You can access the Reddit Comment 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

$echo '{
<  "startUrls": [
<    {
<      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/"
<    }
<  ],
<  "subreddits": [
<    "AskReddit"
<  ],
<  "sort": "hot",
<  "time": "week",
<  "maxComments": 50,
<  "maxCommentDepth": 6,
<  "maxItems": 25,
<  "maxPostsPerSource": 25,
<  "maxPages": 1,
<  "maxRetries": 3,
<  "requestDelayMs": 300,
<  "debug": false
<}' |
<apify call myagizm/reddit-comment-scraper --silent --output-dataset

Reddit Comment Scraper – Export Comments to JSON API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Reddit Comment Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

Reddit Comment Scraper API in Python

Reddit Comment Scraper API in JavaScript

Reddit Comment Scraper OpenAPI definition

Reddit Comment Scraper API

Reddit Post & Comment Scraper

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Scrape Reddit posts and comments from any subreddit or thread URL. Extract titles, scores, authors, comment trees, and metadata. No Reddit API key or OAuth required.

Tatsuya Mizuno

Reddit Comment Scraper

scrapebase/reddit-comment-scraper

ScrapeBase

Reddit Comment Scraper

scrapelabsapi/reddit-comment-scraper

ScrapeLabs

Reddit Comment Scraper

scraperforge/reddit-comment-scraper

ScraperForge

Reddit Comment Scraper

scrapepilotapi/reddit-comment-scraper

ScrapePilot

Reddit Scraper – Posts, Full Comment Trees & Users

ninhothedev/reddit-scraper

$1.5/1K 🔥 Fast Reddit scraper! Posts, comments, scores, authors & full comment trees from any subreddit or search. JSON, CSV, Excel or API in seconds. Paste a subreddit or keyword & pull thousands of posts for research & trend-tracking ⚡

ninhothedev

Reddit Post Comments Scraper

electrabot.info/reddit-post-comments

Scrapes full comment trees from Reddit posts — user handles, upvotes, nested replies, and per-comment sentiment.

electra bot

Reddit Comment Scraper — Post Comments & Subreddit Monitoring

automly/reddit-comment-scraper

Extract comments from specific Reddit posts or from the top posts of any subreddit. Supports all Reddit comment sort modes. Residential proxy required for reliable access.