---
title: "Search"
method: GET
path: "/v1/reddit/search"
tags: ["reddit"]
---

# Search

`GET /v1/reddit/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.insightsocial.app`
- URL: `https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/reddit/search`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns posts matching a keyword from across Reddit, each with title, score, comment count, subreddit, permalink, and the body at ext.selftext.

Use it to search all of Reddit at once. Bodies arrive free here, so include_body=true is rarely needed and refunds what it does not spend. subreddit/search searches inside one community.

**Metered: 10–300 credits.** We reserve the ceiling when the call starts and charge what it actually used when it finishes.

Paginates by `cursor`: see [Pagination](https://www.insightsocial.app/docs/pagination).

## Query parameters

- `query` string, required
- `sort` 'relevance' | 'new' | 'top' | 'comment_count'
- `timeframe` 'all' | 'day' | 'week' | 'month' | 'year'
- `trim` boolean
- `include_body` boolean
- `dry_run` '1'
- `since` string
- `until` string
- `max_age_days` integer
- `max_pages` integer
- `cursor` string

## Response `200`

Success.

- object
  - `success` true, required
  - `platform` string, required
  - `endpoint` string, required
  - `schema_version` '2', required
  - `data` PostPage, required
    - `items` object[], required
      - `post` Post, required
        - `id` string, required: An identifier, always a string. Never parse it as a number: several platforms use ids above 2^53.
        - `url` string, uri, nullable, required
        - `kind` string, nullable, required: The format of the post. Format words only, never a platform name. short = short-form vertical video (a reel, a TikTok, a YouTube Short).
        - `content` object, required
          - `text` string, nullable, required
          - `media_urls` string[], nullable, required
          - `thumbnail_url` string, uri, nullable, required
          - `duration_seconds` number, nullable, required
        - `author` Author, required
          - `id` string, nullable, required: An identifier, always a string. Never parse it as a number: several platforms use ids above 2^53.
          - `username` string, nullable, required
          - `display_name` string, nullable, required
          - `avatar_url` string, uri, nullable, required
          - `verified` boolean, nullable, required
        - `engagement` object, required
          - `views` integer, nullable, required: A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero.
          - `likes` integer, nullable, required: A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero.
          - `comments` integer, nullable, required: A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero.
          - `shares` integer, nullable, required: A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero.
          - `saves` integer, nullable, required: A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero.
        - `flags` object, required
          - `nsfw` boolean, nullable, required
          - `spoiler` boolean, nullable, required
          - `pinned` boolean, nullable, required
          - `deleted` boolean, required
          - `likes_hidden` boolean, nullable, required
          - `comments_hidden` boolean, nullable, required
          - `shares_hidden` boolean, nullable, required
          - `views_hidden` boolean, nullable, required
          - `saves_hidden` boolean, nullable, required
        - `published_at` string, date-time, nullable, required: ISO-8601 timestamp in UTC, ending in Z.
        - `language` string, nullable, required: The content's language as the platform states it, e.g. en, pt-BR. Detected languages come later (§7.1).
        - `ext` object, nullable, required: Platform-specific fields, snake_case. The key list per platform is in the docs.
    - `total` integer, nullable, required: A count. null when the platform does not expose it; 0 only when it is really zero.
    - `truncated` boolean, nullable, required
    - `ext` object, nullable: Platform-specific fields, snake_case. The key list per platform is in the docs.
  - `pagination` Pagination
    - `next_cursor` string, nullable, required
    - `has_more` boolean, required
    - `page_size` integer, required
    - `stopped_at` 'since' | 'known_id' | 'end', nullable
  - `unavailable` string[], required
  - `credits_used` integer, required
  - `credits_remaining` integer, required
  - `request_id` string, required
  - `cached` boolean, required
  - `idempotent_replay` boolean, required
  - `charge_reason` string, required
  - `free_call` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: See [Error handling](https://www.insightsocial.app/docs/errors).
- `401`: See [Error handling](https://www.insightsocial.app/docs/errors).
- `402`: See [Error handling](https://www.insightsocial.app/docs/errors).
- `404`: See [Error handling](https://www.insightsocial.app/docs/errors).
- `409`: See [Error handling](https://www.insightsocial.app/docs/errors).
- `429`: See [Error handling](https://www.insightsocial.app/docs/errors).
- `500`: See [Error handling](https://www.insightsocial.app/docs/errors).
- `503`: See [Error handling](https://www.insightsocial.app/docs/errors).

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/insightsocial/apis/insightsocial-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/insightsocial/apis/insightsocial-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/insightsocial/apis/insightsocial-api/revisions/c82924cdabf2?raw)