Reddit Search API
Endpoints for searching Reddit content including submissions, subreddits, and users across the platform.
Reddit Search API is one of 21 APIs that Reddit publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 2 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Reddit Search 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 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Endpoints for searching Reddit content including submissions, subreddits, and users across the platform.
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Listing (2 properties), Thing (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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