🤖 Reddit Scraper

Reddit Scraper is a free and open-source scraper that gets you unlimited detailed Reddit data for free.

✨ What Can I Get?

• 🧵 Any post with its full comment tree — nested replies, scores, authors & flairs; export whole threads of up to 2,000 comments in one call
• 🔍 Search 26B+ posts & comments — posts, comments, media, communities & users with sort and time filters
• 🏘️ All 100K+ active communities — members, rules, wiki, pinned posts, similar subs & best posting hours
• 👤 Any user's full profile — karma, cake day, trophies, post & comment history, subreddits they moderate

🎥 Example: A Full Reddit Thread

{
  "post": {
    "id": "z1c9z",
    "title": "I am Barack Obama, President of the United States -- AMA",
    "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/",
    "created_at": "2012-08-29T20:01:36Z",
    "subreddit": { "name": "IAmA", "subscriber_count": 22477891 },
    "author": {
      "username": "PresidentObama",
      "flair": { "text": "Obama" }
    },
    "stats": { "score": 216179, "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "comment_count": 22719, "crosspost_count": 20 }
  },
  "sort": "top",
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "c60mm41",
      "text": "Are you considering increasing funds to the space program?\n\nEdit: grammar",
      "author": { "username": "ormirian" },
      "created_at": "2012-08-29T20:05:05Z",
      "stats": { "score": 3042 },
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": "c60n05h",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Making sure we stay at the forefront of space exploration is a big priority for my administration. The passing of Neil Armstrong this week is a reminder of the…",
          "author": { "username": "PresidentObama" },
          "created_at": "2012-08-29T20:24:23Z",
          "stats": { "score": 2531 },
          "flags": { "is_submitter": true }
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "more_comments": { "count": 22283, "cursor": "eyJkZXB0aCI6MiwibGltaXQi…" }
}

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🚀 Unlimited Free Reddit Data — Get It in 60 Seconds

1️⃣ Clone and install:

git clone https://github.com/omkarcloud/reddit-scraper
cd reddit-scraper
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

2️⃣ Start the API:

python run.py

3️⃣ Get your first data:

curl "http://localhost:8000/posts/comments?post=z1c9z&sort=top&limit=3&depth=1"

{
  "post": {
    "id": "z1c9z",
    "title": "I am Barack Obama, President of the United States -- AMA",
    "subreddit": { "name": "IAmA", "subscriber_count": 22477891 },
    "author": { "username": "PresidentObama" },
    "stats": { "score": 216183, "upvote_ratio": 0.68, "comment_count": 22719 }
  },
  "sort": "top",
  "comment_count": 3,
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "c60o0iw",
      "author": { "username": "Biinaryy" },
      "stats": { "score": 5402 },
      "text": "Here is a collection of all the questions and answers:\n\nQuestion:…",
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "more_comments": { "count": 26832 }
}

All 40 endpoints are now live at http://localhost:8000.

📚 Endpoints

40 endpoints cover everything you need.

Endpoint	Path	Returns
Post Comments	/posts/comments	A post with its full nested comment tree
Post Details	/posts/details	Everything about one post: body, author, score, media
Export Thread	/posts/comments/export	A whole thread as one flat list, up to 2,000 comments
Post Media	/posts/media	Original images, gallery items, videos with audio
Post Duplicates	/posts/duplicates	Every crosspost and repost of the same link
Posts Batch / Subreddits Batch / Users Batch	/posts/batch, /subreddits/batch, /users/batch	Up to 100 posts, subreddits or users in one call
Posts by URL	/posts/by-url	Every Reddit post that shared an external link
Comment Details	/comments/details	One comment with its parent comments
Autocomplete	/search/autocomplete	Typeahead for subreddits and user profiles
Search Posts / Comments / Media	/search/posts, /search/comments, /search/media	All of Reddit, sorted and filtered by time
Search Subreddits / Users	/search/subreddits, /search/users	Communities and accounts matching a keyword
Subreddit Posts	/subreddits/posts	Hot, new, top, rising or controversial posts
Subreddit Details	/subreddits/details	Members, description, sidebar, settings and rules
Search in Subreddit	/subreddits/search	Posts inside one subreddit, sorted and filtered
Subreddit Comments	/subreddits/comments	Newest comments, each with its post
Subreddit Insights	/subreddits/insights	Posts per day, best posting hours, top flairs and authors
Subreddit Rules / Wiki	/subreddits/rules, /subreddits/wiki	Rules, and any wiki page as Markdown and HTML
Similar Subreddits	/subreddits/similar	Communities Reddit recommends next to this one
Sticky Post	/subreddits/sticky	The pinned post with its top comments
Subreddit Flairs	/subreddits/flairs	Post flairs in use, ranked by popularity
Top / Popular / New Subreddits	/subreddits/leaderboard, /subreddits/popular, /subreddits/new	Leaderboard by weekly visitors, plus directories
User Details	/users/details	Karma, cake day, followers, bio and trophies
User Posts / Comments / Overview	/users/posts, /users/comments, /users/overview	Full post and comment history, sortable
User Insights / Active Subreddits	/users/insights, /users/active-subreddits	Where and when a user is most active
User Trophies / Moderated Subreddits	/users/trophies, /users/moderated	Trophy case, and every subreddit they moderate
Popular / All / Best Posts	/feeds/popular, /feeds/all, /feeds/best	r/popular in 16 countries, r/all, the front page

🔍 Exploring Parameters

The same API is published on RapidAPI, and its playground is the easiest place to try parameters and see raw responses. Once a request looks right, run it locally for unlimited free data.

1. Subscribe to the free plan — 1,000 calls/month, no credit card.
2. Try the endpoints in the playground — every param is pre-filled, so you see real data in one click.
3. Copy the generated code and replace https://best-reddit-scraper-free-1000-calls.p.rapidapi.com with http://localhost:8000. It will now run against your local API.

import requests

# generated by the playground, host swapped for the local API
response = requests.get(
    "http://localhost:8000/posts/comments",
    params={"post": "z1c9z"},
)
print(response.json())

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