Reddit Post & Subreddit Scraper
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Collect structured Reddit data including posts, comments, author details, scores, awards, and timestamps using Reddit JSON endpoints.
You can access the Reddit Post & Subreddit 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.
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Used when mode is 'postUrl'.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "usernames": { "title": "Reddit Usernames", "type": "array", "description": "List of Reddit usernames (or profile URLs) to scrape. Used when mode is 'profile'.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum posts/profiles/users to scrape.", "default": 50 }, "includeComments": { "title": "Include Comments", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch top 20 comments with nested replies for each post (deepScraping must be enabled).", "default": false }, "deepScraping": { "title": "Deep Scraping", "type": "boolean", "description": "Open each post in a parallel browser tab for full data: selfText, images, video, gallery, awards, crosspost data.", "default": true }, "includeRecentPosts": { "title": "Include Recent Posts (Profile mode)", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch each user's recent submitted posts. 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