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Reddit Ads API

The Reddit Ads API allows advertisers and their marketing partners to programmatically create, edit, manage, and report on advertising campaigns on the Reddit platform. It provides endpoints for managing ad accounts, campaigns, ad groups, ads, creatives, targeting configurations, custom audiences (email lists, mobile IDs, pixel-based), conversion pixels, and performance reporting. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 with a rate limit of one request per second per advertiser account.

Reddit Ads API is one of 21 APIs that Reddit publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Advertising, Campaigns, Marketing, Social Media, and Targeting. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://ads-api.reddit.com/api/v3.

5 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3
Base URL
https://ads-api.reddit.com/api/v3
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Reddit Ads API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — Reddit Ads API uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication. Access tokens are obtained via the authorization code flow.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Ads 5

Endpoints for creating and managing individual ads and their associated creative content.

GET
/accounts/{account_id}/ads
List Ads
listAds 4 params → 200401
POST
/accounts/{account_id}/ads
Create an Ad
createAd 1 param body → 201400
GET
/accounts/{account_id}/ads/{ad_id}
Get an Ad
getAd 2 params → 200404
PUT
/accounts/{account_id}/ads/{ad_id}
Update an Ad
updateAd 2 params body → 200400
DELETE
/accounts/{account_id}/ads/{ad_id}
Delete an Ad
deleteAd 2 params → 204404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Ad (10 properties), AdInput (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Ad
object
An individual ad with creative content and review status.
10 properties
AdInput
object
Input for creating or updating an ad.
5 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

reddit-ads-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Reddit publishes across the network.

Reddit OAuth 2.0 Authorization
Reddit Account API
Reddit Accounts API
Reddit Ad Groups API
Reddit Campaigns API
Reddit Conversions API
Reddit Custom Audiences API
Reddit Flair API
Reddit Funding API
Reddit Links & Comments API
Reddit Listings API
Reddit Messages API