---
title: "Reddit Post Comments"
method: GET
path: "/v1/reddit/post/comments"
tags: ["Reddit"]
---

# Reddit Post Comments

`GET /v1/reddit/post/comments`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apidirect.io`
- URL: `https://apidirect.io/v1/reddit/post/comments`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Get the comments on a Reddit post, replies included, by URL or post ID. Comments come in thread order (each followed by its replies), with depth, parent ID, text, author, score, date, permalink and submitter/pinned/edited flags. Sort by top, best, newest, controversial, oldest or Q&A. Up to about 4,000 comments per thread. Supports fetching multiple pages in a single API call (billed per page).

**Price:** $0.003 per page. **Free tier:** 50 requests/month.

## Query parameters

- `url` string
- `post_id` string
- `sort_by` 'top' | 'best' | 'most_recent' | 'controversial' | 'oldest' | 'qa'
- `pages` integer
- `get_sentiment` boolean

## Response `200`

Successful response

- RedditPostCommentsResponse: Inferred from a live response. Any field can be null or absent, and new fields may be added at any time.
  - `comments` object[], nullable
    - `comment_id` string, nullable
    - `post_id` string, nullable
    - `parent_id` string, nullable
    - `text` string, nullable
    - `author` string, nullable
    - `author_url` string, nullable
    - `upvotes` number, nullable
    - `date` string, nullable
    - `url` string, nullable
    - `subreddit` string, nullable
    - `is_submitter` boolean, nullable
    - `stickied` boolean, nullable
    - `edited` boolean, nullable
    - `source` string, nullable
    - `domain` string, nullable
    - `depth` number, nullable
  - `post_id` string, nullable
  - `sort_by` string, nullable
  - `pages` number, nullable
  - `count` number, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: missing or invalid parameters
- `401`: Unauthorized: invalid or missing API key
- `402`: Free tier used up for this endpoint and no payment method on file (`payment_required`).
- `403`: Account blocked after a failed payment (`account_blocked`).
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded or too many concurrent requests
- `500`: Internal server error
- `502`: Temporary failure retrieving Reddit data. Please retry shortly.
- `503`: Service temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
- `504`: The request timed out

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