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Reddit post detail API

One post by ID or link: title, full text, author, community, score, upvote ratio and comment count.

Canonical page: https://okdata.online/apis/reddit/posts/get/

  • Endpoint: GET /v1/reddit/posts/get
  • ID: reddit.posts.get
  • Price: $0.002 per call
  • Returns: one Post object (data.item)
  • Status: preview
  • Good for: Content research, Competitor monitoring

Price

One call costs $0.002 and returns one post. 1,000 lookups cost $2.00. Failed calls are not charged.

Parameters

Name Type Required Default Description
id string no The post ID, with or without the t3_ prefix. Give id or url. (e.g. t3_1nnrvkr)
url string no A share link or page URL; the ID is read from it. (e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/comments/1nnrvkr/)
view string: compact / standard / full no standard How much of each object comes back. full adds platform-specific fields under ext.
fields string[] no Fields to keep, by path (author.name), to save tokens. In a query string: comma-separated.

Give id or url; one of the two is enough. cursor, view and fields work as described in Requests.

Returned fields

Each item is a Post.

Field Type Description
id string Post ID on the platform.
url string Link to the post.
type string What kind of post it is.
title string | null Title, where the platform has one (videos, notes, articles).
text string Caption, body or description as plain text; articles come as Markdown.
lang string | null Language code, as reported or detected.
published_at string | null When it was published, ISO 8601 in UTC; null only where the source gives no time (wechat_mp.articles.metrics, wechat_channels.videos.metrics, youtube.channels.videos.list with type=short), then listed in meta.unavailable.
author AccountRef Who posted it.
metrics Metrics Counts at fetch time; a count the platform hides is null.
images string[] | null Image URLs for image posts and notes.
hashtags string[] | null Hashtags or topics, without the # sign.
ext object Platform-specific extras. Only returned with view=full.

Request examples

cURL

curl -G "https://api.okdata.online/v1/reddit/posts/get" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OKDATA_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'id=t3_1nnrvkr'

Python

import os
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.okdata.online/v1/reddit/posts/get",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OKDATA_API_KEY']}"},
    params={"id": "t3_1nnrvkr"},
    timeout=60,
)
body = resp.json()
if body["code"] != "ok":
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['code']}: {body['message']} (charged: {body['charged']})")

row = body["data"]["item"]
print(row["id"], row["metrics"]["likes"], row["text"][:60])
print("cost: $" + body["meta"]["billing"]["amount"])

TypeScript

const url = new URL('https://api.okdata.online/v1/reddit/posts/get');
url.searchParams.set('id', "t3_1nnrvkr");

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.OKDATA_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (body.code !== 'ok') throw new Error(`${body.code}: ${body.message}`);

const row = body.data.item;
console.log(row.id, row.metrics.likes, row.text.slice(0, 60));
console.log('cost: $' + body.meta.billing.amount);

MCP

{
  "name": "call",
  "arguments": {
    "capability": "reddit.posts.get",
    "id": "t3_1nnrvkr"
  }
}

Or ask an agent that has the MCP server connected:

Use Reddit post detail and list the five posts with the most likes, with links.

Response example

{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "0f6c2a8e-4b1d-4e0a-9a51-3c7d2b9e1f20",
  "data": {
    "item": {
      "id": "t3_1nnrvkr",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CampingGear/comments/1nnrvkr/two_nights_one_backpack/",
      "type": "text",
      "title": "Two nights, one backpack: what I would pack again",
      "text": "Full list and weights in the comments.",
      "lang": "en",
      "published_at": "2026-11-02T09:30:00Z",
      "author": {
        "id": "t2_1dkvvygb",
        "username": "trailkit",
        "name": "trailkit",
        "avatar_url": "https://cdn.example.com/avatar/trailkit.jpg",
        "followers": null,
        "verified": true
      },
      "metrics": {
        "views": null,
        "likes": 48200,
        "comments": 1312,
        "shares": 2210,
        "favorites": null,
        "reposts": null
      },
      "images": null,
      "hashtags": null
    }
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "reddit.posts.get",
    "billing": {
      "amount": "0.002",
      "currency": "USD",
      "balance_after": "9.998"
    },
    "unavailable": {
      "metrics.views": "platform",
      "metrics.favorites": "platform",
      "metrics.reposts": "platform"
    },
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "fetched_at": "2026-11-11T08:00:00Z"
  }
}

Errors

Errors share one shape: code, request_id, message and message_zh (a fixed sentence per code), charged, retry, retry_after_seconds, param and docs_url, with the specifics in problems. They are not charged; only settlement_unknown is unknown until looked up. The full table: https://okdata.online/docs/errors/

Questions

How much does the Reddit post detail API cost?

One call costs $0.002 and returns one post. 1,000 lookups cost $2.00. Failed calls are not charged.

Can I pass a share link instead of an ID?

Yes. Put the link in url and okdata reads the ID from it. Short share links work too.

Do I need a Reddit account, cookies or a QR login?

No. You send only your okdata API key. The data is public data from Reddit; nothing is fetched with your own Reddit account.

Am I charged when a call fails?

No. Every error response says charged: false, except a timeout, which says charged: null until the outcome is known. Resend with the same Idempotency-Key and you are never charged twice.

What if Reddit does not show a field?

The field is null, and meta.unavailable names it with the reason: platform (the platform never shows it) or capability (we cannot fetch it yet).

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