Reddit API Capability

Search Posts

Search public posts globally or within selected subreddits, with Reddit sort and time filters and cursor pagination.

Capability ID reddit.posts.search

Cost 1 credit per request

Maximum runtime 30 seconds

# Search Posts

Search public posts globally or within selected subreddits, with Reddit sort and time filters and cursor pagination.

- Platform: [Reddit](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/reddit)
- Capability ID: `reddit.posts.search`
- 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,
    "q": "supabase alternative",
    "sort": "new",
    "time": "all"
  },
  "capability": "reddit.posts.search"
}'
```

## Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `after` | `string` | No | Opaque cursor from a previous result's next field. |
| `limit` | `integer` | No | Page size (default 50). |
| `q` | `string` | Yes | Search query passed to Reddit's public post search. |
| `sort` | `string` | No | Reddit search order. |
| `subreddits` | `string` | No | Optional restriction to one to 25 comma-separated subreddit names. |
| `time` | `string` | No | Search time window. |

### Example input

```json
{
  "limit": 25,
  "q": "supabase alternative",
  "sort": "new",
  "time": "all"
}
```

## 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": "ClaudeAI-mod-bot",
      "body": "Agentic Engineering Workflow: Shared Knowledge Base with Adversarial AI Review Workflow value: 75/100 Status: active · Freshness: 70/100 · Confidence: 0.90 · Level: advanced Categories: Quality Control, Token Saving, Context & Memory, Debugging, Shipping, CLAUDE.md, Skills, MCP, Multi-Agent Original source: r/ClaudeAI post/comment What problem this solves Inefficient knowledge sharing and review p…",
      "created_utc": 1787372245,
      "id": "t3_1vv28k3",
      "nsfw": false,
      "num_comments": 0,
      "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeWorkflows/comments/1vv28k3/workflow_agentic_engineering_workflow_shared/",
      "score": 0,
      "subreddit": "ClaudeWorkflows",
      "title": "[Workflow] Agentic Engineering Workflow: Shared Knowledge Base with Adversarial AI Review",
      "type": "post",
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "author": "take52020",
      "body": "I built an internal tool for my team using Lovable. We're an advertising agency and the tool stores a lot of images, videos, and other content that our team accesses regularly. I'm using Supabase for the database and file storage right now, but the egress charges are starting to get surprisingly expensive as the amount of content and usage grows. Has anyone else run into this with Supabase? I'm wo…",
      "created_utc": 1787369880,
      "id": "t3_1vv1gng",
      "nsfw": false,
      "num_comments": 0,
      "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/lovable/comments/1vv1gng/alternatives_to_supabase_for_storing_files/",
      "score": 0,
      "subreddit": "lovable",
      "title": "Alternatives to supabase for storing files?",
      "type": "post",
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "author": "bitdoze",
      "body": "I've been tracking the growth of self-hosted apps on Cloudflare Workers and decided to put together a comprehensive list. Every project on this list runs entirely on Workers + D1 + R2/KV/Durable Objects — no VPS, no Docker, no server to maintain. Here are some highlights by category: Email (8 apps ) — Agentic Inbox (6.9k ⭐, official Cloudflare project), HQBase (shared team inbox with per-mailbox R…",
      "created_utc": 1787301675,
      "id": "t3_1vualgt",
      "nsfw": false,
      "num_comments": 0,
      "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1vualgt/[redacted:token]/",
      "score": 0,
      "subreddit": "selfhosted",
      "title": "I cataloged 28 self-hosted apps that run entirely on Cloudflare Workers",
      "type": "post",
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "next": "t3_1vlrox1"
}
```
### 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` | t3_1vlrox1 |

## 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

q string required

Search query passed to Reddit's public post search.

Example supabase alternative

sort string optional

Reddit search order.

Example new

Available values relevancehottopnewcomments

subreddits string optional

Optional restriction to one to 25 comma-separated subreddit names.

time string optional

Search time window.

Example all

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`	t3_1vlrox1

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, "q": "supabase alternative", "sort": "new", "time": "all" }, "capability": "reddit.posts.search" }'

import json import requests payload = json.loads(r'''{ "input": { "limit": 25, "q": "supabase alternative", "sort": "new", "time": "all" }, "capability": "reddit.posts.search" }''') 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": "ClaudeAI-mod-bot", "body": "Agentic Engineering Workflow: Shared Knowledge Base with Adversarial AI Review Workflow value: 75/100 Status: active · Freshness: 70/100 · Confidence: 0.90 · Level: advanced Categories: Quality Control, Token Saving, Context & Memory, Debugging, Shipping, CLAUDE.md, Skills, MCP, Multi-Agent Original source: r/ClaudeAI post/comment What problem this solves Inefficient knowledge sharing and review p…", "created_utc": 1787372245, "id": "t3_1vv28k3", "nsfw": false, "num_comments": 0, "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeWorkflows/comments/1vv28k3/workflow_agentic_engineering_workflow_shared/", "score": 0, "subreddit": "ClaudeWorkflows", "title": "[Workflow] Agentic Engineering Workflow: Shared Knowledge Base with Adversarial AI Review", "type": "post", "url": null }, { "author": "take52020", "body": "I built an internal tool for my team using Lovable. We're an advertising agency and the tool stores a lot of images, videos, and other content that our team accesses regularly. I'm using Supabase for the database and file storage right now, but the egress charges are starting to get surprisingly expensive as the amount of content and usage grows. Has anyone else run into this with Supabase? I'm wo…", "created_utc": 1787369880, "id": "t3_1vv1gng", "nsfw": false, "num_comments": 0, "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/lovable/comments/1vv1gng/alternatives_to_supabase_for_storing_files/", "score": 0, "subreddit": "lovable", "title": "Alternatives to supabase for storing files?", "type": "post", "url": null }, { "author": "bitdoze", "body": "I've been tracking the growth of self-hosted apps on Cloudflare Workers and decided to put together a comprehensive list. Every project on this list runs entirely on Workers + D1 + R2/KV/Durable Objects — no VPS, no Docker, no server to maintain. Here are some highlights by category: Email (8 apps ) — Agentic Inbox (6.9k ⭐, official Cloudflare project), HQBase (shared team inbox with per-mailbox R…", "created_utc": 1787301675, "id": "t3_1vualgt", "nsfw": false, "num_comments": 0, "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1vualgt/[redacted:token]/", "score": 0, "subreddit": "selfhosted", "title": "I cataloged 28 self-hosted apps that run entirely on Cloudflare Workers", "type": "post", "url": null } ], "next": "t3_1vlrox1" }