You can access the Reddit Search V1 — Posts, Subreddits & Users (3 endpoints) 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.

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Reddit Search V1 — Posts, Subreddits & Users (3 endpoints) OpenAPI definition

OpenAPI is a standard for designing and describing RESTful APIs, allowing developers to define API structure, endpoints, and data formats in a machine-readable way. It simplifies API development, integration, and documentation.

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By defining machine-readable API specifications, OpenAPI allows AI models like GPTs to understand and use varied data sources, improving accuracy. This accelerates development, reduces errors, and provides context-aware responses, making OpenAPI a core component for AI applications.

You can download the OpenAPI definitions for Reddit Search V1 — Posts, Subreddits & Users (3 endpoints) from the options below:

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Reddit Search V1 — Posts, Subreddits & Users (3 endpoints) API

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5.0

Reddit Scraper - Posts, Comments, Subreddits & Users

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deusex machine

Reddit Scraper — Posts, Search & Subreddits

automly/reddit-scraper

Scrape Reddit posts from subreddits or keyword search. Structured JSON with scores, comments, author data, and flair.

Automly

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viralanalyzer/reddit-scraper

Extract Reddit posts, comments, subreddit data, and user profiles.

viralanalyzer

5.0

Reddit Search — Find Posts Across All Subreddits

maged120/reddit-search

Scrape Reddit search results for any query. Get posts, scores, subreddits, authors, and timestamps without logging in. Supports all Reddit search filters.

Maged

2.0

Reddit Scraper

gentle_cloud/reddit-scraper

Scrape posts and comments from any Reddit subreddit. Supports multiple subreddits, search, sorting, time filters, and optional comment extraction — no API key required.