Get subreddit info
Input
subreddit requiredSubreddit name, with or without the r/ prefix
Output
status requiredHow reddit itself classifies the subreddit. For a live one this is about.json's subreddit_type ("public", "restricted", "user", ...). For one that cannot be read it is the gate: "banned", "missing" (never existed), "private", or "gold_only". Sourced entirely from about.json rather than from rendered page copy, so it does not change with the interface language.
subreddit requiredid optionalrules optionaltitle optionaldetail optionalFor a gated or banned subreddit, reddit's own machine reason code from about.json - "banned", "private", "gold_only" - or null when the subreddit is live or simply never existed. Before v5 this was an English sentence scraped off the page; it is now a code, so it is stable across languages and comparable.
created optionalmoderators optionaldescription optionalweekly_active_users optionalweekly_contributions optionalFAQ
Get Reddit thread
Fetch a full Reddit thread from its URL. Returns title, op_text, score, num_comments, and comments (author, body, score, nesting depth). Compare num_comments to total_comments to detect truncation; use all_comments to expand every "more replies" thread automatically.
Search Reddit
Search posts across all of Reddit (no subreddit restriction), with optional sort and time window. Returns count and threads (each with id, url, title, author, subreddit, score, num_comments, created, nsfw, preview_text). `limit` is a maximum: fewer matching posts than requested returns however many exist. Useful to discover which subreddits discuss a topic. The sort changes how relevant the results are: `top` orders Reddit's matches by score, and because Reddit matches loosely, a heavily upvoted post only tangentially related to the query can outrank the genuine matches. That is Reddit's own ranking, returned as-is. Use the default `relevance` sort when on-topic results matter, and treat a non-zero count under `top` as "Reddit returned something", not as proof the posts are about the topic. Reddit refuses connections from datacenter addresses, so this works as-is on your own browser; on a hosted cloud browser the session has to be given a country so it exits through a residential address, otherwise Reddit blocks it and the script says so.
Get subreddit threads
List a subreddit's threads by Reddit's native sort (best/hot/new/top/rising). "new" is chronological (filter with `since`); "top" takes a `time` window (hour…all); others paginate by `limit`. Returns url, title, author, score, num_comments, created, post_type, and body — the post's full text (never truncated; null for link/image posts). `limit` is a maximum, not a guarantee: fewer matching threads returns what exists.