Reddit Community Posts Scraper

This tool is designed to scrape posts from a specific Reddit community. It retrieves detailed information about posts, including the author, title, score, comments, and more.

How to Use

1. Input Configuration

The tool accepts the following input parameters in JSON format:

• community (required):
  The Reddit community name (e.g., /r/technology).

  • Type: String

• size (required):
  The number of posts to retrieve.

  • Type: Integer
  • Default: 10
  • Minimum: 1

Example Input

{
  "community": "/r/technology",
  "size": 10
}

2. Output Data

The tool returns an array of objects containing detailed information about the posts. Each object includes the following fields:

• author_icon: The URL of the author's profile icon.
• author_name: The name of the post's author.
• author_url: The URL of the author's profile.
• author_id: The unique ID of the author.
• post_id: The unique ID of the post.
• post_title: The title of the post.
• post_url: The URL of the post.
• post_type: The type of the post (e.g., text, video).
• post_score: The score of the post.
• post_comment_count: The number of comments on the post.
• post_created_timestamp: The timestamp when the post was created.
• post_content: The content of the post, text or image or video etc.
• community: Information about the community, including its name, description, and other metadata.

Example Output

[
  {
    "author_icon": "https://example.com/icon.png",
    "author_name": "example_user",
    "author_url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/example_user",
    "author_id": "12345",
    "post_id": "abc123",
    "post_title": "Example Post Title",
    "post_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/abc123/example_post",
    "post_type": "text",
    "post_score": 100,
    "post_comment_count": 50,
    "post_created_timestamp": "2025-12-01",
    "post_content": "This is an example post.",
    "community": {
      "community_id": "67890",
      "community_name": "technology",
      "community_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/technology",
      "community_description": "A community for technology enthusiasts.",
      "weekly_active_users": 10000,
      "weekly_contributions": 500,
      "community_created_timestamp": "2025-01-01"
    }
  }
]

3. Running the Tool

1. Deploy the tool on the Apify platform.
2. Provide the input parameters in the tool's input configuration.
3. Run the tool to scrape posts from the specified Reddit community.
4. Retrieve the output dataset containing the post details.

Notes

• Ensure the community parameter is in the correct format (e.g., /r/community_name).
• The tool uses Reddit's public interface and may be subject to rate limits or restrictions.
• The size parameter determines the maximum number of posts to retrieve.