Reddit API Capability

List Posts

List public posts from one or more subreddits, with new, hot, top, and rising rankings and cursor pagination.

Capability ID reddit.posts.list

Cost 1 credit per request

Maximum runtime 30 seconds

# List Posts

List public posts from one or more subreddits, with new, hot, top, and rising rankings and cursor pagination.

- Platform: [Reddit](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/reddit)
- Capability ID: `reddit.posts.list`
- Cost: 1 credit per request
- Maximum runtime: 30 seconds
- Execute endpoint: `POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute`

## Request

Use the exact public capability ID in the shared execute envelope.

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Prefer: wait=30" \
  --data '{
  "input": {
    "limit": 25,
    "sort": "new",
    "subreddits": "webdev,startups"
  },
  "capability": "reddit.posts.list"
}'
```

## Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `after` | `string` | No | Opaque cursor from a previous result's next field. |
| `limit` | `integer` | No | Page size (default 50). |
| `sort` | `string` | No | Reddit listing order. |
| `subreddits` | `string` | Yes | One to 25 comma-separated subreddit names, optionally prefixed with r/, or the literal all. |
| `time` | `string` | No | Ranking window. Primarily affects top listings. |

### Example input

```json
{
  "limit": 25,
  "sort": "new",
  "subreddits": "webdev,startups"
}
```

## Response

Successful output is returned in `results[0].data`. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

### Illustrative sample output

This redacted fixture is an example, not a fixed response schema.

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "author": "Latter-Ad2194",
      "body": "i need to convert a dynamic website into static without the access to its wp files or wp admin access The static site should be entirely same like every minor details like header/footer elements size, logo placement etc",
      "created_utc": 1787376778,
      "id": "t3_1vv3ov2",
      "nsfw": false,
      "num_comments": 0,
      "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1vv3ov2/how_do_i_clone_a_website/",
      "score": 1,
      "subreddit": "webdev",
      "title": "How do I clone a website",
      "type": "post",
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "author": "Lower_Fishing_2672",
      "body": "I just started learning code, and I use Visual Code Studio with Python. I was ecstatic to learn but with my few hours of learning I would use the chat feature whenever I’m stuck like the AI thingy. It makes me feel bad cause it feels like I’m not LEARNING just cheating if that makes sense. In a world that has been plagued with AI, how do you guys manage? How do you feel? Do you treat it as another…",
      "created_utc": 1787374963,
      "id": "t3_1vv345x",
      "nsfw": false,
      "num_comments": 17,
      "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1vv345x/just_started_but_feel_bad/",
      "score": 5,
      "subreddit": "webdev",
      "title": "Just Started But Feel Bad",
      "type": "post",
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "author": "velvetmoth_24",
      "body": "Hey everyone! I’ve recently started exploring web development as a hobby and I’m really enjoying the process of learning by building small projects. I already have a decent understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, although I haven’t had much experience building larger or production-level websites yet. I’m thinking of using Astro for my next projects because I really like its approach to perform…",
      "created_utc": 1787374339,
      "id": "t3_1vv2wl0",
      "nsfw": false,
      "num_comments": 4,
      "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1vv2wl0/looking_for_some_astro_advice/",
      "score": 4,
      "subreddit": "webdev",
      "title": "Looking for some Astro advice",
      "type": "post",
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "next": "[redacted:token]"
}
```
### Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These fields are not a fixed response schema.

| Path | Observed type | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `items` | `array` | 3 items |
| `items` | `array` | 3 items |
| `next` | `string` | [redacted:token] |

## Execution behavior

A `200` response completed inline. A `202` response was queued; poll `GET /jobs/{id}` until the job reaches `completed` or `failed`. Use an `Idempotency-Key` when retrying must not create a duplicate logical job.

## Related documentation

- [Authentication](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/authentication)
- [Jobs and results](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/jobs)
- [Errors and retries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/errors)
- [Idempotency](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/idempotency)

POST /execute Shared execution endpoint

Input parameters

after string optional

Opaque cursor from a previous result's next field.

limit integer optional

Page size (default 50).

Example 25

sort string optional

Reddit listing order.

Example new

Available values newhottoprising

subreddits string required

One to 25 comma-separated subreddit names, optionally prefixed with r/, or the literal all.

Example webdev,startups

time string optional

Ranking window. Primarily affects top listings.

Available values hourdayweekmonthyearall

Response

Successful output is returned in results[0].data. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

Illustrative sample The full redacted fixture is shown in the response panel.

Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These observed fields are not a fixed response schema.

Path	Observed type	Example
`items`	`array`	3 items
`items`	`array`	3 items
`next`	`string`	[redacted:token]

Execution behavior

A 200 response completed inline. A 202 response was queued; poll GET /jobs/:id until the job reaches completed or failed.

curl --request POST \ --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \ --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --header "Prefer: wait=30" \ --data '{ "input": { "limit": 25, "sort": "new", "subreddits": "webdev,startups" }, "capability": "reddit.posts.list" }'

import json import requests payload = json.loads(r'''{ "input": { "limit": 25, "sort": "new", "subreddits": "webdev,startups" }, "capability": "reddit.posts.list" }''') response = requests.post( "https://data.upscrape.com/execute", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", "Prefer": "wait=30", }, json=payload, ) response.raise_for_status() print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))

{ "items": [ { "author": "Latter-Ad2194", "body": "i need to convert a dynamic website into static without the access to its wp files or wp admin access The static site should be entirely same like every minor details like header/footer elements size, logo placement etc", "created_utc": 1787376778, "id": "t3_1vv3ov2", "nsfw": false, "num_comments": 0, "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1vv3ov2/how_do_i_clone_a_website/", "score": 1, "subreddit": "webdev", "title": "How do I clone a website", "type": "post", "url": null }, { "author": "Lower_Fishing_2672", "body": "I just started learning code, and I use Visual Code Studio with Python. I was ecstatic to learn but with my few hours of learning I would use the chat feature whenever I’m stuck like the AI thingy. It makes me feel bad cause it feels like I’m not LEARNING just cheating if that makes sense. In a world that has been plagued with AI, how do you guys manage? How do you feel? Do you treat it as another…", "created_utc": 1787374963, "id": "t3_1vv345x", "nsfw": false, "num_comments": 17, "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1vv345x/just_started_but_feel_bad/", "score": 5, "subreddit": "webdev", "title": "Just Started But Feel Bad", "type": "post", "url": null }, { "author": "velvetmoth_24", "body": "Hey everyone! I’ve recently started exploring web development as a hobby and I’m really enjoying the process of learning by building small projects. I already have a decent understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, although I haven’t had much experience building larger or production-level websites yet. I’m thinking of using Astro for my next projects because I really like its approach to perform…", "created_utc": 1787374339, "id": "t3_1vv2wl0", "nsfw": false, "num_comments": 4, "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1vv2wl0/looking_for_some_astro_advice/", "score": 4, "subreddit": "webdev", "title": "Looking for some Astro advice", "type": "post", "url": null } ], "next": "[redacted:token]" }