With this API, developers can obtain the permanent asset list and save it to the local device when needed.

Notes:

  1. The assets in Media Asset Management on Official Accounts Platform will also be included into the total number of permanent assets.
  2. The limit for the total number of images and articles (including single article and multiple articles) is 5000, and that for the total number of other types is 1000.
  3. This API must be called using the HTTPS protocol.

API Request Format

HTTP request method: GET
https://api.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/material/get_materialcount?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN

Response Description

{
  "voice_count":COUNT,
  "video_count":COUNT,
  "image_count":COUNT,
  "news_count":COUNT
}

Response Parameters

Parameter Description
voice_count Total number of voices
video_count Total number of videos
image_count Total number of images
news_count Total number of articles

The returned JSON packet for a failed request (this is an example of invalid media type):

{"errcode":-1,"errmsg":"system error"}