Reddit Comments API
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Read the comments under one Reddit post, with up to five levels of nested replies. Each comment has text, author, score and time. It covers that post only, not a site-wide comment search. It may not capture every branch of the thread.
Send POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with platform set to reddit and action set to comments. Price $0.79 per 1,000 requests ($0.000792 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.
AI prompt
#Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra Reddit Comments endpoint (reddit/comments).
How the endpoint works:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to reddit and action to comments, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
- url: Specifies the target post URL for post_detail and comments, typically containing /r/subreddit/comments/post_id/. For comments, this retrieves comments and up to five levels of nested replies for that specific post.
- Optional parameters:
- limit: The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 100. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. (default: 10)
- Returns a list of records. Main fields of each record: id, text, author_username, like_count, community, url, posted_at.
- Example request body:
{
"platform": "reddit",
"action": "comments",
"params": {
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUS/comments/1uzedcq/is_coffee_really_a_daily_ritual_for_most_americans/"
}
}
- Price: $0.79 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.
Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.Request parameters
#| Name | In | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Authorization | header | string | Yes | - | Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository. |
platform | body | string | Yes | reddit | Platform identifier, fixed value. |
action | body | string | Yes | comments | Capability identifier, fixed value. |
url | body.params | string | Yes | - | Specifies the target post URL for post_detail and comments, typically containing /r/subreddit/comments/post_id/. For comments, this retrieves comments and up to five levels of nested replies for that specific post; it is not a global comment search. |
limit | body.params | integer (1–100) | No | 10 | The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 100. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. |
Code samples
#curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"platform": "reddit",
"action": "comments",
"params": {
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUS/comments/1uzedcq/is_coffee_really_a_daily_ritual_for_most_americans/"
}
}'OpenAPI definition (JSON)Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.
Response example
#{ "id": "req_…", "platform": "reddit", "action": "comments", "results": [ { "id": "oy6sr9j", "text": "More like hourly. It's absurd how normally being addicted to coffee/caffeine is treated. It is by far the most destructive (absolutely, not relatively) addiction.", "author_username": "•••", "like_count": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUS/comments/1uzedcq/is_coffee_really_a_daily_ritual_for_most_americans/oy6sr9j/", "posted_at": "2026-07-17T22:56:55+00:00", "platform": "reddit" }, { "id": "oy7xkkr", "text": "Caffeine can be a problem when it comes to sleep but more and more coffee is linked to having health benefits.", "author_username": "•••", "like_count": 0, "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUS/comments/1uzedcq/is_coffee_really_a_daily_ritual_for_most_americans/oy7xkkr/", "posted_at": "2026-07-18T02:53:08+00:00", "platform": "reddit" } ], "count": 10, "billing": { "charged": …, "charged_usd": …, "balance_after_usd": …, … }, "quota": { … }}
Response fields
#Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
id | The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms. |
text | Body text with HTML removed, returned in full and never cut short (on a few platforms the list results themselves carry only an excerpt; the platform's field notes say so). |
author_username | Author's username (@handle), usually usable in URLs. |
like_count | Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0. |
community | Keeps the platform's own meaning |
url | Link to the record on the platform. |
posted_at | Publish time in ISO 8601, UTC (for example 2026-08-07T12:34:56+00:00). Non-standard strings from the platform are passed through as is, so parse defensively. null means the platform does not disclose it. |
platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |
Errors and billing
#- 401
- Missing or invalid key.
- 402
- Insufficient balance. Top up first.
- 422
- Invalid parameter name or value. Fix it using the suggestions in the error. No charge.
- 429
- Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After, then try again.
- 503
- Could not complete. The held charge is returned to your balance. If the outcome is unknown, verify it before you retry.
- 200 empty
- No data. No charge.
Official references
#Used only to check objects and terms. They do not imply authorization or endorsement of EveryInfra by the platform.
- Reddit: Single-Post Comment Search vs. Fetching Comments ↗
Official Reddit documentation covers in-post comment searching within its website and apps. The comments endpoint on this page fetches comments strictly by post URL; it lacks a comment keyword parameter and does not support full-text comment search simply by referencing official feature descriptions.
Checked 2026-09-04