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+"""Classify a Reddit URL into a scrape job.
+
+Covers the ``startUrls`` shapes the Apify spec accepts: a post (permalink), a
+subreddit listing, a user profile, and a search-results page. Non-Reddit hosts
+resolve to ``None`` so the orchestrator can skip them. Mirrors the frozen
+``ResolvedUrl`` dataclass shape of ``../youtube/url_resolver.py``, widened with
+the extra context Reddit flows need (subreddit, sort, user content type).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Literal
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs, unquote, urlparse
+
+ResolvedKind = Literal["post", "subreddit", "user", "search"]
+UserContent = Literal["overview", "submitted", "comments"]
+
+_REDDIT_HOSTS = frozenset(
+    {
+        "reddit.com",
+        "www.reddit.com",
+        "old.reddit.com",
+        "new.reddit.com",
+        "np.reddit.com",
+        "m.reddit.com",
+    }
+)
+
+# Listing sorts that can appear as a trailing subreddit path segment.
+_SUBREDDIT_SORTS = frozenset(
+    {"hot", "new", "top", "rising", "controversial", "best"}
+)
+_USER_CONTENT = frozenset({"overview", "submitted", "comments"})
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ResolvedUrl:
+    kind: ResolvedKind
+    value: str  # post id, subreddit, username, or search query
+    url: str
+    subreddit: str | None = None  # carried for posts and in-sub searches
+    sort: str | None = None  # trailing subreddit sort, if present
+    content: UserContent | None = None  # user profile tab
+
+
+def _is_reddit_host(hostname: str | None) -> bool:
+    return bool(hostname) and hostname.lower() in _REDDIT_HOSTS
+
+
+def resolve_url(url: str) -> ResolvedUrl | None:
+    """Classify a Reddit URL into a scrape job, or ``None`` if unrecognized."""
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
+    if not _is_reddit_host(parsed.hostname):
+        return None
+
+    segments = [s for s in (parsed.path or "").split("/") if s]
+
+    # Search: /search?q=... or /r/<sub>/search?q=...
+    if segments and segments[-1] == "search":
+        query = parse_qs(parsed.query).get("q", [None])[0]
+        if not query:
+            return None
+        sub = segments[1] if len(segments) >= 3 and segments[0] == "r" else None
+        return ResolvedUrl("search", unquote(query), url, subreddit=sub)
+
+    # Subreddit-scoped URLs: /r/<sub>/...
+    if len(segments) >= 2 and segments[0] == "r":
+        sub = segments[1]
+        # Post permalink: /r/<sub>/comments/<id>[/slug]
+        if len(segments) >= 4 and segments[2] == "comments":
+            return ResolvedUrl("post", segments[3], url, subreddit=sub)
+        # Subreddit listing, optional trailing sort: /r/<sub>[/<sort>]
+        sort = (
+            segments[2]
+            if len(segments) >= 3 and segments[2] in _SUBREDDIT_SORTS
+            else None
+        )
+        return ResolvedUrl("subreddit", sub, url, sort=sort)
+
+    # User profile: /user/<name>[/tab] or /u/<name>[/tab]
+    if len(segments) >= 2 and segments[0] in ("user", "u"):
+        name = segments[1]
+        content: UserContent | None = None
+        if len(segments) >= 3 and segments[2] in _USER_CONTENT:
+            content = segments[2]  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        return ResolvedUrl("user", name, url, content=content)
+
+    return None