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Get Subreddit Posts

Retrieve public subreddit metadata and posts using Reddit public JSON or old Reddit HTML extraction. Each successful request costs 1 credit; 404, 422, 502, and 503 responses are not billable.

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Get Subreddit Posts 1 credit / request

Endpoint

GET https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json
Request preview GET
https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json
Auth header x-api-key
Cost 1 credit / request
subreddit = Laravel
Response preview 200 OK
{
    "source": "public_json",
    "data": {
        "subreddit": {
            "display_name": "Laravel",
            "title": "Laravel",
            "public_description": "Laravel PHP framework discussion.",
            "subscribers": 123456,
            "active_user_count": 321,
            "over_18": false,
            "created_utc": 1200000000,
            "lang": "en",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Laravel/"
        },
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

5 optional filters available.

subreddit string Required

Required subreddit name without r/. Must be 2-100 letters, numbers, or underscores.

Example value Laravel
sort string Optional

Optional sort: hot, new, top, or rising.

Example value hot
timeframe string Optional

Optional top-post timeframe: hour, day, week, month, year, or all.

Example value example
limit integer Optional

Optional number of posts from 1 to 100. Defaults to 25.

Example value 25
after string Optional

Optional pagination cursor with at most 200 characters.

Example value example
extraction_path string Optional

Optional source: public_json or old_reddit. Defaults to public_json.

Example value public_json

Request Examples

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/reddit/subreddit?subreddit=Laravel&sort=hot&limit=25&extraction_path=public_json")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

source data
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "source": "public_json",
    "data": {
        "subreddit": {
            "display_name": "Laravel",
            "title": "Laravel",
            "public_description": "Laravel PHP framework discussion.",
            "subscribers": 123456,
            "active_user_count": 321,
            "over_18": false,
            "created_utc": 1200000000,
            "lang": "en",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Laravel/"
        },
        "posts": [
            {
                "id": "abc123",
                "name": "t3_abc123",
                "subreddit": "Laravel",
                "title": "Laravel 13 release notes",
                "author": "example_user",
                "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Laravel/comments/abc123/laravel_13_release_notes/",
                "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Laravel/comments/abc123/laravel_13_release_notes/",
                "selftext": "A discussion of the latest Laravel release.",
                "score": 128,
                "upvote_ratio": 0.95,
                "num_comments": 36,
                "created_utc": 1781900000,
                "over_18": false,
                "spoiler": false,
                "stickied": false,
                "flair": "News",
                "thumbnail": "self"
            }
        ],
        "after": "t3_next",
        "before": null,
        "dist": 1
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

404

Reddit Content Not Found

Reddit returned unavailable content. The post or subreddit may be private, removed, quarantined, NSFW-gated, or blocked upstream.

{
    "ok": false,
    "error": "reddit_unavailable",
    "message": "Reddit returned unavailable content. The post or subreddit may be private, removed, quarantined, NSFW-gated, or blocked upstream.",
    "upstream_status": 404
}
422

Validation Error

One or more query parameters are invalid.

{
    "message": "The subreddit field is required.",
    "errors": {
        "subreddit": [
            "The subreddit field is required."
        ]
    }
}
502

Reddit Upstream Error

Reddit returned an unexpected response or a response that could not be normalized.

{
    "ok": false,
    "error": "reddit_upstream_error",
    "message": "Reddit returned an unexpected upstream response.",
    "upstream_status": 500,
    "retryable": true
}
503

Reddit Temporarily Unavailable

Reddit did not return a successful response through the approved proxy pool.

{
    "ok": false,
    "error": "reddit_upstream_unavailable",
    "message": "Reddit did not return a successful response through the approved proxy pool.",
    "retryable": true,
    "upstream_status": 403
}

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