Tencent News

Tencent News

Source Vitals

Attribute

Details

Attribute

Details

Source

Tencent News

Data Collection Method

Public Web scraping

Latency

Generally under 24 hours

Geographic Coverage

China; Chinese language content

Key Use Cases

Tracking public sentiment, analyzing user comments and engagement

Delivery Methods

Full stream

Description

Tencent News provides access to user-generated content such as comments and replies to various articles published on the platform. This data can be leveraged for sentiment analysis, trend tracking, and public opinion monitoring within Chinese media.

Data Dictionary

We provide two different data objects: Comment and Reply messages. We will outline the common fields between them and some data samples.

Common Fields

Field Name

Field Description

Example Data

Field Name

Field Description

Example Data

msgType

Type of message, either "Comment" or "Reply"

Comment

appId

Application ID of the platform

Not provided

commentId

A unique identifier for the comment

8306189960

commentedUserId

The ID of the user who is being replied to

1498978821

commentedUserUrl

URL of the commented user's profile

Not provided

commentedUserDetails

Details about the commented user (Nested Object)

See Nested Object

content

The text content of the comment/reply

\u4e07\u4f17\u4e00\u5fc3 [emoji data]

title

Title associated with the comment (if any)

\u7528\u62376440856\u53d1\u8868\u4e86...

isOriginal

Indicates if the comment is original

0

loginType

Type of login used by the commenter

Not provided

mimeType

MIME type of the content

Not provided

platform

Platform information

Not provided

pubFrom

Publication source

Not provided

pubTime

Time when the comment was published

1724150935

rootId

The root ID of the comment thread

7224371512869396620

articleId

The ID of the article the comment is associated with

8306189960

targetType

Type of target content

Not provided

userId

The ID of the user who made the comment

1498978821

userType

Type of user

Not provided

userUrl

URL of the user's profile

Not provided

userDetails

Details about the user who made the comment (Nested Object)

See Nested Object

cmntSource

Source of the comment

Not provided

cmntType

Type of the comment

Not provided

createdAt

Timestamp of the comment creation

Not provided

postURL

URL to the comment post

https://view.inews.qq.com/a/20240730V07CX000?comment_id=8306189960&orig_id=7231613163276715763

language

Language of the comment content

zh-cn

receivedAt

Time when the comment was received by the system

2024-08-20T15:02:59.815-05:00

Nested Object: commentedUserDetails and userDetails

Field Name

Field Description

Example Data

Field Name

Field Description

Example Data

userid

Unique identifier for the user

Not provided

nick

User's nickname

Not provided

head

URL to the user's profile image

Not provided

gender

User's gender

Not provided

checkstatus

Verification status of the user

Not provided

uidex

Extended user ID

Not provided

region

Region associated with the user

Not provided

hwvip

VIP status of the user

Not provided

hwlevel

User's level

Not provided

hwannual

Annual membership status

Not provided

signature

User's personal signature

Not provided

identity

Identity status of the user

Not provided

viptype

Type of VIP membership

Not provided

thirdlogin

Third-party login status

Not provided

mediaid

Media ID associated with the user

Not provided

email

User's email address

Not provided

certinfo

Certification information (Nested Object)

See Nested Object

regtime

Registration time of the user

Not provided

commentnum

Number of comments made by the user

Not provided

oricommentnum

Number of original comments made by the user

Not provided

repcommentnum

Number of replies made by the user

Not provided

orieffcommentnum

Number of effective original comments made by the user

Not provided

repeffcommentnum

Number of effective replies made by the user

Not provided

commentednum

Number of times the user was commented on

Not provided

commentdeleted

Number of comments deleted by the user

Not provided

upnum

Number of upvotes received by the user

Not provided

following

Number of users the user is following

Not provided

follower

Number of followers the user has

Not provided

userlabel

Labels associated with the user

Not provided

specialidentity

Special identity tags associated with the user

Not provided

desc

User's description

Not provided

descpic

URL to the user's description picture

Not provided

birthday

User's birthday

Not provided

hometown

User's hometown

Not provided

Nested Object: certinfo

Field Name

Field Description

Example Data

Field Name

Field Description

Example Data

certnick

Certification nickname

Not provided

certhead

Certification profile image

Not provided

certinfo

Certification information

Not provided

certidentityid

Certification identity ID

Not provided

certappids

Application IDs associated with the certification

Not provided


Sample Output

Reply Message Sample

{ "msgType": "Reply", "appId": "", "commentId": "8306189960", "commentedUserId": "1498978821", "commentedUserUrl": "", "commentedUserDetails": { "userid": "", "nick": "", "head": "", "gender": "", "checkstatus": "", "uidex": "", "region": "", "hwvip": "", "hwlevel": "", "hwannual": "", "signature": "", "identity": "", "viptype": "", "thirdlogin": "", "mediaid": "", "email": "", "certinfo": { "certnick": "", "certhead": "", "certinfo": "", "certidentityid": "", "certappids": "" }, "regtime": "", "commentnum": "", "oricommentnum": "", "repcommentnum": "", "orieffcommentnum": "", "repeffcommentnum": "", "commentednum": "", "commentdeleted": "", "upnum": "", "following": "", "follower": "", "userlabel": "", "specialidentity": "", "desc": "", "descpic": "", "birthday": "", "hometown": "" }, "content": "[\u4e07\u4f17\u4e00\u5fc3][\u70b9\u8d5e][\u9b3c\u8138][\u9b3c\u8138][\u9b3c\u8138][\u795d\u798f][\u795d\u798f][\u795d\u798f]", "title": "\u7528\u62376440856\u53d1\u8868\u4e86\u4e00\u6761\u70ed\u8bc4", "isOriginal": "0", "loginType": "", "mimeType": "", "platform": "", "pubFrom": "", "pubTime": 1724150935, "rootId": "7224371512869396620", "articleId": "8306189960", "targetType": "", "userId": "1498978821", "userType": "", "userUrl": "", "userDetails": { "userId": "", "nick": "", "head": "", "gender": "", "commentnum": "", "oricommentnum": "", "repcommentnum": "", "orieffcommentnum": "", "repeffcommentnum": "", "commentednum": "", "commentdeleted": "", "upnum": "", "checkstatus": "", "uidex": "", "region": "", "hwvip": "", "hwlevel": "", "hwannual": "", "wbuserinfo": [], "signature": "", "identity": "", "viptype": "", "thirdlogin": "", "following": "", "follower": "", "userlabel": "", "specialidentity": "", "email": "", "certinfo": "", "regtime": "" }, "cmntSource": "", "cmntType": "", "createdAt": "", "postURL": "https://view.inews.qq.com/a/20240730V07CX000?comment_id=8306189960&orig_id=7231613163276715763", "language": "zh-cn", "receivedAt": "2024-08-20T15:02:59.815-05:00" }

 

Comment Message Sample

{ "msgType": "Comment", "appId": "", "commentId": "7231623481264820181", "commentedUserId": "", "commentedUserUrl": "", "commentedUserDetails": "", "content": "\u5c31\u7b97\u662f\u4ead\u706b\uff0c\u90a3\u4e5f\u662f\u7f13\u5175\u4e4b\u8ba1\uff0c\u51b3\u5bf9\u7b49\u4e0d\u4e86\u51e0\u5929\u4ee5\u8272\u5217\u7167\u6253\u4e0d\u8bef", "title": "", "isOriginal": "1", "loginType": "", "mimeType": "", "parentId": "7231623481264820181", "platform": "", "pubFrom": "", "pubTime": 1724153395, "rootId": "", "articleId": "8312818322", "targetType": "", "userId": "1483012828", "userType": "", "userUrl": "", "userDetails": { "userid": "", "nick": "", "head": "", "gender": "", "checkstatus": "", "uidex": "", "region": "", "hwvip": "", "hwlevel": "", "hwannual": "", "signature": "", "identity": "", "viptype": "", "thirdlogin": "", "mediaid": "", "email": "", "certinfo": { "certnick": "", "certhead": "", "certinfo": "", "certidentityid": "", "certappids": "" }, "regtime": "", "commentnum": "", "oricommentnum": "", "repcommentnum": "", "orieffcommentnum": "", "repeffcommentnum": "", "commentednum": "", "commentdeleted": "", "upnum": "", "following": "", "follower": "", "userlabel": "", "specialidentity": "" }, "cmntSource": "", "cmntType": "", "createdAt": "", "postURL": "https://view.inews.qq.com/a/20240820V03HN900?comment_id=8312818322&orig_id=7231623481264820181", "language": "zh-cn", "receivedAt": "2024-08-20T15:03:14.633-05:00" }