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Reddit Post Comments

GET /v1/reddit/post/comments

Get the comments on a Reddit post, replies included, by URL or post ID. Comments come in thread order (each followed by its replies), with depth, parent ID, text, author, score, date, permalink and submitter/pinned/edited flags. Sort by top, best, newest, controversial, oldest or Q&A. Up to about 4,000 comments per thread.

Cost

$0.003 per page

Free tier

50 requests/month

Parameters

url

Reddit post URL, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1wwv97o/my_python_magic_is_gone/ or https://redd.it/1wwv97o (max 500 characters). Provide exactly one of url or post_id.

post_id

Reddit post ID, e.g. 1wwv97o (a t3_ prefix is accepted). Provide exactly one of url or post_id.

sort_by

Sort order: top, best (Reddit's default order), most_recent, controversial, oldest, or qa (Q&A) (default: top)

pages

Number of pages to fetch, 1-80 (default: 1). Each page returns up to 50 comments.

get_sentiment

Set to true to add AI emotion analysis (+$0.001/page)

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/reddit/post/comments?post_id=1wwv97o&sort_by=top&pages=2" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/reddit/post/comments",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "post_id": "1wwv97o",
        "sort_by": "top",
        "pages": 2
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "comments": [
    {
      "comment_id": "pdo5esc",
      "post_id": "1wwv97o",
      "parent_id": "pdo3akk",
      "text": "It’s slightly different (worse) than that because incorporating AI properly can both speed you up -and- give a better final product. Whereas for the artist t...",
      "author": "SirPitchalot",
      "author_url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/SirPitchalot",
      "upvotes": 104,
      "date": "2026-10-03 19:38:31",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1wwv97o/my_python_magic_is_gone/pdo5esc/",
      "subreddit": "Python",
      "is_submitter": false,
      "stickied": false,
      "edited": true,
      "source": "Reddit",
      "domain": "reddit.com",
      "depth": 1,
      "sentiment": {
        "emotions": {
          "joy": 40,
          "trust": 55,
          "fear": 0,
          "surprise": 10,
          "sadness": 0,
          "disgust": 0,
          "anger": 0,
          "anticipation": 30
        },
        "dominant_emotion": "trust",
        "emotional_intensity": 5,
        "polarity": "positive"
      }
    }
  ],
  "post_id": "1wwv97o",
  "sort_by": "top",
  "pages": 2,
  "count": 100
}

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