Reddit Post comments API
Top-level comments on a Reddit post by URL: author, body, score and timestamp. Paginate with the cursor field.
$0.60/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id": "t1_klm123","author": "switchdoctor","body": "Look at the Keychron V-series, great value out of the box.","url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1abc234/comment/klm123/","createdUtc": 1718201500,"parentId": string,"score": integer}
Pricing and providers
Reddit Post comments API pricing: one API, 3 interchangeable providers
The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.
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Get Reddit post comments in one request
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{
"found": true,
"data": {
"comments": [
{
"id": "t1_klm123",
"author": "switchdoctor",
"body": "Look at the Keychron V-series, great value out of the box.",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1abc234/comment/klm123/",
"createdUtc": 1718201500
}
]
}
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Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- urlstring
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1abc234/
Full Reddit post URL on reddit.com. A gallery link (https://www.reddit.com/gallery/<id>) is read as the post it belongs to, and a relative permalink (/r/<subreddit>/comments/<id>/...) as the same path on https://www.reddit.com.
- cursorstring
Cursor from a previous response for more comments.
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- authorstring
switchdoctor
Commenter username, without the u/ prefix. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- bodystring
Look at the Keychron V-series, great value out of the box.
Comment text, as Markdown. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- createdUtcnumber
1718201500
UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.
- idstring
t1_klm123
Reddit comment ID (base-36, without the t1_ prefix). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- parentIdstring
ID of the comment this one replies to (base-36, without the t1_ prefix). Empty for a top-level comment that replies to the post itself.
- scoreinteger
Net score (upvotes minus downvotes) on the comment at fetch time.
- urlstring
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1abc234/comment/klm123/
Permalink to the comment on reddit.com. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
Photo, video, and GIF attachments on the post. Empty when the post has none; null when the serving source does not report attachments.
- heightinteger
- typestring
One of photo, video, or gif.
- urlstring
Image URL. For a video or GIF this is the poster/thumbnail frame.
- videoUrlstring
Playable video file URL. Present only for video and gif items.
- widthinteger
- nextCursorstring
Opaque cursor for the next page of comments, or null when this lane has no more. Pass it back as cursor to continue.
- foundboolean
true
- reason"not_found"
Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.
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FAQ
About the Reddit Post comments API
The AnyAPI Reddit Post comments API returns Reddit post comments data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/reddit.post_comments. Top-level comments on a Reddit post by URL: author, body, score and timestamp. Paginate with the cursor field. AnyAPI routes each request across 3 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $0.60 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 99.9% of Reddit post comments calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 1.5 seconds across 65,856 measured calls.