# Reddit data API for AI agents

looot lists the Reddit operations of several data providers in one catalog. An agent searches posts or comments across Reddit, reads a post with its comments, lists a subreddit's posts, reads a user's public history or searches the Reddit ad library.

## Jobs an agent does

- Search Reddit for how people describe a problem your product solves.
- Read a long thread and summarize the objections in its comments.
- Track a subreddit for new posts that mention a competitor.
- Profile a community: its details, highlights and what gets upvoted.
- Pull the transcript of a Reddit video post.

## Operations by job

- Ad library: Ads from Reddit's public ad library.
- Search: Search posts, comments, communities and users by query.
- Comments and replies: Comment trees of a post and the replies under one comment.
- Communities: A subreddit's details, highlights and its feed of posts.
- Users: A user's public profile, posts and comments.
- Posts and transcripts: One post by link, and the transcript of a Reddit video post.

## How the providers differ

Scrape Creators takes a post URL and returns the post and comments in one call, and can search posts or comments across all of Reddit. Anysite splits post, comments, subreddit and subreddit posts into separate calls. The TikHub family reads Reddit's app endpoints, including explore feeds, dynamic search and community highlights, so its input names differ.

## Prompt

Use looot to search Reddit for threads about example-tool alternatives, read the top three with their comments, and list the objections people raise. Show each call's price before you run it. Setup is in skill.md.

## What can an agent read on Reddit through looot?

Posts, comment trees, replies, subreddit details and feeds, user profiles and history, search across posts and comments, video post transcripts and the Reddit ad library.

## Do I need a Reddit API key or app?

No. Your agent calls the operations with a looot key. You do not register a Reddit app or deal with its rate limits.

## How do I read the comments of a thread?

Use a post comments operation and pass the post URL. It returns the post and its comments, with author and score.

## Can I search comments, not only posts?

Yes. The search operation from Scrape Creators takes a filter for posts or comments across all of Reddit.

## Can the agent write or vote?

No. These operations read public data and do not post, comment or vote.

## Is there an operation for Reddit ads?

Yes. SearchAPI.io has an operation that searches the Reddit ad library for campaigns and creatives.

## How does my agent call a Reddit operation?

It connects to looot once, searches the catalog for the job, reads the input fields and the price, then runs the operation. Setup takes one line from skill.md, and the same key works for every provider.

## How is a Reddit call billed?

Per call, at the price shown on this page for that operation. The agent sees the price before the run, and the run is recorded with its cost in your ledger.

## Where do I find the full input and output fields?

Each operation has a reference page on docs.looot.ai with its input fields, an example call and the response. The For agents card on this page links the cheapest ones.

## Are the prices on this page current?

They are read from the live looot catalog every few minutes, so they change when a provider changes its price. When the catalog cannot be read, the page shows no numbers.

## Which Reddit operation should I start with?

Start with the cheapest operation in the job you need, which is listed first in its group. Check that it returns the fields your agent reads, and switch to another provider if it does not.

## Related pages

- /platforms/x
- /platforms/youtube
- /platforms/ai-search
- /use-cases/data-enrichment

## Last reviewed

2026-10-04. The operation list, the counts and every price are read live from the catalog on the web page.

## For agents

Run any operation with POST /v1/runs and its endpointId. The full tool reference is on docs.looot.ai.

- **platform**: Reddit
- **setup**: https://looot.ai/skill.md
- **tool reference**: https://docs.looot.ai/reference/tools