Reddit User Search API: Users by name, with karma and avatar

Searches Reddit users by name and returns them a page at a time, in Reddit's relevance order. Each has its t2_ ID, username, profile link, avatar, description, verified badge and exact total karma. A name or part of one works, in any language and any case.

GET /v1/reddit/search_profiles

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19 typed fields null when unknown
7 users per page, Reddit's relevance order
query is all it needs, e.g. spez

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$ npm install socialtap

query = spez

Open in playground

GET /v1/reddit/search_profilesTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "spez",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profiles?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profiles",
    params={"query": "spez"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profiles")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'spez')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'query' => 'spez',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profiles?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("query", "spez")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profiles?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profiles?query=spez' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_3k30p/styles/profileIcon_uj015iwx9s7g1.png",
      "banner_url": null,
      "bio": "Reddit CEO",
      "category": null,
      "country_code": null,
      "created_at": null,
      "display_name": null,
      "external_links": [],
      "id": "t2_1w72",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": true,
      "location": null,
      "metrics": {
        "follower_count": null,
        "following_count": null,
        "post_count": null,
        "total_like_count": null,
        "total_view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "reddit",
      "platform_specific": {
        "reddit": {
          "comment_karma": null,
          "contribution_count": null,
          "is_admin": null,
          "is_nsfw": null,
          "is_premium": null,
          "karma": 941387,
          "moderated_subreddits": [],
          "post_karma": null,
          "trophies": []
        }
      },
      "type": "unknown",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "external_links",
        "platform_specific.reddit.moderated_subreddits",
        "platform_specific.reddit.trophies"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/",
      "username": "spez"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://i.redd.it/snoovatar/avatars/dd4f5ee8-3016-4ba8-b38b-cc9f09c5ff44.png",
      "banner_url": null,
      "bio": null,
      "category": null,
      "country_code": null,
      "created_at": null,
      "display_name": null,
      "external_links": [],
      "id": "t2_w1jdgw3z4",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": false,
      "location": null,
      "metrics": {
        "follower_count": null,
        "following_count": null,
        "post_count": null,
        "total_like_count": null,
        "total_view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "reddit",
      "platform_specific": {
        "reddit": {
          "comment_karma": null,
          "contribution_count": null,
          "is_admin": null,
          "is_nsfw": null,
          "is_premium": null,
          "karma": -1,
          "moderated_subreddits": [],
          "post_karma": null,
          "trophies": []
        }
      },
      "type": "unknown",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "external_links",
        "platform_specific.reddit.moderated_subreddits",
        "platform_specific.reddit.trophies"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/Spezigeniesser/",
      "username": "Spezigeniesser"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_23u24h/styles/profileIcon_7jn5mi6ql2wd1.png",
      "banner_url": null,
      "bio": null,
      "category": null,
      "country_code": null,
      "created_at": null,
      "display_name": null,
      "external_links": [],
      "id": "t2_4gm3yvpn",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": false,
      "location": null,
      "metrics": {
        "follower_count": null,
        "following_count": null,
        "post_count": null,
        "total_like_count": null,
        "total_view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "reddit",
      "platform_specific": {
        "reddit": {
          "comment_karma": null,
          "contribution_count": null,
          "is_admin": null,
          "is_nsfw": null,
          "is_premium": null,
          "karma": 11283,
          "moderated_subreddits": [],
          "post_karma": null,
          "trophies": []
        }
      },
      "type": "unknown",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "external_links",
        "platform_specific.reddit.moderated_subreddits",
        "platform_specific.reddit.trophies"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spezialzt/",
      "username": "spezialzt"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
    "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
    "end_reason": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "reddit",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 364,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.reddit.searchProfiles.list({ query: "spez" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "query=" + encode("spez");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profiles?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "query=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("spez"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profiles?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profiles")
        .query(&[("query", "spez")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/search_profilesLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 27 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field Reddit doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
A name to find Reddit users by, matched by Reddit's people search against usernames (spez, bill gates, tagesschau); case does not matter.
Write one parser
Reddit, TikTok, Instagram and 24 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).
usernamestring: Handle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestring: Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.
urlstring: Canonical profile URL.
typestring: Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
biostring: Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.
avatar_urlstring: Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

What teams build with the Reddit User Search API.

Find a person's or brand's Reddit account
Resolve names to usernames and t2_ IDs
Spot impersonators of a username
Rank candidate accounts by karma

Good to know before you build.

Results show only what Reddit's people search shows. Display name, cake day, post and comment karma, badges other than verified, social links, moderated subreddits and trophies are null (the lists in unknown_fields). The Reddit Profile API returns them.
Reddit serves a few pages of people per search logged out. A walk that reaches the last one ends with end_reason platform_limit.
Accounts with adult names are found like any other, but the results don't show whether a profile is marked NSFW, so platform_specific.reddit.is_nsfw is null.

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Reddit User Search API at a glance

Send one request. Get up to 7 users back.

One schema on 27 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the Reddit User Search API.

Find a person's or brand's Reddit account

Resolve names to usernames and t2_ IDs

Spot impersonators of a username

Rank candidate accounts by karma

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the Reddit User Search API.

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