# Reddit Posts Scraper via RSS — No OAuth Needed (`fortunate_sourdough/reddit-posts-rss-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Reddit posts and search results via public RSS feeds. No login, no OAuth, no proxies. Subreddit listings, search, and user profiles.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fortunate\_sourdough/reddit-posts-rss-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [phi](https://apify.com/fortunate_sourdough) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Reddit Posts Scraper (RSS, No Login)

Scrape **Reddit posts** through public RSS/Atom feeds — no login, no OAuth app, no API keys, no proxies. Pull subreddit listings (new/hot/top/rising), filter by keywords, and get structured JSON in seconds.

### Why this actor

- 🔓 **Zero setup** — no Reddit app registration, no OAuth, no cookies
- 🛡️ **Robust** — RSS endpoints are far less bot-hostile than Reddit's JSON API
- 🧹 **Clean output** — post ID, title, author, URL, publish date, body preview
- 💰 **Pay-per-result** — charged only for posts returned

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `subreddit` | string | `webdev` | Subreddit name (with or without `r/` prefix) |
| `query` | string | *(empty)* | Optional keyword filter applied to titles/bodies |
| `sort` | string | `new` | `new`, `hot`, `top`, or `rising` |
| `timeRange` | string | `week` | Time window when `sort=top` |
| `maxItems` | integer | `100` | Max posts (1–1000) |

#### Example

```json
{
  "subreddit": "startups",
  "query": "stripe",
  "sort": "new",
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "id": "t3_1wd4rmu",
  "fullname": "t3_1wd4rmu",
  "title": "do you track the difference between code that's just messy and code that's badly structured?",
  "author": "quietcodelife",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1wd4rmu/...",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-11T03:28:24+00:00",
  "bodyPreview": "I've been refactoring an old codebase and..."
}
```

### Use cases

- **Monitoring** — watch subreddits for keywords (brand mentions, tech topics, competitor names)
- **Lead generation** — find people asking for what you sell
- **Research** — collect discussion samples per topic
- **Content pipelines** — feed post streams into summarizers or AI workflows

### Notes

- RSS exposes listing data (title, author, date, body). Vote counts and full comment trees require Reddit's OAuth API — consider the full Reddit actors if you need scores/comments.
- The actor paces requests politely (2.5s between pages) and backs off automatically on rate limits.
- Keyword filtering happens client-side over titles and body previews for maximum reliability.

# Actor input Schema

## `subreddit` (type: `string`):

e.g. webdev, python, games. Leave empty to use global search.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Optional search query (within subreddit if given, otherwise global).

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Listing sort order (ignored when query is set).

## `timeRange` (type: `string`):

Time window when sort=top.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum posts to return (1-1000).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "subreddit": "webdev",
  "sort": "new",
  "timeRange": "week",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "subreddit": "webdev"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fortunate_sourdough/reddit-posts-rss-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "subreddit": "webdev" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fortunate_sourdough/reddit-posts-rss-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "subreddit": "webdev"
}' |
apify call fortunate_sourdough/reddit-posts-rss-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fortunate_sourdough/reddit-posts-rss-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/g8rOYsbjwoMNa93y0/builds/WhCXeA2cwzXjTEQNM/openapi.json