Reddit API endpoint
Use Crawlora's Reddit Subreddit Posts API to extract supported public Reddit data as structured JSON. This page includes request parameters, cURL examples, response schema, error behavior, credit cost, and a Playground link for testing before integration.
/reddit/subreddit/{subreddit}/postsReturns normalized public posts from a subreddit. Developers commonly use this endpoint for data enrichment, monitoring, research dashboards, internal automation, and agent-native workflows that need repeatable structured public web data. Authentication uses the documented Crawlora headers, and usage is metered with the credit cost shown on this page.
Request parameters are generated from the active endpoint catalog. Required values must be sent before Crawlora can call the upstream public web data source.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subreddit (path) | string | Yes | Subreddit name, without r/ | ||
| sort | string | No | Sort: hot, new, top, or rising Allowed values: hot, new, top, rising | ||
| time | string | No | Time window for top sort: hour, day, week, month, year, or all Allowed values: hour, day, week, month, year, all | ||
| limit | integer | No | 25 and clamps to 100 | Maximum posts, defaults to 25 and clamps to 100 | |
| after | string | No | Reddit pagination token | ||
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/reddit/subreddit/%3Csubreddit%3E/posts?sort=hot&time=hour&limit=10" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Send your scraping API key in the x-api-key header. Use the console API Keys page to rotate or select the active key.
Endpoint usage is metered in credits. The plan prices, included credits, limits, and overage rates below match the active backend billing configuration.
| Plan | Price | Included credits | Daily cap | Rate limit | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 2,000 | 500 daily credits | 5/min | No overage |
| Starter | $9/mo | 20,000 | 5,000 daily credits | 15/min | $0.75/1,000 overage credits when enabled |
| Growth | $29/mo | 100,000 | 25,000 daily credits | 45/min | $0.45/1,000 overage credits when enabled |
| Pro | $79/mo | 400,000 | No daily cap | 120/min | $0.30/1,000 overage credits |
| Business | $199/mo | 1,200,000 | No daily cap | 300/min | $0.20/1,000 overage credits |
| Enterprise | $499/mo | 5,000,000 | No daily cap | 1,000/min | $0.12/1,000 overage credits |
This endpoint is executed through Crawlora's managed scraping infrastructure.
Example response: ```json {"code":200,"msg":"OK","data":{"subreddit":"OpenAI","sort":"hot","posts":[{"id":"1abcxyz","name":"t3_1abcxyz","subreddit":"OpenAI","title":"OpenAI discussion thread","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1abcxyz/openai_discussion_thread/","author":{"name":"sample_user","profile_url":"https://www.reddit.com/user/sample_user/"},"created":"2024-04-19T00:00:00Z","selftext":"Discussion body","source_feed_url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI?limit=25"}],"pagination":{"limit":25,"after":"t3_1abcxyz"},"source":{"type":"feed","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI?limit=25"}}} ```
Crawlora does not silently return bad data when the upstream page cannot be used.
| Status | Common failure case |
|---|---|
| 400 | Invalid input or missing required parameter |
| 429 | Plan or endpoint rate limit exceeded |
| 500 | Internal execution error |
| 502 | Upstream platform failed, returned unusable HTML, or served a challenge page that could not be resolved |
When possible, Crawlora returns structured error context so your integration can retry, back off, or inspect the request.
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"subreddit": "OpenAI",
"sort": "hot",
"posts": [
{
"id": "1abcxyz",
"name": "t3_1abcxyz",
"subreddit": "OpenAI",
"title": "OpenAI discussion thread",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1abcxyz/openai_discussion_thread/",
"author": {
"name": "sample_user",
"profile_url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/sample_user/"
},
"created": "2024-04-19T00:00:00Z",
"selftext": "Discussion body",
"source_feed_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI?limit=25"
}
],
"pagination": {
"limit": 25,
"after": "t3_1abcxyz"
},
"source": {
"type": "feed",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI?limit=25"
}
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/reddit.subredditPostsResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | reddit.SubredditPostsResponse | No | ||||
| data.pagination | reddit.Pagination | No | ||||
| data.pagination.after | string | No | t3_1abcxyz | |||
| data.pagination.limit | integer | No | 25 | |||
| data.posts | array | No | ||||
| data.posts[].author | reddit.Author | No | ||||
| data.posts[].author.name | string | No | reddit_user | |||
| data.posts[].author.profile_url | string | No | https://www.reddit.com/user/reddit_user/ | |||
| data.posts[].comment_count | integer | No | 45 | |||
| data.posts[].created | string | No | 2024-04-19T00:00:00Z | |||
| data.posts[].created_utc | integer | No | 1713484800 | |||
| data.posts[].domain | string | No | self.OpenAI | |||
| data.posts[].flair | string | No | Discussion | |||
| data.posts[].id | string | No | 1abcxyz | |||
| data.posts[].is_self | boolean | No | ||||
| data.posts[].is_video | boolean | No | ||||
| data.posts[].locked | boolean | No | ||||
| data.posts[].name | string | No | t3_1abcxyz | |||
| data.posts[].over_18 | boolean | No | ||||
| data.posts[].permalink | string | No | https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1abcxyz/openai_discussion_thread/ | |||
| data.posts[].score | integer | No | 123 | |||
| data.posts[].selftext | string | No | Discussion body | |||
| data.posts[].source_feed_url | string | No | https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/ | |||
| data.posts[].stickied | boolean | No | ||||
| data.posts[].subreddit | string | No | OpenAI | |||
| data.posts[].thumbnail | string | No | https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/example.jpg | |||
| data.posts[].title | string | No | OpenAI discussion thread | |||
| data.posts[].upvote_ratio | number | No | 0.95 | |||
| data.posts[].url | string | No | https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1abcxyz/openai_discussion_thread/ | |||
| data.sort | string | No | hot | |||
| data.source | reddit.SourceDetail | No | ||||
| data.source.type | string | No | feed | |||
| data.source.url | string | No | https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/ | |||
| data.subreddit | string | No | OpenAI | |||
| data.time | string | No | week | |||
| msg | string | No | OK |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/reddit/subreddit/%3Csubreddit%3E/posts?sort=hot&time=hour&limit=10" \
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