# Reddit Profile Posts API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/reddit/profile-posts)

> Returns the posts a Reddit account has submitted, newest first by default, up to 25 per page. Each row carries the title, the body at `ext.selftext`, the score, the comment count, the upvote ratio, the flair, Reddit's own content language, the author avatar, structured media at `content.media_urls` and the permalink. `ext.subreddit` is the field that matters most on this lane and is populated on every row: a person's submissions span communities by construction, so it is the only thing that says where each post landed. Paginate with `cursor` from the previous response's `pagination.next_cursor`. `post.engagement.shares` is null here, as on every Reddit list endpoint — the upstream sends a share-BUTTON count on this shape and that is a different metric from the crosspost count this field means, so it is not published. An account with no submissions returns an empty list and is refunded; an account that does not exist is indistinguishable from one with no posts on this upstream and returns the same empty list, so check `/v1/reddit/profile` when you need to tell them apart. When the main source is unavailable, the first page in the default order is answered by a second source: the same posts, with `author.avatar_url` and `ext.content_language` null and no next cursor. A later page, `sort=hot`, `sort=top` or a `timeframe` has no second source and returns an error to retry.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/reddit/profile/posts` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | yes | Reddit username without the u/ prefix. Case-insensitive. |
| `sort` | no | Sort order for the account's submissions. `top` defaults to the all-time window; pass `timeframe` to narrow it. (hot \| new \| top) |
| `timeframe` | no | Only return posts from this window. Applied on `sort=top`. Omitted `sort=top` is treated as `timeframe=all` so the documented call is not an empty page. (all \| year \| month \| week \| day \| hour) |
| `cursor` | no | Cursor to get more results. Get 'cursor' from the previous response. |
| `since` | no | Only rows published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Rows older than it are left off the page, and the page that reaches one ends the walk: `next_cursor` is not returned and `pagination.stopped_at` is `since`. Sending it sets the newest-first sort shown in this endpoint's sort parameter (any other sort value is a free 400). The page still costs what a page costs, so you pay for the pages you walk and no more. A row with no date is kept. `published_after`, `start_date`, `from_date`, `publish_time` (`yesterday`, `this-week`, `this-month`, `last-3-months`, `last-6-months`) and `max_age_days` are accepted and applied as `since`. |
| `until` | no | Only rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept. `published_before`, `end_date` and `to_date` are accepted and applied as `until`. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/reddit/profile/posts" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=spez" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I list the posts a Reddit account submitted?

Send a GET request to /v1/reddit/profile/posts with the username. You get up to 25 submissions per page, newest first, each with the title, body, score, comment count, upvote ratio and permalink.

### How do I know which subreddit each post went to?

Every row carries ext.subreddit, and it is populated on all of them. A person's submissions span communities by construction, so that field is the one that says where each post actually landed.

### How do I page through a long submission history?

Take pagination.next_cursor from the response and send it back as cursor on the next call. Sort accepts hot, new or top, and top without a timeframe is treated as the all-time window.

### What happens if the account does not exist?

You get an empty list, which is also what an account with no submissions returns. This upstream cannot tell the two apart, so call /v1/reddit/profile when you need to know which case you are in.

### How much does the Reddit User Posts API cost?

Each page costs 1 credit on the standard tier, whatever the page holds. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card required, which is 100 pages of submissions.

See the full Reddit API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/reddit

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How do I list every post a Reddit account submitted?
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- What does the SocialCrawl Reddit User Posts API return?