Reddit Search Scraper

Search archived Reddit submissions and comments within a subreddit. Filter by keyword, author, flair, title, body, URL, time range, and more — with automatic pagination using the last result's created timestamp.

Key Features

• Search submissions (posts) or comments within a subreddit
• Filter by query, author, flair, title, selftext, URL, and more
• Support time range filters with after and before
• Automatic pagination using the last item's created field
• Configurable per-request limit (1-100) and total maxItems
• Optional proxy configuration

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchType	string	No	submissions or comments (default: submissions)
subreddit	string	Yes	Subreddit name without r/
query	string	No	Search keyword
author	string	No	Filter by username
author_flair_text	string	No	Filter by author flair
after	string	No	Created after (Unix timestamp or date)
before	string	No	Created before (Unix timestamp or date)
limit	integer	No	Results per request, 1-100 (default: 100)
sort	string	No	desc or asc (default: desc)
crosspost_parent_id	string	No	Submissions only
over_18	string	No	Submissions only: true or false
spoiler	string	No	Submissions only: true or false
title	string	No	Submissions only
selftext	string	No	Submissions only
link_flair_text	string	No	Submissions only
url	string	No	Submissions only
url_exact	string	No	Submissions only: true or false
maxItems	integer	No	Max total results (default: 100)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Proxy settings

Input Example

{
        "query": "ai",
        "subreddit": "AppIdeas",
        "sort": "top",
        "time": "all",
        "safeSearch": "0",
        "maxItems": 45
}

Output

Each result is saved with the full Reddit post or comment payload plus metadata:

{
	"searchType": "submissions",
	"subreddit": "AppIdeas",
	"all_awardings": [],
	"allow_live_comments": false,
	"approved_at_utc": null,
	"approved_by": null,
	"archived": false,
	"author": "soluble_fiber_9651",
	"author_flair_background_color": null,
	"author_flair_css_class": null,
	"author_flair_richtext": [],
	"author_flair_template_id": null,
	"author_flair_text": null,
	"author_flair_text_color": null,
	"author_flair_type": "text",
	"author_fullname": "t2_27j3b4ea6e",
	"author_is_blocked": false,
	"author_patreon_flair": false,
	"author_premium": false,
	"awarders": [],
	"banned_at_utc": null,
	"banned_by": null,
	"can_gild": false,
	"can_mod_post": false,
	"category": null,
	"clicked": false,
	"content_categories": null,
	"contest_mode": false,
	"created": 1782340907,
	"created_utc": 1782340907,
	"discussion_type": null,
	"distinguished": null,
	"domain": "self.AppIdeas",
	"downs": 0,
	"edited": false,
	"gilded": 0,
	"gildings": {},
	"hidden": false,
	"hide_score": true,
	"id": "1uesffe",
	"is_created_from_ads_ui": false,
	"is_crosspostable": false,
	"is_meta": false,
	"is_original_content": false,
	"is_reddit_media_domain": false,
	"is_robot_indexable": false,
	"is_self": true,
	"is_video": false,
	"likes": null,
	"link_flair_background_color": "",
	"link_flair_css_class": null,
	"link_flair_richtext": [],
	"link_flair_text": null,
	"link_flair_text_color": "dark",
	"link_flair_type": "text",
	"location_lat": null,
	"location_long": null,
	"location_name": null,
	"locked": false,
	"media": null,
	"media_embed": {},
	"media_only": false,
	"mod_note": null,
	"mod_reason_by": null,
	"mod_reason_title": null,
	"mod_reports": [],
	"name": "t3_1uesffe",
	"no_follow": true,
	"num_comments": 0,
	"num_crossposts": 0,
	"num_reports": null,
	"over_18": false,
	"permalink": "/r/AppIdeas/comments/1uesffe/i_have_an_app_idea_i_dont_know_how_to_build_apps/",
	"pinned": false,
	"pwls": 6,
	"quarantine": false,
	"removal_reason": null,
	"removed_by": null,
	"removed_by_category": "automod_filtered",
	"report_reasons": null,
	"retrieved_on": 1782340932,
	"saved": false,
	"score": 1,
	"secure_media": null,
	"secure_media_embed": {},
	"selftext": "[removed]",
	"send_replies": true,
	"spoiler": false,
	"stickied": false,
	"subreddit_id": "t5_2sa1z",
	"subreddit_name_prefixed": "r/AppIdeas",
	"subreddit_subscribers": 95473,
	"subreddit_type": "public",
	"suggested_sort": null,
	"thumbnail": "self",
	"thumbnail_height": null,
	"thumbnail_width": null,
	"title": "I have an app idea. I dont know how to build apps. I used an AI ti get a visual example of what i want. I need help",
	"top_awarded_type": null,
	"total_awards_received": 0,
	"treatment_tags": [],
	"ups": 1,
	"upvote_ratio": 1,
	"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AppIdeas/comments/1uesffe/i_have_an_app_idea_i_dont_know_how_to_build_apps/",
	"user_reports": [],
	"view_count": null,
	"visited": false,
	"websocket_url": "wss://k8s-lb.wss.redditmedia.com/link/1uesffe?m=AQAAxK49akz6uWmXyTnq5GwyY-U0FhTwzP9FzuVhRgTTotyzLbHh",
	"wls": 6,
	"scrapedAt": "2026-06-25T01:16:34.778Z"
}

Use Cases

• Subreddit research and monitoring
• Content discovery by keyword
• Author and flair-based analysis
• Archived Reddit data extraction