---
title: Reddit
description: Scrape public Reddit posts, comments, subreddits, and users
---

The Reddit scraper pulls structured public data from Reddit. Give it URLs (a post, a subreddit, a user page, or a search URL) and/or search terms, and it returns posts (title, body, score, comment count, subreddit, author), their comment trees, and community/user metadata.

## Endpoint

```bash
POST /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/scrapers/reddit/scrape
```

## Inputs

At least one of `urls`, `search_queries`, or `community` is required.

| Field | Default | Description |
|-------|---------|-------------|
| `urls` | — | Reddit URLs: a post, `/r/<subreddit>`, `/user/<name>`, or a search URL (max 20 sources per call, combined with queries) |
| `search_queries` | — | Search terms to run on Reddit |
| `community` | — | Subreddit name (without `r/`) to scope searches to; with no queries, its listing is scraped |
| `sort` | `new` | `relevance`, `hot`, `top`, `new`, `rising`, or `comments` |
| `time_filter` | — | Window for `top`/`controversial`: `hour`, `day`, `week`, `month`, `year`, `all` |
| `max_items` | `10` | Max total items returned across all sources (hard cap 100) |
| `max_posts` | `10` | Max posts per subreddit/user/search target |
| `max_comments` | `10` | Max comments per post (`0` = none) |
| `skip_comments` | `false` | Skip comment trees entirely (faster) |
| `include_nsfw` | `true` | Include over-18 posts |
| `post_date_limit` / `comment_date_limit` | — | ISO dates for incremental scrapes: only return newer content |

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST "$BASE_URL/api/v1/workspaces/1/scrapers/reddit/scrape" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SURFSENSE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "search_queries": ["self-hosted AI research agent"],
    "community": "selfhosted",
    "sort": "top",
    "time_filter": "month",
    "max_items": 25
  }'
```

The response is `{ "items": [...] }` — one item per post, comment, community, or user. Billing is per returned item.

For the full input and output JSON schemas and generated code snippets in your language, open **API Playground → Reddit → Scrape** in your workspace.
