# Reddit Comments API (reddit.comments)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/en/reddit-api/comments
- Endpoint: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with {"platform": "reddit", "action": "comments", "params": {...}}
- Price: $0.000792 per call ($0.79 per 1,000 requests); failed calls and empty results are not charged
- Returns: list, default 10, max 100 per call
- Mode: sync; add "mode": "async" for slow tasks

## Health

- Live health (24h percent, hourly and daily trends): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/availability?platform=reddit&action=comments

## Parameters

| name | type | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | not declared | yes | not declared | 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 | 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. |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| 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 | platform-native 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). |

## Example

```bash
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/"
  }
}'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVERYINFRA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "reddit",
        "action": "comments",
        "params": {
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUS/comments/1uzedcq/is_coffee_really_a_daily_ritual_for_most_americans/",
        },
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
```

## Response example

Real response to the example request above, captured 2026-09-26T08:56:04Z. `results` and `count` are real with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2 of 10. `id`, `billing` and `quota` differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

```text
{
  "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": { … }
}
```

## Also

- Capability catalog (no key): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=reddit
- OpenAPI: https://everyinfra.com/openapi.json · Agents guide: https://everyinfra.com/agents.md