You can access the ⚡ Reddit Lightning Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "target": "python",
10    "proxy": {
11        "useApifyProxy": True,
12        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
13        "apifyProxyCountry": "US",
14    },
15}
16
17# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
18run = client.actor("abotapi/reddit-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
19
20# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
21print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
22for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
23    print(item)
24
25# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

⚡ Reddit Lightning Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use ⚡ Reddit Lightning Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

⚡ Reddit Lightning Scraper API in JavaScript

⚡ Reddit Lightning Scraper API through CLI

⚡ Reddit Lightning Scraper OpenAPI definition

⚡ Reddit Lightning Scraper API

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