API Direct

Reddit User Profile

GET /v1/reddit/user

Get a Reddit user's profile by username or profile URL. Returns display name, followers, post and comment counts, post, comment, total and award karma, bio, avatar and banner, account creation date, and email-verified, verified, Premium, moderator, employee and NSFW flags.

Cost

$0.003 per request

Free tier

50 requests/month

Parameters

username

Reddit username, with or without u/ (3-20 characters). Provide exactly one of username or url.

url

Reddit profile URL, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/user/spez (max 500 characters). Provide exactly one of username or url.

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/reddit/user?username=GallowBoob" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/reddit/user",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "username": "GallowBoob"
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "user": {
    "username": "GallowBoob",
    "display_name": "Rob",
    "user_id": "iqsg6",
    "description": "The internet was a mistake 🌍 Always remember the human.",
    "follower_count": 33918,
    "post_count": 12730,
    "comment_count": 14642,
    "link_karma": 35727417,
    "comment_karma": 1110838,
    "total_karma": 36838255,
    "awardee_karma": 0,
    "awarder_karma": 0,
    "has_verified_email": true,
    "verified": true,
    "is_gold": true,
    "is_mod": true,
    "is_employee": false,
    "nsfw": false,
    "icon_img": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_3kl0d/styles/profileIcon_c4zmya3oel6h1.png?width=256&height=256&crop=256:256,smart&s=e339a74eeb89afda40e7d2e7e8bcff8fa0437e94",
    "banner_img": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_3kl0d/styles/profileBanner_74ugoeyr5nif1.png?width=1280&height=384&crop=1280:384,smart&s=89d5e4516ff52160adb45cb005bf49402dbbfcc1",
    "created_at": "2014-10-07 09:38:40",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/GallowBoob"
  }
}

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