Reddit Subreddit search API
Search posts within a single subreddit by query, sort and timeframe. Paginate with the cursor field.
$0.35/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.
{"id": "t3_1ghi890","title": "Quietest silent switches you have tried?","author": "lurkmoar","score": 612,"numComments": 144,"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1ghi890/","permalink": "/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1ghi890/","createdUtc": 1718160000,... 6 more fields}
Pricing and providers
Reddit Subreddit search API pricing: one API, 5 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 subreddit search in one request
This sample shows 14 of 19 fields. See every field
{
"found": true,
"data": {
"posts": [
{
"id": "t3_1ghi890",
"title": "Quietest silent switches you have tried?",
"author": "lurkmoar",
"score": 612,
"numComments": 144,
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1ghi890/",
"permalink": "/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1ghi890/",
"createdUtc": 1718160000,
"subreddit": "MechanicalKeyboards",
"nsfw": false
}
],
"nextCursor": "t3_1ghi890"
}
}Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.
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One request, one response shape.
Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.
Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
Request body
JSON, posted to this endpoint.
- subredditstring
MechanicalKeyboards
Subreddit name without the r/ prefix (e.g. 'Fitness').
- cursorstring
Optional pagination token from a previous response. Include `nextCursor` in requireFields on the first request to make sure a source that supports pagination serves it.
- querystring
silent switches
Optional search query to match posts (e.g. 'push ups').
- requireFieldsarray
Optional; omit it and routing is unchanged, with the cheapest source serving. Name the output fields this request must be able to return, for example `nextCursor` or `selftext`, and it is served only by a source that returns every one of them. Fields you do not name are still returned whenever the serving source has them. This can raise your price: when the cheapest source cannot return a named field, a dearer source serves, and you are quoted and charged its price. Name `nextCursor` only if you will fetch more than the first page: when you leave it out, a cheaper source that cannot paginate may serve the request, and its nextCursor is null, so there is no next page to ask for. A named field can still be absent on a post that genuinely lacks it. Naming a combination that no single source returns together is refused as invalid input, with no charge. On a paginated walk it applies to the first page only; later pages stay with the source that page chose, at the price it was quoted.
- sortenum
Optional sort order: relevance, hot, top, new, comments.
- timeframeenum
Optional time filter: all, year, month, week, day, hour.
Response
JSON, one example value per field.
- nextCursorstringcan require
t3_1ghi890
Opaque cursor for the next page of posts, or null when this lane has no more. Pass it back as cursor to continue.
Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- authorstring
lurkmoar
Author username, without the u/ prefix. Empty when the upstream omits it.
- authorIdstring
Reddit account ID of the author, without the t2_ prefix.
- createdUtcnumber
1718160000
Post creation time as a UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds.
- idstring
t3_1ghi890
Reddit post ID (base-36, without the t3_ prefix). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- isArchivedbooleancan require
True when Reddit has archived the thread, which blocks new comments and votes. Archiving is a per-community setting, so an old thread is not necessarily archived. Absent when the source that served this request does not report it, which means unknown rather than false.
- isLockedbooleancan require
True when a moderator has locked the thread, which blocks new comments. Absent when the source that served this request does not report it, which means unknown rather than false.
- nsfwboolean
false
Whether the post is marked NSFW (over 18).
- numCommentsinteger
144
Total number of comments on the post.
- permalinkstring
/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1ghi890/
Canonical reddit.com thread path for the post (e.g. "/r/golang/comments/abc123/..."). Differs from url, which is the destination link. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- scoreinteger
612
Net score (upvotes minus downvotes) at fetch time.
- selftextstringcan require
Body text of a self post, as Markdown. Empty on a link post, which has no body.
- subredditstring
MechanicalKeyboards
Subreddit name, without the r/ prefix. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- titlestring
Quietest silent switches you have tried?
Post title. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- urlstring
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1ghi890/
The post's destination link (the external URL for link posts, or the thread URL for self posts). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.
- 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 Subreddit search API
The AnyAPI Reddit Subreddit search API returns Reddit subreddit search data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/reddit.subreddit_search. Search posts within a single subreddit by query, sort and timeframe. Paginate with the cursor field. AnyAPI routes each request across 5 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $0.35 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 99.3% of Reddit subreddit search calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 2.5 seconds across 54,005 measured calls.