# Reddit User Comments API

Reddit

Returns the public comments a Reddit user wrote, a page at a time, from their username or profile link. Each has its text, permalink, time and score, the post it is on (ID, title and link) and its subreddit, whom it replied to, and whether Reddit marks it as an admin's or moderator's, pinned or removed. Sort by New, Top, Hot or Controversial.

GET `/v1/reddit/profile_comments`

## Example

cURL:

```shell
curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/profile_comments?handle=spez&sort=newest' \
  -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.profileComments.list({ handle: "spez", sort: "newest" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);
```

Node.js (fetch):

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

Python (requests):

```python
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/profile_comments",
    params={"handle": "spez", "sort": "newest"},
    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"])
```

Go (net/http):

```go
package main

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

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

200 OK:

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_3k30p/styles/profileIcon_uj015iwx9s7g1.png",
        "display_name": null,
        "id": "t2_1w72",
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/",
        "username": "spez"
      },
      "edited_at": null,
      "id": "t1_19ruo33ofgh8i",
      "is_by_post_author": null,
      "is_edited": null,
      "is_liked_by_author": null,
      "is_pinned": false,
      "metrics": {
        "like_count": null,
        "reply_count": null
      },
      "parent_id": null,
      "platform": "reddit",
      "platform_specific": {
        "reddit": {
          "award_count": null,
          "depth": null,
          "distinguished": "admin",
          "is_collapsed": null,
          "is_deleted": false,
          "more_replies_count": null,
          "post": {
            "comment_count": null,
            "is_nsfw": null,
            "is_spoiler": null,
            "published_at": null,
            "score": null,
            "title": "Reddit Announces Q3’26 Earnings (plus AMA!)",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/comments/1xiupuc/reddit_announces_q326_earnings_plus_ama/"
          },
          "reply_to_author": {
            "avatar_url": null,
            "display_name": null,
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/223331_/",
            "username": "223331_"
          },
          "score": -8,
          "subreddit": {
            "id": null,
            "name": "RDDT",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/"
          }
        }
      },
      "post_id": "t3_1xiupuc",
      "published_at": "2026-10-29T22:42:06Z",
      "text": "Pretty simple. For people who are already coming to Reddit every week, we have to give them a reason to come back everyday. If you come for sports and entertainment, or food and fashion, or new and trends, or something fun and funny, can you find it simply once you’re here. If th…",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/comments/1xiupuc/comment/19ruo33ofgh8i/"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_3k30p/styles/profileIcon_uj015iwx9s7g1.png",
        "display_name": null,
        "id": "t2_1w72",
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/",
        "username": "spez"
      },
      "edited_at": null,
      "id": "t1_19ruo2bw7d6ps",
      "is_by_post_author": null,
      "is_edited": null,
      "is_liked_by_author": null,
      "is_pinned": false,
      "metrics": {
        "like_count": null,
        "reply_count": null
      },
      "parent_id": null,
      "platform": "reddit",
      "platform_specific": {
        "reddit": {
          "award_count": null,
          "depth": null,
          "distinguished": "admin",
          "is_collapsed": null,
          "is_deleted": false,
          "more_replies_count": null,
          "post": {
            "comment_count": null,
            "is_nsfw": null,
            "is_spoiler": null,
            "published_at": null,
            "score": null,
            "title": "Reddit Announces Q3’26 Earnings (plus AMA!)",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/comments/1xiupuc/reddit_announces_q326_earnings_plus_ama/"
          },
          "reply_to_author": {
            "avatar_url": null,
            "display_name": null,
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/Forsaken_Detective_2/",
            "username": "Forsaken_Detective_2"
          },
          "score": -10,
          "subreddit": {
            "id": null,
            "name": "RDDT",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/"
          }
        }
      },
      "post_id": "t3_1xiupuc",
      "published_at": "2026-10-29T22:41:37Z",
      "text": "At a high level, however people want to communicate on the internet, they should be able to do so on Reddit.\n\nWe’ve continually evolved over the years, from just links to text to images (becoming a home for early memes and GIFs) to video and now some audio and beyond.\n\nWe’ve seen…",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/comments/1xiupuc/comment/19ruo2bw7d6ps/"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "author": {
        "avatar_url": "https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_3k30p/styles/profileIcon_uj015iwx9s7g1.png",
        "display_name": null,
        "id": "t2_1w72",
        "is_verified": null,
        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/",
        "username": "spez"
      },
      "edited_at": null,
      "id": "t1_19ruo0i3k53he",
      "is_by_post_author": null,
      "is_edited": null,
      "is_liked_by_author": null,
      "is_pinned": false,
      "metrics": {
        "like_count": 18,
        "reply_count": null
      },
      "parent_id": null,
      "platform": "reddit",
      "platform_specific": {
        "reddit": {
          "award_count": null,
          "depth": null,
          "distinguished": "admin",
          "is_collapsed": null,
          "is_deleted": false,
          "more_replies_count": null,
          "post": {
            "comment_count": null,
            "is_nsfw": null,
            "is_spoiler": null,
            "published_at": null,
            "score": null,
            "title": "About that login screen",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/1xiupm0/about_that_login_screen/"
          },
          "reply_to_author": {
            "avatar_url": null,
            "display_name": null,
            "id": null,
            "is_verified": null,
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/GaryNOVA/",
            "username": "GaryNOVA"
          },
          "score": 18,
          "subreddit": {
            "id": null,
            "name": "u_spez",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/u_spez/"
          }
        }
      },
      "post_id": "t3_1xiupm0",
      "published_at": "2026-10-29T22:40:29Z",
      "text": "me too, Gary, me too…",
      "unknown_fields": [],
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/1xiupm0/comment/19ruo0i3k53he/"
    }
  ],
  "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": 557,
    "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**
>
> - Reddit's feed of a user's comments doesn't say where in its thread each one sits, so parent_id and platform_specific.reddit.depth are null. platform_specific.reddit.reply_to_author names whom a reply answered when Reddit shows it, and the Reddit Comments API returns a comment's thread from its url.
> - metrics.like_count is the comment's score (upvotes minus downvotes) when it isn't negative, and platform_specific.reddit.score has it either way. Reddit shows no reply count or edit mark on a user's comments, so metrics.reply_count and is_edited are null.
> - platform_specific.reddit.post has the post's title and link only. The Reddit Post API returns the rest.
> - A suspended account returns private_or_unavailable. A deleted account or a name nobody has returns not_found. An account with no comments returns an empty page.
> - When Reddit's feed fails, the page comes from the user's comment RSS feed, which has no scores, account IDs or badges: those fields are null and a partial_data warning names them.

## 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 /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` |
| `sort` optional | `string` | Order of the results. newest (default): New, newest first. popular: Top, highest score first (of all time, or of the narrowest of Reddit's past hour, day, week, month or year that covers since). relevance: Hot, Reddit's ranking of recent comments by their votes. controversial: Controversial, the most evenly divided votes first (in the same time filter as popular).<br>One of `newest`, `popular`, `relevance`, `controversial` | — |
| `since` optional | `string`<br>date-time | Only items at or after this time: RFC 3339 (2026-10-01T12:00:00Z) or a date (2026-10-01, midnight UTC). On newest-first lists, paging stops when it is reached, so later pages are not fetched or charged. Compared with published_at. On newest the walk stops at the first older comment; on popular and controversial Reddit's own time filter that covers since is applied, so fewer pages are fetched, and every page is filtered exactly. | `2026-10-01` |
| `until` optional | `string`<br>date-time | Only items before this time (exclusive): RFC 3339 or a date (midnight UTC). | `2026-10-08` |
| `limit` optional | `integer`<br>min 1<br>max 25 | Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for. | `25` |
| `cursor` optional | `string` | page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page. | — |

`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)). `limit` and `cursor` page through the list: see Pagination.

**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, page, meta}`. `data` is an array of up to 25 [comment](https://socialtap.dev/resources/comment/index.md) objects, newest first; `page` says how to get the next page; `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 comment ID (string; Reddit with its t1_ prefix). |
| `data[].post_id` | `string` | ID of the post commented on (equals post.id). |
| `data[].parent_id` | `string` or `null` | ID of the comment this replies to; null for top-level comments. |
| `data[].url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Permalink, when the platform has one. |
| `data[].text` | `string` | Comment body as plain text. |
| `data[].author` | `object` | The commenting account. An account the platform no longer names (a deleted account) has a null id and username and the platform's label as display_name (Reddit: \[deleted\]). |
| `data[].author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data[].author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data[].author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data[].author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data[].author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data[].author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data[].published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When the comment was posted, RFC 3339 UTC. Where the platform shows only a relative time ("3 weeks ago"), the latest time that label allows (the fetch time minus the stated amount), listed in approximate_fields. |
| `data[].edited_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When the comment was last edited, RFC 3339 UTC; null when never edited or when the platform marks edits without a time (see is_edited). |
| `data[].is_edited` | `boolean` or `null` | The comment was edited after posting (the platform's edited mark); null when the platform does not say. |
| `data[].is_pinned` | `boolean` or `null` | Pinned by the post's author. |
| `data[].is_liked_by_author` | `boolean` or `null` | Liked or hearted by the post's author. |
| `data[].is_by_post_author` | `boolean` or `null` | Written by the post's author (the creator's own comment, marked as such by the platform). |
| `data[].metrics` | `object` | Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero. |
| `data[].metrics.like_count` | `integer` or `null` | Reddit: upvotes (score). Likes or upvotes; never negative. |
| `data[].metrics.reply_count` | `integer` or `null` | Direct replies. |
| `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` | Reddit's own comment fields. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.subreddit` | `object` or `null` | The subreddit of the post the comment is on; for a post on a user's profile, the profile's own subreddit (u_\<username>). |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.subreddit.id` | `string` or `null` | Reddit's subreddit ID (t5_…). |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.subreddit.name` | `string` or `null` | The subreddit's name without r/. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.subreddit.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The subreddit's URL. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.score` | `integer` or `null` | Net score as Reddit shows it: upvotes minus downvotes, fuzzed by Reddit; negative for a comment most votes are against. Null when Reddit hides it (a subreddit that hides recent comments' scores, a deleted comment). |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.depth` | `integer` or `null` | How deep in the post's thread the comment is: 0 for a comment on the post, 1 for a reply to one, and so on. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.award_count` | `integer` or `null` | Awards the comment received. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.distinguished` | `string` or `null` | The role the author spoke in, when they marked the comment with it: moderator or admin; null for an ordinary comment. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.is_collapsed` | `boolean` or `null` | Reddit shows the comment collapsed (a low score, a moderator's or crowd-control setting, or a subreddit's rule). |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.is_deleted` | `boolean` or `null` | The comment's body was deleted by its author or removed by a moderator or Reddit; text is then empty. Reddit keeps such a comment in the thread when it has replies. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.more_replies_count` | `integer` or `null` | Replies under this comment (with their own replies) that the page leaves out, as Reddit counts them in its "N more replies" link: request the comment's url to page through them. 0 when every reply Reddit has is included. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.reply_to_author` | `object` or `null` | The author of the comment this one replies to, where the list names them (a user's comments: Reddit's "replied to u/…"); null where Reddit does not name them (a comment on the post, a deleted parent account) and where parent_id places the comment in its thread. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.reply_to_author.id` | `string` or `null` | Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.reply_to_author.username` | `string` or `null` | Handle without the @; null when the account has none. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.reply_to_author.display_name` | `string` or `null` | Display name shown on the profile. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.reply_to_author.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Canonical profile URL. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.reply_to_author.avatar_url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.reply_to_author.is_verified` | `boolean` or `null` | Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.post` | `object` or `null` | The post the comment is on, as Reddit shows it beside the comment (search results); null where the endpoint does not show it. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.post.title` | `string` or `null` | The post's title. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.post.url` | `string` (uri) or `null` | The post's permalink. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.post.score` | `integer` or `null` | The post's net score as Reddit shows it (floored at 0 on display). |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.post.comment_count` | `integer` or `null` | Comments on the post. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.post.published_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When the post was submitted, RFC 3339 UTC. |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.post.is_nsfw` | `boolean` or `null` | The post is marked NSFW (18+). |
| `data[].platform_specific.reddit.post.is_spoiler` | `boolean` or `null` | The post is marked as a spoiler. |
| `data[].approximate_fields` | `string[]` | JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text. 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: 2 error codes. 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. |
| `invalid_cursor` | 400 | No | The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it. | Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again. |

### 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. |

## Pagination

Items come in pages, **newest first**. To get the next page, send **the same request plus `cursor`** set to `page.next_cursor` from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When `page.has_more` is `false` the walk is over, and `page.end_reason` says why: only `end` means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early).

- **Order**: `sort=newest` (the default): newest first; `sort=controversial`: Reddit's Controversial order (most evenly divided votes first), of all time or of the time filter that covers since; `sort=popular`: Reddit's Top order (highest score first), of all time or of the time filter that covers since; `sort=relevance`: Reddit's Hot order (recent comments ranked by their votes)
- **Page size**: Up to 25 comments (the default; `limit` lowers it)
- **Cursor lifetime**: 24 hours; don't store cursors
- **Price**: Per page, 1 credit

### The `page` object

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `page.has_more` | `boolean` | True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end. |
| `page.next_cursor` | `string` or `null` | Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end. |
| `page.next_cursor_expires_at` | `string` (date-time) or `null` | When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors. |
| `page.end_reason` | `string` or `null` | Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.<br>One of `end`, `platform_limit`, `max_pages` |

### Next page

cURL: next page:

```shell
curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/reddit/profile_comments?handle=spez&sort=newest&cursor=c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
```

- The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever `limit` is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with `has_more: true` is not the end).
- A `limit` below 25 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting `limit` is the cheapest way to walk the list.
- Errors are free, including a rejected cursor.
- Pages served from the cache are free.
- An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with [`invalid_cursor`](https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/index.md#invalid_cursor) (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again.

[Pagination guide](https://socialtap.dev/docs/pagination/index.md)

## Pricing

From **1 credit** per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as `meta.source`.

| Source | Price per successful page | Per 1,000 pages |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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_comments` · operationId `reddit.profile_comments.list` · [Product overview](https://socialtap.dev/apis/reddit/profile_comments/index.md)

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