Reddit Search Posts API searches Reddit posts by keyword. Choose the sort (relevance, hot, top, new or comments) and a time window t. Set subreddit to search one community only. Every returned post matches the subreddit and the time window you asked for. Adult posts are left out unless nsfw=true.
Each post has id, fullname, title, selftext (null for link posts), author, subreddit, score, upvote_ratio, num_comments, awards, flair, created_at and created_utc, permalink, url, domain, post_type (text, link, image, gallery, video or crosspost), the flags over_18, spoiler, stickied, locked and archived, removed_by_category, thumbnail_url, gallery, video and crosspost_parent. Deleted authors and removed posts show Reddit's own marker such as [deleted].
Every list has pagination with limit, after, next_after and has_more. Pass next_after as after to read the next page. A page is never another page's data under a new label. Reddit ends every list after about 1000 items.
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Parameters
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Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
6 optional filters available.
string
Required
Search text, up to 512 characters. Example: openai.
coffee shops
string
Optional
relevance (default), hot, top, new or comments. Example: top.
relevance
string
Optional
Time window: hour, day, week, month, year or all. Items outside the window are never returned. Example: week.
example
string
Optional
Only posts of this subreddit, without r/. Example: programming.
example
boolean
Optional
true to include adult posts (default false). Example: false.
true
string
Optional
Cursor from pagination.next_after of the previous page. Example: t3_1xhv532.
example
integer
Optional
Items per page, 1 to 100 (default 25). Example: 25.
10
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"sort": "top",
"time": null,
"posts": [
{
"id": "1xdv3e5",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1xdv3e5",
"flair": {
"text": "Discussion \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f",
"text_color": "dark",
"background_color": "#ffd635"
},
"score": 46921,
"title": "Hacker reverse engineers his Samsung TV and finds on-board AI listening for sounds of dog and baby, proceeds to get his account suspended...",
"video": null,
"author": "JarPicklez",
"awards": [],
"domain": "reddit.com",
"locked": false,
"gallery": [
{
"id": "tc7ye5jtbbxh1",
"url": "https://preview.redd.it/tc7ye5jtbbxh1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=401810280387183901e497762e8487a7902d3cd4",
"link": null,
"width": 640,
"height": 1013,
"caption": null,
"mime_type": "image/jpeg"
}
],
"over_18": false,
"spoiler": false,
"archived": false,
"fullname": "t3_1xdv3e5",
"selftext": "This is wild ",
"stickied": false,
"edited_at": null,
"permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/comments/1xdv3e5/hacker_reverse_engineers_his_samsung_tv_and_finds/",
"post_type": "gallery",
"subreddit": "antiai",
"created_at": "2026-10-24T00:50:17+00:00",
"created_utc": 1792803017,
"preview_url": null,
"author_flair": null,
"num_comments": 1743,
"subreddit_id": "t5_37shj",
"upvote_ratio": 0.98,
"distinguished": null,
"thumbnail_url": null,
"num_crossposts": 26,
"author_fullname": "t2_2o5c37a5k3",
"crosspost_parent": null,
"is_original_content": false,
"removed_by_category": null,
"subreddit_subscribers": 394165,
"total_awards_received": 0
}
],
"query": "openai",
"subreddit": null,
"pagination": {
"after": null,
"limit": 3,
"has_more": true,
"next_after": "t3_1xhv532"
}
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "search_posts"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A required parameter or a value is invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"query": [
"The query field is required."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Upstream Unavailable
Reddit could not be reached or returned data that does not match the request. This response is not billable and is retryable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "search_posts"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "Reddit could not be reached. Please retry shortly."
},
"success": false
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