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Fast and reliable Reddit scraper that extracts posts and comments from any public subreddit.

🚀 Key Features

• Simple Setup - Start scraping immediately with minimal configuration
• Fast & Efficient - Optimized for speed and reliability
• Rich Data - Extracts titles, text, scores, media, and engagement metrics
• Flexible Search - Browse subreddits, search by keyword, or scrape specific URLs
• Media Extraction - Automatically captures images and videos from posts

📋 What Data Can You Extract?

Each Reddit post/comment includes:

🎯 Use Cases

• Market Research - Monitor discussions about products, brands, or topics
• Sentiment Analysis - Analyze community opinions and trends
• Content Aggregation - Collect posts for newsletters or content curation
• Academic Research - Gather data for social media studies
• Trend Detection - Track emerging topics and viral content

💡 Input Configuration

Subreddit Scraping

Scrape posts from specific subreddits:

{
"subreddits":["python","MachineLearning","datascience"],
"limit":25,
"sort":"new"
}

Parameters:

• subreddits (array, required) - List of subreddit names (without r/ prefix)
• limit (number, optional) - Posts per subreddit (1-100, default: 10)
• sort (string, optional) - Sort order: "new", "hot", "top" (default: "new")
• keyword (string, optional) - Filter posts containing this keyword

Single URL Scraping

Scrape a specific post or comment by URL:

{
"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/python/comments/abc123/title/"
}

Parameters:

• url (string, required) - Full Reddit post or comment URL

📊 Output Example

[
{
"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/bittensor_/comments/1or4vcv/james_altucher_on_bittensor/",
"id":"t3_1or4vcv",
"title":"James Altucher on Bittensor: The Only Tech That Matters Since Bitcoin",
"body":"# Who Is James Altucher\n\nJames Altucher is not a typical crypto influencer...",
"username":"Internal-Patience533",
"communityName":"r/bittensor_",
"dataType":"post",
"parentId":null,
"score":29,
"upvote_ratio":1.0,
"num_comments":3,
"createdAt":"2025-11-07T20:10:31Z",
"isNsfw":false,
"media":["https://i.redd.it/2iyvqtsu6wzf1.png"]
}
]

🔧 Advanced Usage

Keyword Filtering

Search for posts containing specific keywords:

{
"subreddits":["technology"],
"keyword":"artificial intelligence",
"limit":50,
"sort":"top"
}

Multiple Subreddits

Scrape from multiple communities in one run:

{
"subreddits":["python","javascript","golang","rust"],
"limit":20,
"sort":"hot"
}

📈 Performance

• Reliability: Automatic retry on failures
• Proxy Support: Built-in residential proxy rotation

❓ Common Questions

Q: Can I scrape private subreddits? A: No, only public subreddits and posts are accessible.

Q: What about rate limits? A: The actor uses residential proxies to avoid rate limiting issues.

Q: Can I scrape comments? A: Yes! The actor extracts both posts and can scrape individual comments via direct URL.

Q: How fresh is the data? A: Data is fetched in real-time directly from Reddit.

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