Reddit post API

Read a post and its comment thread, with a cursor for the rest of the comments

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/post \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "postUrl": "<string>",
  "postId": "<string>",
  "comment": "<string>",
  "sort": "best",
  "cursor": "<string>"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    postUrl: '<string>',
    postId: '<string>',
    comment: '<string>',
    sort: 'best',
    cursor: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/post', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/post"

payload = {
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "postId": "<string>",
    "comment": "<string>",
    "sort": "best",
    "cursor": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "commentUrl": "<string>",
        "score": 0,
        "depth": 0,
        "isSubmitter": true,
        "isPinned": true,
        "commentId": "<string>",
        "parentId": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "postId": "<string>",
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "title": "<string>",
    "text": "<string>",
    "authorId": "<string>",
    "authorUsername": "<string>",
    "authorUrl": "<string>",
    "subreddit": "<string>",
    "score": 0,
    "upvotePercent": 50,
    "comments": 0,
    "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "flair": "<string>",
    "linkUrl": "<string>",
    "thumbnailUrl": "<string>",
    "isNsfw": true,
    "isVideo": true,
    "isPinned": true,
    "imageUrls": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "videoUrl": "<string>",
    "videoHlsUrl": "<string>",
    "videoDurationSeconds": 123,
    "pollOptions": [
      {
        "text": "<string>",
        "votes": 0
      }
    ],
    "pollTotalVotes": 0,
    "pollEndsAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "repostOfUrl": "<string>",
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

POST

post

Read a post and its comment thread, with a cursor for the rest of the comments

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/post \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "postUrl": "<string>",
  "postId": "<string>",
  "comment": "<string>",
  "sort": "best",
  "cursor": "<string>"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    postUrl: '<string>',
    postId: '<string>',
    comment: '<string>',
    sort: 'best',
    cursor: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/post', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/post"

payload = {
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "postId": "<string>",
    "comment": "<string>",
    "sort": "best",
    "cursor": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "commentUrl": "<string>",
        "score": 0,
        "depth": 0,
        "isSubmitter": true,
        "isPinned": true,
        "commentId": "<string>",
        "parentId": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    ],
    "postId": "<string>",
    "postUrl": "<string>",
    "title": "<string>",
    "text": "<string>",
    "authorId": "<string>",
    "authorUsername": "<string>",
    "authorUrl": "<string>",
    "subreddit": "<string>",
    "score": 0,
    "upvotePercent": 50,
    "comments": 0,
    "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "flair": "<string>",
    "linkUrl": "<string>",
    "thumbnailUrl": "<string>",
    "isNsfw": true,
    "isVideo": true,
    "isPinned": true,
    "imageUrls": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "videoUrl": "<string>",
    "videoHlsUrl": "<string>",
    "videoDurationSeconds": 123,
    "pollOptions": [
      {
        "text": "<string>",
        "votes": 0
      }
    ],
    "pollTotalVotes": 0,
    "pollEndsAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "repostOfUrl": "<string>",
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

Returns a post and its comment thread, with a cursor for the rest of the comments. The post is identified by its URL or ID.

Request

Exactly one of postUrl or postId is required. A request that sets both, or none, fails with invalidRequest.

import { Stophy } from "stophy";

const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.reddit.post({ postUrl: "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1abc2de/example_post/" });
console.log(result.data.results);

from stophy import Stophy

stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.reddit.post(post_url="https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1abc2de/example_post/")
print(result["data"]["results"])

curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/post \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"postUrl":"https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1abc2de/example_post/"}'

stophy reddit post --postUrl https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1abc2de/example_post/

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data contains the post, and results lists its comments. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "postId": "1wxj3er",
    "postUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1wxj3er/men_whats_one_small_seemingly_insignificant_thing/",
    "title": "Men, what’s one small, seemingly insignificant thing you’ve noticed that can be a telltale sign of the difference…",
    "authorId": "ojjf3gg0x",
    "authorUsername": "AuthorConfident9386",
    "authorUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/user/AuthorConfident9386/",
    "subreddit": "AskReddit",
    "score": 5312,
    "upvotePercent": 89,
    "comments": 2349,
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-04T15:56:50.000Z",
    "isNsfw": false,
    "isVideo": false,
    "isPinned": false,
    "results": [
      {
        "commentId": "pdu7cxe",
        "commentUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1wxj3er/men_whats_one_small_seemingly_insignificant_thing/pdu7cxe/",
        "authorId": "aug9d",
        "authorUsername": "s0ulfire",
        "authorUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/user/s0ulfire/",
        "text": "Ability to admit one’s mistake ",
        "score": 5756,
        "publishedAt": "2026-10-04T16:47:49.000Z",
        "depth": 0,
        "isSubmitter": false,
        "isPinned": false
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "8f1d680b-d686-4b78-a88e-7334dcfa10d1"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}

Field	Type	Description
`cursor`	string	Pass it as `cursor` to retrieve the rest of the comments.
`publishedAt`	string (ISO 8601)	The publication time, in UTC.
`score`	integer	Upvotes minus downvotes.
`upvotePercent`	number	The share of votes that are upvotes, as a percentage.
`depth`	integer	The nesting level of the comment in the thread. Top-level comments are 0.
`isSubmitter`	boolean	`true` if the commenter is the author of the post.

For every field, see the response schema on this page.

Optional parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`comment`	string	A comment id or link. Returns that comment’s thread.
`sort`	string	Specifies the order of the comments. Acceptable values are `best`, `top`, `newest`, `controversial`, `old` and `qa`. If unset, defaults to `best`.
`cursor`	string	The pagination token from the previous response.

Billing

Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.

Pagination

Results are paginated. To retrieve the next page, pass the value of data.cursor as cursor in a subsequent request. A response that omits cursor is the last page.

Reddit subreddit: Accepts subreddit. Returns a subreddit’s info and a page of its posts.
Reddit other discussions: Accepts postUrl. Returns where else on Reddit one link was shared, equivalent to Reddit’s Other discussions.
Reddit user: Accepts userUrl. Returns a user’s profile and a page of their posts and comments.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

postUrl

string

Link to the Reddit post, like https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1abc2de/example_post/. Send this or postId.

postId

string

Reddit post id, like 1abc2de. Send this or postUrl.

comment

string

A comment id or link: returns that comment's thread, like Reddit's own link.

sort

enum<string>

default:best

Reddit's own comment sort.

Available options:

best,

top,

newest,

controversial,

old,

qa

cursor

string

The cursor from the previous response. Send it as is.

Minimum string length: 1

Response

The data, and the credits this call used.

success

any

required

data

object

required

Show child attributes

creditsUsed

integer

required

requestId

string

required

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