# 👽 Reddit Scraper — Posts, Comments & Search (`inexhaustible_glass/reddit-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Reddit posts, comments, search results & user activity. No login, no API key. Subreddit hot/new/top/rising, keyword search, full comment trees. Auto-paginated. For market research, lead monitoring, brand sentiment & content ideas.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/inexhaustible\_glass/reddit-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Hitman studio](https://apify.com/inexhaustible_glass) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 5 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## 👽 Reddit Scraper — Posts, Comments, Users (No API Key)

Scrape **Reddit** posts, comments, users & subreddits **without OAuth or API key** — via community data APIs (Arctic-Shift + PullPush).

**Keywords:** reddit scraper · reddit posts · reddit comments · subreddit data · reddit sentiment · social listening · reddit api no key.

### Use cases

- Market research & sentiment analysis
- Lead/keyword monitoring
- Content & trend research

### Input

```json
{ "subreddit": "Entrepreneur", "limit": 100 }
```

Archived public Reddit data. Clean JSON/CSV.

> Note: scores are index-time snapshots; text/author/comments/media complete.

# Actor input Schema

## `subreddits` (type: `array`):

Subreddit names (without r/). Example: Entrepreneur, startups, marketing.

## `searches` (type: `array`):

Keyword searches across all of Reddit. Example: 'best crm software', 'AI tools'.

## `postUrls` (type: `array`):

Specific Reddit post URLs to pull the post + ALL its comments.

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Reddit usernames (without u/) to pull their recent posts & comments. Example: spez.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Newest = latest posts. Top = highest-scoring of the fetched posts.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

How many posts to collect per subreddit / search / user.

## `includeComments` (type: `boolean`):

Also pull each post's comments (slower).

## `maxComments` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of comments to pull per post.

## `includeCommunityInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Add one row per subreddit with members, description & stats.

## `liveData` (type: `boolean`):

ON: discover the CURRENT live posts via Reddit's RSS feed (works without a key, no block) and enrich them with full fields from the archive. OFF: pure archive (Arctic-Shift/PullPush). Live is recommended for freshest results.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Residential proxy is used for LIVE mode (Reddit blocks datacenter IPs). Archive mode needs no proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "subreddits": [
    "startups",
    "SaaS"
  ],
  "searches": [
    "best crm software"
  ],
  "usernames": [
    "spez"
  ],
  "sort": "new",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeComments": false,
  "maxComments": 50,
  "includeCommunityInfo": true,
  "liveData": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "subreddits": [
        "Entrepreneur"
    ],
    "sort": "new",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "includeComments": false,
    "includeCommunityInfo": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("inexhaustible_glass/reddit-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "subreddits": ["Entrepreneur"],
    "sort": "new",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "includeComments": False,
    "includeCommunityInfo": True,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("inexhaustible_glass/reddit-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "subreddits": [
    "Entrepreneur"
  ],
  "sort": "new",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeComments": false,
  "includeCommunityInfo": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call inexhaustible_glass/reddit-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=inexhaustible_glass/reddit-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/F4BpSrYNF4bR2pHOR/builds/E3WLrxByUsC69W3hI/openapi.json