Reddit Posts

Search Reddit posts by keyword. Returns post title, URL, subreddit, author, and content snippet. Supports multiple sort options including hot and top posts.

Endpoint

GET /v1/reddit/posts

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

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`query`	Yes	Search keyword (max 500 characters)
`page`	No	Page number, 1-5 (default: 1)
`sort_by`	No	Sort order: `most_recent`, `relevance`, `hot`, or `top` (default: `most_recent`)
`get_sentiment`	No	Set to `true` to add AI emotion analysis (Plutchik’s Wheel) to each result. Adds +$0.001 per request to the cost. Returns emotion scores, dominant emotion, intensity, and polarity.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`posts`	array	Array of matching posts
`posts[].title`	string	Post title
`posts[].url`	string	Direct link to the post
`posts[].date`	string	Publication date and time
`posts[].author`	string	Reddit username
`posts[].source`	string	`"Reddit"`
`posts[].domain`	string	`"reddit.com"`
`posts[].subreddit`	string	Subreddit name
`posts[].snippet`	string	Post content text
`posts[].upvotes`	integer	Net upvotes (upvotes minus downvotes).
`posts[].upvote_ratio`	number	Fraction of votes that are upvotes, between 0 and 1.
`posts[].comments`	integer	Number of comments on the post.
`posts[].crossposts`	integer	Number of times the post has been crossposted.
`posts[].sentiment`	object/null	Emotion analysis results. Only present when `get_sentiment=true`. Returns `null` if analysis fails.
`posts[].sentiment.emotions`	object	Plutchik emotion scores (0-100) for: `joy`, `trust`, `fear`, `surprise`, `sadness`, `disgust`, `anger`, `anticipation`.
`posts[].sentiment.dominant_emotion`	string	The emotion with the highest score.
`posts[].sentiment.emotional_intensity`	integer	Overall emotional intensity on a scale of 0-10.
`posts[].sentiment.polarity`	string	Overall sentiment polarity: `positive`, `negative`, or `neutral`.
`page`	integer	Current page number
`count`	integer	Number of results returned

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/reddit/posts?query=programming&page=1&sort_by=hot" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/reddit/posts",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "programming",
        "page": 1,
        "sort_by": "hot"
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "title": "Reddit post title",
      "url": "https://reddit.com/r/programming/...",
      "date": "2024-01-15 14:30:00",
      "author": "redditor",
      "source": "Reddit",
      "domain": "reddit.com",
      "subreddit": "programming",
      "snippet": "Post content...",
      "upvotes": 1247,
      "upvote_ratio": 0.96,
      "comments": 312,
      "crossposts": 4,
      "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"
      }
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "count": 20
}