Reddit extraction API

Reddit Scraper - Extract Posts & Communities

Turn public Reddit posts, communities, and profiles into clean Markdown or normalized feeds and post JSON.

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Live playground

Try Reddit extraction.

Use an example or paste your own public URL. The playground calls the same cacheable GET API your agent will use.

Result

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Supported inputs

Built for normal public URLs.

Public post URLs
Public subreddit and community pages
Public user profile pages
Source-linked Markdown and JSON

Clear boundaries

Know exactly what to expect.

No private or quarantined communities
Post extraction does not include the complete comment tree
Deleted and restricted content remains unavailable

One GET request

Add Reddit data to your agent.

No SDK and no account are required during the public preview. Choose JSON for typed entities or Markdown for direct model context.

Read the quickstart

curl --get 'https://extractor.sh/api/extract' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/' \
  --data-urlencode 'format=json'

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: 'https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/',
  format: 'json',
});

const response = await fetch(
  `https://extractor.sh/api/extract?${params}`,
);
const data = await response.json();

from json import load
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen

params = urlencode({
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/",
    "format": "json",
})

with urlopen(f"https://extractor.sh/api/extract?{params}") as response:
    data = load(response)

Common questions

Reddit scraper FAQ

What Reddit URLs can extractor.sh process?

Communities, Posts, Profiles. Use an ordinary public URL from the platform.

What does the Reddit extraction API return?

One post or an ordered feed for a community or profile. Choose raw Markdown or schema-versioned JSON for every request.

What are the limits of Reddit extraction?

No private or quarantined communities. Post extraction does not include the complete comment tree. Deleted and restricted content remains unavailable.

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