Reddit Comments

Search Reddit comments by keyword. Returns comment content, parent post URL, subreddit, author, and publication date. Supports fetching multiple pages in a single API call.

Endpoint

GET /v1/reddit/comments

Price: $0.003 per page Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`query`	Yes	Search keyword (max 500 characters)
`pages`	No	Number of pages to fetch, 1-5 (default: 1)
`sort_by`	No	Sort order: `most_recent`, `relevance`, or `top` (default: `most_recent`)

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`posts`	array	Array of matching comments
`posts[].title`	string	Comment title (format: `u/username on r/subreddit`)
`posts[].url`	string	Link to the parent post
`posts[].date`	string	Publication date and time
`posts[].author`	string	Reddit username
`posts[].source`	string	`"Reddit (Comment)"`
`posts[].subreddit`	string	Subreddit name
`posts[].snippet`	string	Comment content text
`pages`	integer	Number of pages fetched
`count`	integer	Total results returned

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://api.apidirect.io/v1/reddit/comments?query=python&pages=2&sort_by=relevance" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apidirect.io/v1/reddit/comments",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "python",
        "pages": 2,
        "sort_by": "relevance"
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "title": "u/username on r/python",
      "url": "https://reddit.com/r/python/comments/...",
      "date": "2024-01-15 14:30:00",
      "author": "commenter",
      "source": "Reddit (Comment)",
      "subreddit": "python",
      "snippet": "Comment content..."
    }
  ],
  "pages": 2,
  "count": 50
}