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Reddit Search Scraper
Search Reddit submissions and comments within a subreddit. Filter by author, flair, title, body, URL, time range, and more โ with automatic pagination through archived Reddit data. ๐
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Search archived Reddit submissions and comments within a subreddit. Filter by keyword, author, flair, title, body, URL, time range, and more โ with automatic pagination using the last result's created timestamp.
Key Features
- Search submissions (posts) or comments within a subreddit
- Filter by query, author, flair, title, selftext, URL, and more
- Support time range filters with
afterandbefore - Automatic pagination using the last item's
createdfield - Configurable per-request
limit(1-100) and totalmaxItems - Optional proxy configuration
Input
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| searchType | string | No | submissions or comments (default: submissions) |
| subreddit | string | Yes | Subreddit name without r/ |
| query | string | No | Search keyword |
| author | string | No | Filter by username |
| author_flair_text | string | No | Filter by author flair |
| after | string | No | Created after (Unix timestamp or date) |
| before | string | No | Created before (Unix timestamp or date) |
| limit | integer | No | Results per request, 1-100 (default: 100) |
| sort | string | No | desc or asc (default: desc) |
| crosspost_parent_id | string | No | Submissions only |
| over_18 | string | No | Submissions only: true or false |
| spoiler | string | No | Submissions only: true or false |
| title | string | No | Submissions only |
| selftext | string | No | Submissions only |
| link_flair_text | string | No | Submissions only |
| url | string | No | Submissions only |
| url_exact | string | No | Submissions only: true or false |
| maxItems | integer | No | Max total results (default: 100) |
| proxyConfiguration | object | No | Proxy settings |
Input Example
{"query":"ai","subreddit":"AppIdeas","sort":"top","time":"all","safeSearch":"0","maxItems":45}
Output
Each result is saved with the full Reddit post or comment payload plus metadata:
{"searchType":"submissions","subreddit":"AppIdeas","all_awardings":[],"allow_live_comments":false,"approved_at_utc":null,"approved_by":null,"archived":false,"author":"soluble_fiber_9651","author_flair_background_color":null,"author_flair_css_class":null,"author_flair_richtext":[],"author_flair_template_id":null,"author_flair_text":null,"author_flair_text_color":null,"author_flair_type":"text","author_fullname":"t2_27j3b4ea6e","author_is_blocked":false,"author_patreon_flair":false,"author_premium":false,"awarders":[],"banned_at_utc":null,"banned_by":null,"can_gild":false,"can_mod_post":false,"category":null,"clicked":false,"content_categories":null,"contest_mode":false,"created":1782340907,"created_utc":1782340907,"discussion_type":null,"distinguished":null,"domain":"self.AppIdeas","downs":0,"edited":false,"gilded":0,"gildings":{},"hidden":false,"hide_score":true,"id":"1uesffe","is_created_from_ads_ui":false,"is_crosspostable":false,"is_meta":false,"is_original_content":false,"is_reddit_media_domain":false,"is_robot_indexable":false,"is_self":true,"is_video":false,"likes":null,"link_flair_background_color":"","link_flair_css_class":null,"link_flair_richtext":[],"link_flair_text":null,"link_flair_text_color":"dark","link_flair_type":"text","location_lat":null,"location_long":null,"location_name":null,"locked":false,"media":null,"media_embed":{},"media_only":false,"mod_note":null,"mod_reason_by":null,"mod_reason_title":null,"mod_reports":[],"name":"t3_1uesffe","no_follow":true,"num_comments":0,"num_crossposts":0,"num_reports":null,"over_18":false,"permalink":"/r/AppIdeas/comments/1uesffe/i_have_an_app_idea_i_dont_know_how_to_build_apps/","pinned":false,"pwls":6,"quarantine":false,"removal_reason":null,"removed_by":null,"removed_by_category":"automod_filtered","report_reasons":null,"retrieved_on":1782340932,"saved":false,"score":1,"secure_media":null,"secure_media_embed":{},"selftext":"[removed]","send_replies":true,"spoiler":false,"stickied":false,"subreddit_id":"t5_2sa1z","subreddit_name_prefixed":"r/AppIdeas","subreddit_subscribers":95473,"subreddit_type":"public","suggested_sort":null,"thumbnail":"self","thumbnail_height":null,"thumbnail_width":null,"title":"I have an app idea. I dont know how to build apps. I used an AI ti get a visual example of what i want. I need help","top_awarded_type":null,"total_awards_received":0,"treatment_tags":[],"ups":1,"upvote_ratio":1,"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/AppIdeas/comments/1uesffe/i_have_an_app_idea_i_dont_know_how_to_build_apps/","user_reports":[],"view_count":null,"visited":false,"websocket_url":"wss://k8s-lb.wss.redditmedia.com/link/1uesffe?m=AQAAxK49akz6uWmXyTnq5GwyY-U0FhTwzP9FzuVhRgTTotyzLbHh","wls":6,"scrapedAt":"2026-06-25T01:16:34.778Z"}
Use Cases
- Subreddit research and monitoring
- Content discovery by keyword
- Author and flair-based analysis
- Archived Reddit data extraction
