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

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

1. Ensure OpenClaw Browser Relay is connected
2. 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