- name
- wechat-mp-draft-publisher
- description
- Publish WeChat Official Account draft articles through a packaged CLI executable that wraps WeChat API calls. Use when the user wants to publish or create a draft from local article content and images, especially when the required flow is getAuth -> uploadArticleImage -> uploadCoverImage -> addDraft.
WeChat MP Draft Publisher
Publish draft articles by calling the bundled wrapper script, which enforces this fixed sequence:
getAuthuploadArticleImageuploadCoverImageaddDraft
Requirements
- Provide executable via one of:
- Local binary path: - CLI flag --bin /absolute/path/to/mp-weixin-skill - Env var MP_WECHAT_CLI_BIN - GitHub Release auto-download: - Env var MP_WECHAT_RELEASE_URL=https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/releases/download/<tag>/<asset> (direct asset URL, supports zip or binary) - or: - Env var MP_WECHAT_GITHUB_REPO=owner/repo - Optional env MP_WECHAT_RELEASE_TAG=latest (default latest) - Optional env MP_WECHAT_ASSET_NAME=custom-asset-name
- Ensure local credentials file exists for
getAuth:
- ~/.weixin_credentials - format: - appid=YOUR_APP_ID - secret=YOUR_APP_SECRET
- Prepare these files before running:
- Article content file (--content-file), usually HTML - Inline article image (--article-image) - Cover image (--cover-image)
Run
Use the wrapper script:
bash scripts/publish_draft.sh \
--article-image /absolute/path/to/article-image.png \
--cover-image /absolute/path/to/cover-image.png \
--content-file /absolute/path/to/content.html \
--title "Article Title" \
--author "Author Name" \
--digest "Optional digest"GitHub Release mode (auto-download executable):
export MP_WECHAT_GITHUB_REPO="owner/repo"
export MP_WECHAT_RELEASE_TAG="latest"
bash scripts/publish_draft.sh \
--cover-image /absolute/path/to/cover-image.png \
--content-file /absolute/path/to/content.html \
--title "Article Title"Direct URL mode:
export MP_WECHAT_RELEASE_URL="https://github.com/Mesus/weixin-mp-skill/releases/download/v0.0.1/mp-weixin-skill.zip"
bash scripts/publish_draft.sh \
--cover-image /absolute/path/to/cover-image.png \
--content-file /absolute/path/to/content.html \
--title "Article Title"If uploadCoverImage response does not include usable media_id, pass it explicitly:
bash scripts/publish_draft.sh \
--bin /absolute/path/to/mp-weixin-skill \
--article-image /absolute/path/to/article-image.png \
--cover-image /absolute/path/to/cover-image.png \
--content-file /absolute/path/to/content.html \
--title "Article Title" \
--thumb-media-id "YOUR_MEDIA_ID"Output Contract
Script prints one JSON object on stdout:
access_token: token returned bygetAutharticle_image_url: URL returned byuploadArticleImagecover_upload: raw JSON object returned byuploadCoverImagethumb_media_id_used: value passed toaddDraftdraft: raw JSON object returned byaddDraft
On failure, script prints JSON error to stderr and exits non-zero.
Resource
- CLI wrapper implementation details:
references/cli-contract.md