You can access the Reddit Scraper V2 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

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    "subreddits": ["forhire"],
10    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/" }],
11    "users": ["spez"],
12    "communities": ["technology"],
13    "searchQueries": ["remote developer"],
14    "searchFor": ["posts"],
15    "sort": "hot",
16    "time": "week",
17    "includeNSFW": False,
18    "includeSelftext": True,
19    "includeComments": False,
20    "maxComments": 20,
21    "maxCommentDepth": 4,
22    "includeMedia": False,
23    "maxItems": 50,
24    "maxPostsPerSource": 25,
25    "maxPages": 1,
26    "ignoreStartUrls": False,
27    "maxRetries": 3,
28    "requestDelayMs": 300,
29    "debug": False,
30}
31
32# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
33run = client.actor("myagizm/reddit-scraper-v2").call(run_input=run_input)
34
35# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
36print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
37for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
38    print(item)
39
40# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Reddit Scraper V2 — Posts, Comments, Users & Search API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Reddit Scraper V2 API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Reddit Scraper V2 API in JavaScript

Reddit Scraper V2 API through CLI

Reddit Scraper V2 OpenAPI definition

Reddit Scraper V2 API

Reddit Search Scraper V2

myagizm/reddit-search-scraper-v2

Reddit Search Scraper V2 — cached data source (results may lag up to ~1.5h). Structured JSON, no login, no API key. For real-time data use the V1 actor.

MYM

Reddit Profile Scraper V2

myagizm/reddit-profile-scraper-v2

Reddit Profile Scraper V2 — cached data source (results may lag up to ~1.5h). Structured JSON, no login, no API key. For real-time data use the V1 actor.

MYM

Reddit Comment Scraper V2

myagizm/reddit-comment-scraper-v2

Reddit Comment Scraper V2 — cached data source (results may lag up to ~1.5h). Structured JSON, no login, no API key. For real-time data use the V1 actor.

MYM

Reddit Community Scraper V2

myagizm/reddit-community-scraper-v2

Reddit Community Scraper V2 — cached data source (results may lag up to ~1.5h). Structured JSON, no login, no API key. For real-time data use the V1 actor.

MYM

Reddit Subreddit Scraper V2

myagizm/reddit-subreddit-scraper-v2

Reddit Subreddit Scraper V2 — cached data source (results may lag up to ~1.5h). Structured JSON, no login, no API key. For real-time data use the V1 actor.

MYM