Reddit search API

Search Reddit posts, subreddits and users

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "typescript"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({query: 'typescript'})
};

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

import requests

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

payload = { "query": "typescript" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "post",
        "postUrl": "<string>",
        "score": 0,
        "comments": 0,
        "isNsfw": true,
        "isVideo": true,
        "isPinned": true,
        "postId": "<string>",
        "title": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "subreddit": "<string>",
        "upvotePercent": 50,
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "flair": "<string>",
        "linkUrl": "<string>",
        "thumbnailUrl": "<string>",
        "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

Search Reddit posts, subreddits and users

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "typescript"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({query: 'typescript'})
};

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

import requests

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

payload = { "query": "typescript" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "post",
        "postUrl": "<string>",
        "score": 0,
        "comments": 0,
        "isNsfw": true,
        "isVideo": true,
        "isPinned": true,
        "postId": "<string>",
        "title": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "authorId": "<string>",
        "authorUsername": "<string>",
        "authorUrl": "<string>",
        "subreddit": "<string>",
        "upvotePercent": 50,
        "publishedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "flair": "<string>",
        "linkUrl": "<string>",
        "thumbnailUrl": "<string>",
        "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"
  }
}

Searches Reddit posts, subreddits and users.

Request

query is required.

This endpoint can be called without an API key, subject to per-address limits. Pagination requires a key.

import { Stophy } from "stophy";

const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.reddit.search({ query: "typescript" });
console.log(result.data.results);

from stophy import Stophy

stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.reddit.search(query="typescript")
print(result["data"]["results"])

curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/reddit/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"typescript"}'

stophy reddit search typescript

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data.results[] contains posts, subreddits or users, depending on type. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "post",
        "postId": "1vn2sjm",
        "postUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/r/typescript/comments/1vn2sjm/i_would_like_to_personally_apologize_to_the/",
        "title": "I would like to personally apologize to the creators of TypeScript",
        "text": "When I first started using it for work I hated it and cursed it. The syntax was weird and confusing. Annoying type…",
        "authorId": "klojyedp",
        "authorUsername": "PusheenHater",
        "authorUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/user/PusheenHater/",
        "subreddit": "typescript",
        "score": 236,
        "upvotePercent": 91,
        "comments": 71,
        "publishedAt": "2026-08-13T06:27:01.000Z",
        "isNsfw": false,
        "isVideo": false,
        "isPinned": false
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "t3_1lk2fng"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}

Field	Type	Description
`cursor`	string	The pagination token. Pass it as `cursor` to retrieve the next page. Omitted on the last page.
`type`	string	The kind of item: `post`, `subreddit` or `user`.
`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.

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

Optional parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`type`	string	Specifies the kind of result to search for. Acceptable values are `posts`, `subreddits` and `users`. If unset, defaults to `posts`.
`subreddit`	string	Search inside one subreddit.
`sort`	string	`relevance` matches the words anywhere in a post. The other sorts match the exact phrase. Acceptable values are `relevance`, `hot`, `top`, `newest` and `mostComments`. If unset, defaults to `relevance`.
`time`	string	Restricts results to posts from this period. Leave it out for Reddit’s default. Acceptable values are `pastHour`, `today`, `pastWeek`, `pastMonth`, `pastYear` and `allTime`.
`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 post: Accepts postUrl. Returns a post and its comment thread, with a cursor for the rest of the comments.
Reddit subreddit: Accepts subreddit. Returns a subreddit’s info and a page of its posts.
Reddit user: Accepts userUrl. Returns a user’s profile and a page of their posts and comments.
Reddit other discussions: Accepts postUrl. Returns where else on Reddit one link was shared, equivalent to Reddit’s Other discussions.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

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

Body

application/json

query

string

required

Words to find. With any sort other than relevance, a query of several words matches that exact phrase; use sort relevance to match the words anywhere in a post. Quotes, AND, OR, NOT, title:, selftext:, author:, subreddit: and site: are used as typed.

Required string length: 1 - 512

type

enum<string>

default:posts

Available options:

posts,

subreddits,

users

subreddit

string

sort

enum<string>

default:relevance

relevance matches the words anywhere in a post. hot, top, newest and mostComments match the exact phrase, so a query of several words only returns posts containing that phrase.

Available options:

relevance,

hot,

top,

newest,

mostComments

time

enum<string>

Reddit's own time filter. Leave out for Reddit's default.

Available options:

pastHour,

today,

pastWeek,

pastMonth,

pastYear,

allTime

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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