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Interact with Sina Weibo API

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Overview

This node interacts with the Sina Weibo API to retrieve various user-related statistics and information. Specifically, the "Get Users Counts" operation fetches count metrics related to a specified user, such as the number of followers, followings, posts, or other relevant user statistics provided by the Weibo platform.

This node is beneficial in scenarios where you want to monitor or analyze user engagement or popularity on Sina Weibo. For example, marketers can track follower growth over time, developers can integrate user stats into dashboards, or analysts can gather data for social media research.

Practical example: You want to get the counts of followers, followings, and posts for a particular user ID to display on a custom analytics dashboard.

Properties

Name Meaning
User ID The unique identifier of the user whose counts you want to retrieve.

Output

The output JSON contains the user counts data returned from the Sina Weibo API via the intermediary API service. This typically includes numeric values representing different user metrics such as:

  • Number of followers
  • Number of users followed
  • Number of posts made
  • Other count-based user statistics available from the API

The exact structure depends on the Weibo API response but generally consists of key-value pairs with count names and their respective numbers.

No binary data output is involved in this operation.

Dependencies

  • Requires an API key credential for the intermediary API service ("N8N Tools API") that validates subscription and access.
  • The node uses the Sina Weibo API through this intermediary service.
  • Proper configuration of the API key credential in n8n is necessary for successful requests.
  • Network access to https://api.weibo.com and the intermediary API endpoint is required.

Troubleshooting

  • Invalid subscription or API key error: If the node throws an error about invalid subscription or API key, verify that your API key credential is correctly set up and active.
  • HTTP request failures: Network issues or incorrect credentials may cause HTTP errors; ensure connectivity and correct credential usage.
  • Empty or missing User ID: Providing an empty or invalid User ID may result in no data or errors; always specify a valid user identifier.
  • Unknown operation error: This should not occur if the operation is correctly selected as "Get Users Counts"; otherwise, check the operation parameter.

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