From 8d1e2a51342cb09ed471a940f09d05a1f9404593 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anish Sarkar <104695310+AnishSarkar22@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:55:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat(reddit-scraper): add support for community-only
 subreddit scraping without search queries

---
 .../app/proprietary/platforms/reddit/scraper.py      | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/reddit/scraper.py b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/reddit/scraper.py
index a14e1c13f..bcbab5673 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/reddit/scraper.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/platforms/reddit/scraper.py
@@ -407,6 +407,18 @@ async def iter_reddit(
             yield item
         return
 
+    # Community-only: a bare subreddit name with no urls/searches. The capability
+    # schema promises "with no search_queries, its listing is scraped"; without
+    # this the searches loop below builds zero jobs and yields nothing. Reuse the
+    # same flow the URL path dispatches for /r/<sub>. (searches present => the
+    # name stays a search scope, handled below.)
+    if not input_model.searches and input_model.searchCommunityName:
+        async for item in _subreddit_flow(
+            input_model.searchCommunityName, input_model=input_model
+        ):
+            yield item
+        return
+
     # Fair-share the item budget across queries: with a shared cap, the
     # first-finishing (often broadest/noisiest) search would fill the whole
     # collector limit and starve the precise queries.