Reddit Subreddit API. Send a subreddit or its link.

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

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/subreddit",
    params={"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/"},
    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, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/subreddit")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/')
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([
    'url' => 'https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/subreddit?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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("url", "https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/subreddit?"+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"`
		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 -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/subreddit' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [],
    "avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2rc7j/styles/communityIcon_wy4riduoe9k11.png?width=128&frame=1&auto=webp&s=a9c9b6dba0f0655d79102b24e34b9d04706eb0d6",
    "banner_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2rc7j/styles/bannerBackgroundImage_k15p9ugyd9k11.png?frame=1&auto=webp&s=d0fe21082f615ee236e0aff56e7f3c884565c48a",
    "categories": [],
    "created_at": "2009-11-11T00:54:28Z",
    "description": "Ask questions and post articles about the Go programming language and related tools, events etc.",
    "id": "t5_2rc7j",
    "is_nsfw": false,
    "metrics": {
      "member_count": null
    },
    "moderators": [],
    "name": "golang",
    "platform": "reddit",
    "platform_specific": {
      "reddit": {
        "is_quarantined": false,
        "member_nickname": "gophers",
        "weekly_contribution_count": 680,
        "weekly_visitor_count": 74052
      }
    },
    "privacy": "public",
    "rules": [
      {
        "description": "Post is not in keeping with an inclusive and friendly technical atmosphere.",
        "title": "Be friendly and welcoming."
      },
      {
        "description": "Remember that people have varying communication styles and that not everyone is using their native language. (Meaning and tone can be lost in translation.)",
        "title": "Be patient."
      },
      {
        "description": "Productive communication requires effort. Think about how your words will be interpreted. Remember that sometimes it is best to refrain entirely from commenting.\n\nCheck for your answer in the subreddit FAQs and the Tour of Go before posting common questions, please.",
        "title": "Be thoughtful."
      }
    ],
    "title": "The Go Programming Language",
    "unknown_fields": [
      "categories",
      "moderators"
    ],
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "reddit",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 513,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "community",
      "id": "t5_2rc7j",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/"
    },
    "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.subreddit.get({ url: "https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/" });
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 = "url=" + encode("https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/subreddit?" + 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("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/subreddit?" + 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/subreddit")
        .query(&[("url", "https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/")])
        .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(())
}