Scrape Reddit Post & Comments

PythonSocial Media

POST api.upapi.io/reddit-scrape-post.get

Fetch a Reddit post with its comment tree: post metadata, selftext, and nested comments with scores and authorship. Requires a Reddit session cookie in sessionCookies (obtain it from reddit-login.post, or copy reddit_session out of a signed-in browser) — Reddit has blocked every anonymous read surface since 2026-07-30.

redditscrapepostcommentssocial

AuthAPI key

Cost4 units

Timeout60s

Cache300s

Request schema

Field	Type	Description
`postId`req	string	Reddit post ID (e.g. '1abc23')
`proxyUrl`		User-provided proxy URL· default: `null`
`subreddit`req	string	Subreddit name
`commentSort`	string	Comment sort: best, top, new, controversial, old, qa· default: `"best"`
`commentDepth`	integer	Max comment nesting depth· default: `5`
`sessionCookies`		REQUIRED IN PRACTICE. Reddit account session cookies, as a JSON object or a '; '-delimited cookie header; the blob must contain reddit_session. Since 2026-07-30 Reddit blocks EVERY anonymous read surface, so a call without cookies returns a classified UPSTREAM_BLOCKED rather than data. Obtain the blob from reddit-login.post, or copy the reddit_session cookie out of a signed-in browser. A lead-gen account-pool row stores it nested at cookies->>'sessionCookies', not at the row's top level.· default: `null`

Response schema

Field	Type	Description
`post`req
`comments`req	array
`elapsedMs`req	integer
`fetchedAt`req	string

Try it

postIdrequired

Reddit post ID (e.g. '1abc23')

subredditrequired

Subreddit name

proxyUrloptional· default: null

User-provided proxy URL

commentSortoptional· default: best

Comment sort: best, top, new, controversial, old, qa

commentDepthoptional· default: 5

Max comment nesting depth

sessionCookiesoptional· default: null

REQUIRED IN PRACTICE. Reddit account session cookies, as a JSON object or a '; '-delimited cookie header; the blob must contain reddit_session. Since 2026-07-30 Reddit blocks EVERY anonymous read surface, so a call without cookies returns a classified UPSTREAM_BLOCKED rather than data. Obtain the blob from reddit-login.post, or copy the reddit_session cookie out of a signed-in browser. A lead-gen account-pool row stores it nested at cookies->>'sessionCookies', not at the row's top level.

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Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/reddit-scrape-post.get \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "postId": "1abc23", "subreddit": "example", "commentSort": "best", "commentDepth": 5 }'

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