Fetch a Reddit post, subreddit, or user by ref
Fetch a Reddit post, subreddit, or user by ref
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
966 msmedian answer time
$0.005listed price per call
$0.005price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://glim.sh/api/v1/reddit/get
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | glim.sh |
| Networks | eip155:143, eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 34 from 5 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.005 | 966 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"ref": "https://www.reddit.com/r/python/comments/1a2b3c/title/"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"properties": {
"comment_depth": {
"default": 5,
"description": "Max nesting depth (post refs only)",
"maximum": 10,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"comment_limit": {
"default": 50,
"description": "Max comments (post refs only)",
"maximum": 200,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"comment_sort": {
"default": "confidence",
"description": "Comment sort. Post refs only: subreddit/user listings always hydrate a fixed 2 top-level comments sorted by top.",
"enum": [
"confidence",
"top",
"new",
"controversial",
"old",
"qa"
],
"type": "string"
},
"cursor": {
"description": "Pagination cursor from a prior subreddit response's next_cursor",
"maxLength": 64,
"pattern": "^\\s*(?:[tT]\\d_)?[a-zA-Z0-9]+\\s*$",
"type": "string"
},
"include_comments": {
"default": false,
"description": "Include recent comments for user refs",
"type": "boolean"
},
"include_posts": {
"default": true,
"description": "Include recent posts for user refs",
"type": "boolean"
},
"limit": {
"default": 10,
"description": "Max listing posts (subreddit/user). Subreddit posts return full content + top comments; for user refs this also caps the comments returned.",
"maximum": 10,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"ref": {
"description": "Reddit post, subreddit, or user reference. Best: a post URL, subreddit URL/r/name, or user URL/u/name. A bare base36 post id also works. A comment permalink (\u2026/comments/<post>/comment/<id>/) returns that comment with its ancestor context and replies.",
"maxLength": 2048,
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
},
"sort": {
"default": "hot",
"description": "Listing post sort",
"enum": [
"hot",
"new",
"top",
"rising"
],
"type": "string"
},
"time": {
"default": "day",
"description": "Listing time range",
"enum": [
"hour",
"day",
"week",
"month",
"year",
"all"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"ref"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}