Endpoint Playground
Looks up known Reddit comment ids in Arctic Shift's historical archive. Supply 1 to 1,000 comma-separated ids; duplicates are removed, results follow input order, and missing ids are listed separately. The service sends at most two upstream requests of up to 500 ids each. Archived scores are snapshots, and removed_by_category is included when available.
25 Oct 2026: 1 comments; 11 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: created_utc: 2012-08-29; body: median 564 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/reddit/archive/comments/ids?ids=c60n05h%2Cabc123' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ids | string | Yes | c60n05h,abc123 | Comma-separated Reddit comment ids (1-1,000); optional t1_ prefixes are accepted |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"requested_count": 2,
"returned_count": 1,
"comments": [
{
"id": "c60n05h",
"author": "PresidentObama",
"created_utc": 1346271863,
"retrieved_on": 1429768335,
"subreddit": "IAmA",
"link_id": "t3_z1c9z",
"parent_id": "t1_c60mm41"
}
],
"missing_ids": [
"abc123"
],
"source": {
"type": "arctic_shift",
"url": "https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/api/comments/ids",
"requests": 1
}
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.