---
title: "Reddit User Profile"
method: GET
path: "/v1/reddit/user"
tags: ["Reddit"]
---

# Reddit User Profile

`GET /v1/reddit/user`

## Request

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

Get a Reddit user's profile by username or profile URL. Returns display name, followers, post and comment counts, post, comment, total and award karma, bio, avatar and banner, account creation date, and email-verified, verified, Premium, moderator, employee and NSFW flags.

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

## Query parameters

- `username` string
- `url` string

## Response `200`

Successful response

- RedditUserProfileResponse: Inferred from a live response. Any field can be null or absent, and new fields may be added at any time.
  - `user` object, nullable
    - `username` string, nullable
    - `display_name` string, nullable
    - `user_id` string, nullable
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `follower_count` number, nullable
    - `post_count` number, nullable
    - `comment_count` number, nullable
    - `link_karma` number, nullable
    - `comment_karma` number, nullable
    - `total_karma` number, nullable
    - `awardee_karma` number, nullable
    - `awarder_karma` number, nullable
    - `has_verified_email` boolean, nullable
    - `verified` boolean, nullable
    - `is_gold` boolean, nullable
    - `is_mod` boolean, nullable
    - `is_employee` boolean, nullable
    - `nsfw` boolean, nullable
    - `icon_img` string, nullable
    - `banner_img` string, nullable
    - `created_at` string, nullable
    - `url` string, 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`).
- `404`: User not found
- `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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