👤 Reddit User Scraper

🆓 100% FREE | 📜 Full Activity History | 🔒 No API Key Required

A detailed scraper for collecting public information about Reddit users and their activity history (posts and comments).

✨ Why Choose This Scraper?

• ✅ Completely Free - No hidden costs or subscriptions
• ✅ No Reddit API Key Needed - Works out of the box
• ✅ Complete User Profiles - Karma, history, and more
• ✅ Residential Proxies Included - Avoid rate limits
• ✅ Context Preservation - Links to original threads

🚀 Key Features

• User Profile: Karma, registration date, avatar
• Activity History: User's posts and comments
• Comment Context: Links to original threads
• Pagination: Automatic handling of large history
• Metadata: Timestamps, subreddits, upvotes

📋 Input Parameters

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.reddit.com/user/spez"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "skipUserPosts": false,
  "debugMode": false
}

Parameters:

• startUrls (array, required): List of user profile URLs
• maxItems (integer): Maximum number of activity items
• skipUserPosts (boolean): Skip activity history collection
• debugMode (boolean): Detailed logging

📤 Output Data

User Profile:

{
  "dataType": "user_profile",
  "url": "https://old.reddit.com/user/spez",
  "username": "spez",
  "karma": {
    "total": 123456
  },
  "created_at": "2005-06-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-20T10:30:00.000Z",
  "recent_activity": [...]
}

Activity (Post):

{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "t3_abc123",
  "subreddit": "announcements",
  "title": "Post title",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/...",
  "created_utc": "1234567890",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-20T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Activity (Comment):

{
  "type": "comment",
  "id": "t1_xyz789",
  "subreddit": "Python",
  "body": "Comment text",
  "context_title": "Original post title",
  "context_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/...",
  "created_utc": "1234567890",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-20T10:30:00.000Z"
}

💡 Usage Examples

Full profile with history

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.reddit.com/user/spez"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Profile information only (no activity)

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.reddit.com/user/username"],
  "skipUserPosts": true
}

Recent user activity

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.reddit.com/user/username"],
  "maxItems": 25
}

Monitor multiple users

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.reddit.com/user/user1",
    "https://www.reddit.com/user/user2",
    "https://www.reddit.com/user/user3"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}

⚙️ Technical Details

• Memory: 256 MB (optimized for efficiency)
• Proxy: Residential (automatic, included free)
• Timeout: 3600 seconds
• Source: old.reddit.com
• Limitations: Public profiles only

📝 Notes

• Support for various URL formats (u/username, /user/username/, full URL)
• Automatic pagination for large history
• Distinguishes between posts and comments in activity
• Context is preserved for comments (original post)
• Handles shadowbanned and deleted accounts
• All timestamps in UTC format
• Karma can be split into post/comment (if available)

🔒 Limitations

• Public data only
• Does not work with private profiles
• Limited history (Reddit doesn't show full history)
• Shadowbanned users return an error

🎯 Perfect For

• 👥 User behavior analysis
• 🔍 Influencer research
• 📊 Engagement tracking
• 🤖 Bot detection
• 📈 Community management

💬 Questions or Issues? Feel free to reach out or check the documentation!