You can access the Reddit Historical Archive 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.

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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    "recordTypes": [
10        "posts",
11        "comments",
12    ],
13    "subreddits": ["python"],
14    "after": "2024-01-01",
15    "before": "2024-01-02",
16    "minScore": 0,
17    "sort": "asc",
18    "maxItems": 20,
19    "batchSize": 20,
20    "maxPages": 20,
21}
22
23# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
24run = client.actor("automation-lab/reddit-historical-archive-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
25
26# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
27print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
28for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
29    print(item)
30
31# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Reddit Historical Archive Scraper: Posts & Comments API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Reddit Historical Archive 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 Historical Archive Scraper API in JavaScript

Reddit Historical Archive Scraper API through CLI

Reddit Historical Archive Scraper OpenAPI definition

Reddit Historical Archive Scraper API

Reddit Historical Archive Scraper - Old Posts by Date

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Pushshift alternative to scrape old Reddit posts and comments without an API key. Full-text comment search, user history, export to CSV/JSON.

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137

🗄️ Reddit Archive Scraper - Years of Posts & Comments

benthepythondev/reddit-archive-scraper

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Ben

Reddit Search Scraper — Posts, Comments & Users

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Reddit Subreddit Scraper

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Reddit Scraper — Posts & Comments by Subreddit or Search

hichemdev/reddit-scraper

Scrape Reddit posts and comments from any subreddit or search query: title, author, score, upvote ratio, text, and metadata. No login or API key.

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Reddit Scraper — Posts & Comments

signalengine/reddit-scraper

Scrape posts and comments from any subreddit — no Reddit API key, no login, no proxy. A fast, free Reddit API alternative for public data, exported to JSON, CSV or Excel.