relay post instructions |

Features

🔍 Search Zhihu content
🔥 Get hot topics
📖 Read answers/articles
👤 View user info
👍 Vote (via Browser Relay)
👣 Follow users (via Browser Relay)
🔐 Auto cookie extraction from Chrome

Cookie Setup

Option 1: Auto (recommended)

zhihu login

Opens Chrome and extracts cookies automatically.

Option 2: Manual

zhihu set-cookie "your_zhihu_cookie_string"

Browser Relay Operations

Some operations (vote, follow, post) require Browser Relay due to API limitations.

Setup

Ensure OpenClaw Browser Relay is connected
Use the respective command to get instructions

Voting

zhihu vote <answer_url>

Then click the vote button in browser or use JS:

const btn = document.querySelector('button[class*="VoteButton"]');
if (btn) btn.click();

Following

zhihu follow <user_url>

Or click the follow button in browser.

API Limitations

Zhihu has restricted API access for:

Vote/unvote (use Browser Relay)
Follow/unfollow (use Browser Relay)
Comments (partially available)

Read operations (search, hot, read, user) work via API.

Examples

# Get hot topics
zhihu hot

# Search for Python tutorials
zhihu search Python教程

# Read an answer
zhihu read https://www.zhihu.com/question/123456/answer/789012

# Get user info
zhihu user lightislost

# Check login
zhihu whoami

Notes

Cookie is stored in ~/.zhihu-cookie
Some features require login (votes, follows)
Browser Relay provides more reliable write operations