InsightSocial API
Reddit

Reddit Search Comments API reference

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Example request
curl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/reddit/search/comments?query=best%20project%20management%20software" \
  -H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"
GET
/v1/reddit/search/comments

Returns comments matching a phrase from Reddit's comment index, each with its parent post inline: ext.post_title, ext.subreddit, ext.post_score and ext.post_url.

Use it when the phrase lives in a reply rather than a title, and for author:username or subreddit:name sweeps. parent_id is null: the platform does not report thread position.

10 credits per call.

Paginates by cursor: see Pagination.

Authorization

apiKey
x-api-key<token>

Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.

In: header

Query Parameters

query*string

Search phrase. Reddit's operators work here: author:username for one account's comments, subreddit:name terms to scope to a community, and quotes for an exact phrase.

sort?string

Sort order for the comment hits.

Value in

  • "relevance"
  • "top"
  • "new"
cursor?string

Cursor to get more results. Get 'cursor' from the previous response.

dry_run?"1"

Set to 1 to get the price of this call without making it: data.dry_run carries credits_min and credits_max. Nothing is charged.

Value in

  • "1"

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/reddit/search/comments?query=string"
{  "success": true,  "platform": "string",  "endpoint": "string",  "schema_version": "2",  "pagination": {    "next_cursor": "string",    "has_more": true,    "page_size": 0,    "stopped_at": "since"  },  "unavailable": [    "string"  ],  "credits_used": 0,  "credits_remaining": 0,  "request_id": "string",  "cached": true,  "idempotent_replay": true,  "charge_reason": "string",  "free_call": true,  "data": {    "items": [      {        "comment": {          "id": "string",          "url": "http://example.com",          "parent_id": "string",          "post_id": "string",          "text": "string",          "author": {            "id": "string",            "username": "string",            "display_name": "string",            "avatar_url": "http://example.com",            "verified": true          },          "engagement": {            "likes": 0,            "replies": 0          },          "flags": {            "pinned": true,            "deleted": true          },          "published_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",          "language": "string",          "replies": [            {}          ],          "ext": {            "property1": null,            "property2": null          }        }      }    ],    "total": 0,    "truncated": true,    "ext": {      "property1": null,      "property2": null    }  }}

Profile GET

Returns one Reddit account: total karma, the post/comment/award karma split, cake day, bio, avatar, banner, trophy count and profile title.

Search › Media GET

Returns up to 25 Reddit posts that carry an image, video or gallery, with the media at content.media_urls plus title, score, comment count and subreddit.