# Reddit Profile API

Reddit

Returns a public Reddit user from their username or profile link: post, comment and total karma, cake day, avatar, banner and description. It also has the t2_ account ID, whether the account is verified, a Reddit admin, Premium or marked NSFW, its social links, the subreddits it moderates and its trophy case.

GET `/v1/reddit/profile`

## Example

cURL:

```shell
curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/profile' \
  --data-urlencode 'handle=https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
```

TypeScript SDK:

```typescript
import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

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

const res = await client.reddit.profile.get({ handle: "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);
```

Node.js (fetch):

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

Python (requests):

```python
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/profile",
    params={"handle": "https://www.reddit.com/user/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, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])
```

Go (net/http):

```go
package main

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

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("handle", "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/profile?"+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"])
}
```

200 OK:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [
      "created_at",
      "platform_specific.reddit.moderated_subreddits"
    ],
    "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": "2005-06-06T00:00:00Z",
    "display_name": "spez",
    "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": 756623,
        "contribution_count": 4079,
        "is_admin": true,
        "is_nsfw": false,
        "is_premium": true,
        "karma": 941387,
        "moderated_subreddits": [
          {
            "id": "t5_2r0ij",
            "name": "announcements",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/"
          },
          {
            "id": "t5_2qh49",
            "name": "blog",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/"
          },
          {
            "id": "t5_2fwo",
            "name": "programming",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/"
          }
        ],
        "post_karma": 184764,
        "trophies": [
          {
            "description": null,
            "granted_at": null,
            "image_url": "https://i.redd.it/cms/871b9df322b7cddd_trophy_image_for_20_year_club.png",
            "name": "20-Year Club",
            "url": null
          },
          {
            "description": null,
            "granted_at": null,
            "image_url": "https://i.redd.it/cms/034d06bbd23e0a6d_trophy_image_for_verified_email.png",
            "name": "Verified Email",
            "url": null
          },
          {
            "description": "Unlocked by completing the online mod course, \"Mod 101: Moderator Certification\".",
            "granted_at": null,
            "image_url": "https://i.redd.it/cms/215aa380fed69d14_trophy_image_for_mod_101.png",
            "name": "Mod 101",
            "url": null
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "type": "unknown",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/",
    "username": "spez"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "reddit",
    "source": "page",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 823,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "profile",
      "id": "t2_1w72",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}
```

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Good to know**
>
> - Karma is in platform_specific.reddit (karma, post_karma, comment_karma). It is Reddit's fuzzed score of the upvotes a user's posts and comments got, not a count of likes, so metrics.total_like_count is null.
> - created_at is the cake day, a date only, so it is listed in approximate_fields.
> - A suspended account returns private_or_unavailable. A deleted account or a name nobody has returns not_found.
> - Reddit lists only the first few subreddits an account moderates on its profile. When it moderates more, the list is in approximate_fields.

## Authorizations

`x-api-key`stringheaderrequired

Your API key. [Authentication](https://socialtap.dev/docs/authentication/index.md)

## Query parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` required | `string`<br>max 2,048 chars | Reddit username, with or without u/ (spez, u/spez, /u/spez), or a profile link on any reddit.com host (www, old, new, np, m: reddit.com/user/spez, reddit.com/u/spez, with a tab such as /submitted or /comments), or the user's profile subreddit (reddit.com/r/u_spez). Usernames are case-insensitive. A t2_ account ID is refused: Reddit's public pages look users up by name only. | `spez` |

`handle` takes Reddit profile links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with [`invalid_input`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_input). Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored ([Requests](https://socialtap.dev/docs/requests/index.md)).

**Parameters every endpoint accepts**

| Name | Type | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `max_age` optional | `integer`<br>min 0 | Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent. | — |
| `fields` optional | `string` | Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments\[\].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole. | — |

## Response

### 200

`{data, meta}`. `data` is a [profile](https://socialtap.dev/resources/profile/index.md) object; `meta` describes the request ([meta](https://socialtap.dev/docs/reference/index.md#meta)). Fields only Reddit has are under `platform_specific.reddit`.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `data.platform` | `string` | Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …). |
| `data.id` | `string` | Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…). |
| `data.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed. |
| `data.url` | `string` (uri) | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data.type` | `string` | 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.<br>One of `person`, `organization`, `community`, `unknown` |
| `data.bio` | `string` or `null` | Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed. |
| `data.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data.banner_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Header or cover image URL. |
| `data.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data.is_private` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the account's posts are not public. |
| `data.category` | `string` or `null` | Platform category label (e.g. Musician, Media & Entertainment), as shown; not normalized. Often set only for business or creator accounts. |
| `data.external_links` | `object[]` | Links in the bio or channel links; \[\] if none or not exposed. |
| `data.external_links[].url` | `string` (uri) | Link target, absolute (https:// is added where the platform stores the link without a scheme). |
| `data.external_links[].title` | `string` or `null` | Link label shown by the platform. |
| `data.location` | `string` or `null` | Self-declared location text. |
| `data.country_code` | `string` or `null` | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country the platform states for the account. |
| `data.created_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | Account creation or join date, RFC 3339 UTC (some platforms give only the day: see approximate_fields). |
| `data.metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. |
| `data.metrics.follower_count` | `integer` or `null` | Followers or subscribers. |
| `data.metrics.following_count` | `integer` or `null` | Accounts this profile follows. |
| `data.metrics.post_count` | `integer` or `null` | Posts or videos as the platform counts them on the profile (for a private account, posts the caller cannot see). |
| `data.metrics.total_like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Likes received across all of the profile's posts (not likes given). |
| `data.metrics.total_view_count` | `integer` or `null` | Lifetime views across all of the profile's posts. |
| `data.platform_specific` | `object` | Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.\<platform>); each null when unknown. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit` | `object` or `null` | A Reddit account's own fields. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.karma` | `integer` or `null` | Total karma, as the profile shows it: post karma plus comment karma. Reddit's own score of the upvotes the account's posts and comments received, fuzzed and not a count of votes. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.post_karma` | `integer` or `null` | Karma from the account's posts. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.comment_karma` | `integer` or `null` | Karma from the account's comments. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.contribution_count` | `integer` or `null` | Posts and comments the account has made, as its profile counts them (Reddit updates the count daily). |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.is_admin` | `boolean` or `null` | True for a Reddit employee's account (the Reddit Admin badge). |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.is_premium` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the account has Reddit Premium (the badge beside its name). |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.is_nsfw` | `boolean` or `null` | True when the profile is marked NSFW (18+): Reddit shows its posts to logged-out visitors only behind an age prompt. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.moderated_subreddits` | `object[]` | Subreddits the account moderates, as its profile lists them; Reddit lists the first few only (the list is then in approximate_fields). \[\] when it moderates none (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them). |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.moderated_subreddits[].id` | `string` or `null` | Reddit's subreddit ID (t5_…). |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.moderated_subreddits[].name` | `string` or `null` | The subreddit's name without r/. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.moderated_subreddits[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The subreddit's URL. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.trophies` | `object[]` | The account's Trophy Case, in Reddit's order; \[\] when it has none (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them). |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.trophies[].name` | `string` or `null` | The trophy's name (Verified Email, 10-Year Club, Best Comment). |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.trophies[].description` | `string` or `null` | What it was awarded for, as Reddit describes it; null when it shows none. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.trophies[].granted_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | The day it was awarded, RFC 3339 UTC at midnight (Reddit shows the day only), for the trophies Reddit dates; null otherwise. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.trophies[].image_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The trophy's image. |
| `data.platform_specific.reddit.trophies[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | What it links to (the awarded comment or post, an event page); null when it links nowhere. |
| `data.approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text (e.g. metrics.follower_count). A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. \[\] when all exact. |
| `data.unknown_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of lists whose \[\] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. \[\] when every list is known. |

not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

### 400

400 Bad Request: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `invalid_input` | 400 | No | A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes. | Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one. |

### 401

401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `unauthorized` | 401 | No | The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired. | Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url. |

### 402

402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `insufficient_credits` | 402 | No | The account does not have enough credits for this request. | Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically. |
| `spend_limit_reached` | 402 | No | The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits. | Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically. |

### 403

403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `forbidden` | 403 | No | The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code. | Act on details.reason. suspended: contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev). scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP. |
| `private_or_unavailable` | 403 | No | The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code. | Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry. |

### 404

404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `not_found` | 404 | No | The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why). | Check the link or ID. Do not retry. |

### 429

429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `rate_limited` | 429 | Yes, later | The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it. | Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one. |

### 500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `internal` | 500 | Yes, later | An unexpected error on SocialTap's side. | Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact [support](mailto:support@socialtap.dev) with the request_id. |

### 502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `upstream_error` | 502 | Yes, later | The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read. | Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free. |

### 503

503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

| Code | HTTP | Retry | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `upstream_blocked` | 503 | Yes, later | The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included. | Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free. |
| `overloaded` | 503 | Yes, later | SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged. | Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free. |

## Pricing

From **1 credit** per request. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`.

| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Public page `page` | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |

**Balance, sources and what you were charged**

Your balance must be at least **1 credit** to start a request; with less, it is refused with [`insufficient_credits`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#insufficient_credits) (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts.

| meta.source | Source | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `page` | Public page | Data embedded in the platform's public web page. |

`meta.credits_charged` and the `x-credits-charged` header show what you paid. [How credits work](https://socialtap.dev/docs/credits/index.md) · [Packs](https://socialtap.dev/pricing/index.md)

Endpoint ID `reddit.profile` · operationId `reddit.profile.get` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/profile/index.md)

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