How to get Wechat UserInfo via access

Mar 8, 2015

###Without using OAuth2.0 access token, You can use Universal access token instead to get UserInfo.

####Get User’s openid You could get this XML when wechat user follow you or post you message.

<xml>
    <ToUserName><![CDATA[gh_b629c48b653e]]></ToUserName>
    <FromUserName><![CDATA[ollB4jv7LA3tydjviJp5V9qTU_kA]]></FromUserName>
    <CreateTime>1372307736</CreateTime>
    <MsgType><![CDATA[event]]></MsgType>
    <Event><![CDATA[subscribe]]></Event>
    <EventKey><![CDATA[]]></EventKey>
</xml>

####Use your appid to get the Universal Access Token. https://api.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/token?grant_type=client_credential&appid=APPID&secret=APPSECRET

The return result:

{
    "access_token": "NU7Kr6v9L9TQaqm5NE3OTPctTZx797Wxw4Snd2WL2HHBqLCiXlDVOw2l-Se0I-WmOLLniAYLAwzhbYhXNjbLc_KAA092cxkmpj5FpuqNO0IL7bB0Exz5s5qC9Umypy-rz2y441W9qgfnmNtIZWSjSQ",
    "expires_in": 7200
}

####Use Universal Access Token & openid to get the UserInfo https://api.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/user/info?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN&openid=OPENID

The return result:

{
    "subscribe": 1,
    "openid": "oLVPpjqs2Bhvz*******vTYAX4GLc",
    "nickname": "Discountry",
    "sex": 1,
    "language": "zh_CN",
    "city": "北京",
    "province": "北京",
    "country": "中国",
    "headimgurl": "http://wx.qlogo.cn/mmopen/JcDicrZBlREhnNXZRudod9PmibRkIs5K2f1tUQ7lFjC63pYHaXGxNDgMzjGDEuvzYZbFOqtUXaxSdoZG6iane5ko9H30krIbzGv/0",
    "subscribe_time": 1386160805
}

The basic idea quoted from Fangbei

How to get Wechat UserInfo via access_token

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