WeChat Article Reader

URL Normalization

Critical: The URL must end with ?scene=1 (not &scene=1), otherwise a CAPTCHA will be triggered.

Rules:

• No query params → append ?scene=1
• Has existing ? params → parse and rewrite query to include scene=1

Steps

1. Open the page with browser open "<url>?scene=1"
2. Wait for content with browser wait "#js_content" --load networkidle
3. Extract body text with browser evaluate --fn "() => document.querySelector('#js_content')?.innerText || document.querySelector('.rich_media_content')?.innerText || document.body.innerText"
4. Return plain text content
5. Close the tab with browser close <tabId>

Troubleshooting

• CAPTCHA → verify the URL has ?scene=1
• Empty content → page may not have fully loaded, retry browser wait
• Deleted article → the page will display a notice