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👤 Reddit User Scraper

🆓 100% FREE | 📜 Full Activity History | 🔒 No API Key Required

A detailed scraper for collecting public information about Reddit users and their activity history (posts and comments).

✨ Why Choose This Scraper?

• ✅ Completely Free - No hidden costs or subscriptions
• ✅ No Reddit API Key Needed - Works out of the box
• ✅ Complete User Profiles - Karma, history, and more
• ✅ Residential Proxies Included - Avoid rate limits
• ✅ Context Preservation - Links to original threads

🚀 Key Features

• User Profile: Karma, registration date, avatar
• Activity History: User's posts and comments
• Comment Context: Links to original threads
• Pagination: Automatic handling of large history
• Metadata: Timestamps, subreddits, upvotes

📋 Input Parameters

{
"startUrls":["https://www.reddit.com/user/spez"],
"maxItems":50,
"skipUserPosts":false,
"debugMode":false
}

Parameters:

• startUrls (array, required): List of user profile URLs
• maxItems (integer): Maximum number of activity items
• skipUserPosts (boolean): Skip activity history collection
• debugMode (boolean): Detailed logging

📤 Output Data

User Profile:

{
"dataType":"user_profile",
"url":"https://old.reddit.com/user/spez",
"username":"spez",
"karma":{
"total":123456
},
"created_at":"2005-06-06T00:00:00.000Z",
"scrapedAt":"2025-01-20T10:30:00.000Z",
"recent_activity":[...]
}

Activity (Post):

{
"type":"post",
"id":"t3_abc123",
"subreddit":"announcements",
"title":"Post title",
"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/...",
"created_utc":"1234567890",
"scrapedAt":"2025-01-20T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Activity (Comment):

{
"type":"comment",
"id":"t1_xyz789",
"subreddit":"Python",
"body":"Comment text",
"context_title":"Original post title",
"context_url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/...",
"created_utc":"1234567890",
"scrapedAt":"2025-01-20T10:30:00.000Z"
}

💡 Usage Examples

Full profile with history

{
"startUrls":["https://www.reddit.com/user/spez"],
"maxItems":100
}

Profile information only (no activity)

{
"startUrls":["https://www.reddit.com/user/username"],
"skipUserPosts":true
}

Recent user activity

{
"startUrls":["https://www.reddit.com/user/username"],
"maxItems":25
}

Monitor multiple users

{
"startUrls":[
"https://www.reddit.com/user/user1",
"https://www.reddit.com/user/user2",
"https://www.reddit.com/user/user3"
],
"maxItems":50
}

⚙️ Technical Details

• Memory: 256 MB (optimized for efficiency)
• Proxy: Residential (automatic, included free)
• Timeout: 3600 seconds
• Source: old.reddit.com
• Limitations: Public profiles only

📝 Notes

• Support for various URL formats (u/username, /user/username/, full URL)
• Automatic pagination for large history
• Distinguishes between posts and comments in activity
• Context is preserved for comments (original post)
• Handles shadowbanned and deleted accounts
• All timestamps in UTC format
• Karma can be split into post/comment (if available)

🔒 Limitations

• Public data only
• Does not work with private profiles
• Limited history (Reddit doesn't show full history)
• Shadowbanned users return an error

🎯 Perfect For

• 👥 User behavior analysis
• 🔍 Influencer research
• 📊 Engagement tracking
• 🤖 Bot detection
• 📈 Community management

💬 Questions or Issues? Feel free to reach out or check the documentation!