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List the posts in a subreddit

Run job:reddit.subreddit.posts through the looot API: 3 providers, from $0.001 per call. Inputs, prices, output shape and code for curl, JavaScript and Python.

List the posts in a subreddit.

Job id reddit.subreddit.posts, in Social data (Reddit). As of 2026-10-01, 3 providers serve it through 3 tools. Run job:reddit.subreddit.posts and looot picks one of them; with fallback on, a miss moves on to the next. See Jobs.

Inputs

Fields the job’s tools take, most shared first. Any key you send passes through unchanged.

Name Type Taken by Required by Description
sort string 3 of 3 0 Sort method: BEST, HOT, NEW, TOP, CONTROVERSIAL, RISING
after string 2 of 3 0 Pagination parameter
subreddit string 2 of 3 2
cache_max_age string 1 of 3 0
count integer 1 of 3 1 Max result count. Example: 25
filter_posts array 1 of 3 0 Filter post IDs
language string 1 of 3 0 Preferred response language as an IETF language tag; default: en-US
need_format boolean 1 of 3 0 Whether to clean and format the data
subreddit_name string 1 of 3 1 Subreddit name
time_filter string 1 of 3 0
timeframe string 1 of 3 0
timeout integer 1 of 3 0 Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds)
trim boolean 1 of 3 0
x-request-id string 1 of 3 0

Providers and prices

A call that fails at the provider costs $0. See What’s free.

Output

Each provider answers in its own shape. Shape of the run’s result from scrapecreators-reddit-subreddit, checked against 1 real answer:

{ after, posts: { id, ups, url, name, downs, score, title, author, domain, created, over_18, spoiler, is_video, selftext, permalink, post_hint, subreddit, created_utc, num_comments, subreddit_id, upvote_ratio, selftext_html, created_at_iso, author_fullname, subreddit_subscribers, total_awards_received }[], success, credits_charged, credits_remaining }

Run it

Every call needs your API token in LOOOT_TOKEN; Sign in shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With wait: 30 the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll GET /v1/runs/<runId>.

Example input with placeholder values:

curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"job:reddit.subreddit.posts","input":{"subreddit_name":"<subreddit_name>"},"wait":30}'
const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "job:reddit.subreddit.posts",
    input: {
      subreddit_name: "<subreddit_name>",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);
import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "job:reddit.subreddit.posts",
        "input": {
            "subreddit_name": "<subreddit_name>",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))

To pin one provider, send its tool id as endpointId instead of job:reddit.subreddit.posts.

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