get_fans
Retrieve a Weibo user's followers by providing their unique ID, with options to control pagination and limit results for efficient data collection.
Instructions
Get a Weibo user's fans.
Returns:
list[dict]: List of dictionaries containing fan informationInput Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| uid | Yes | The unique identifier of the Weibo user | |
| limit | No | Maximum number of fans to return, defaults to 15 | |
| page | No | Page number for pagination, defaults to 1 |
Implementation Reference
- src/mcp_server_weibo/server.py:128-141 (handler)The FastMCP tool handler for 'get_fans', registered via @mcp.tool(). Defines input schema with Annotated Field descriptions for uid, limit, page. Delegates execution to WeiboCrawler.get_fans().
@mcp.tool() async def get_fans( ctx: Context, uid: Annotated[int, Field(description="The unique identifier of the Weibo user")], limit: Annotated[int, Field(description="Maximum number of fans to return, defaults to 15", default=15)] = 15, page: Annotated[int, Field(description="Page number for pagination, defaults to 1", default=1)] = 1 ) -> list[dict]: """ Get a Weibo user's fans. Returns: list[dict]: List of dictionaries containing fan information """ return await crawler.get_fans(uid, limit, page) - Core helper function in WeiboCrawler that implements the logic for fetching a user's fans via Weibo search API using specific containerid for fans, parsing the response cards, and converting users to UserProfile objects.
async def get_fans(self, uid: int, limit: int = 15, page: int = 1) -> list[UserProfile]: """ Get fans of a specific Weibo user. Args: uid (int): The unique identifier of the Weibo user limit (int): Maximum number of fans to return, defaults to 15 page (int): The page number for pagination, defaults to 1 Returns: list[UserProfile]: List of UserProfile objects containing fan information """ async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client: try: params = { 'containerid': f'231051_-_fans_-_{str(uid)}', 'page': page, } encoded_params = urlencode(params) response = await client.get(f'{SEARCH_URL}?{encoded_params}', headers=DEFAULT_HEADERS) result = response.json() cards = result["data"]["cards"] if len(cards) < 1: return [] else: cardGroup = cards[-1]['card_group'] return [self._to_user_profile(item['user']) for item in cardGroup][:limit] except httpx.HTTPError: self.logger.error(f"Unable to get fans for uid '{str(uid)}'", exc_info=True) return [] - src/mcp_server_weibo/schemas.py:4-31 (schema)Pydantic BaseModel UserProfile defining the output structure for each fan returned by get_fans (list[UserProfile]).
class UserProfile(BaseModel): """ Data model for a Weibo user's profile information. Attributes: id (int): User's unique identifier screen_name (str): User's display name profile_image_url (str): URL to user's profile image profile_url (str): URL to user's Weibo profile page description (str): User's profile description follow_count (int): Number of users the user is following followers_count (str): Number of followers (as string) avatar_hd (str): URL to user's high-resolution avatar image verified (bool): Whether the user is verified verified_reason (str): Reason for verification gender (str): User's gender """ id: int = Field() screen_name: str = Field() profile_image_url: str = Field() profile_url: str = Field() description: str = Field() follow_count: int = Field() followers_count: str = Field() avatar_hd: str = Field() verified: bool = Field() verified_reason: str = Field() gender: str = Field()