Pangolinfo - Enterprise-Grade Real-Time Data Collection API

API Description

Reddit Comments API — Collect Reddit comments using the pagination, ordering and filters listed for this operation.

Authenticate with your Pangolinfo API Key to receive structured JSON data.

Request URL

POST https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/reddit-comments

Request Headers

Parameters	Parameter value	Type	Description
Content-Type	application/json	string	Data format
Authorization	Bearer xxx	string	Authorization Token

Collection takes up to approximately 75 seconds. Set your client timeout to 90 seconds.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
target	Yes	string	Target URL, supported ID or search keyword for this operation.
options	No	object	Optional collection settings, described below.

options Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
maxPages	No	integer	Pages to collect. Default: 1; values above 5 are capped at 5. Must be a positive integer. Default: 1 Minimum: 1 Maximum: 5
cursor	No	string \| null	Continuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged.
sort	No	string	Result ordering. Supported values are listed below.
commentId	No	string	Parent comment identifier. Set this to collect replies instead of root comments.

Only the request parameters listed on this page are used; other fields are ignored. Pass pagination cursors back unchanged, without encoding, decoding or conversion.

One page by default, capped at five per request. Page counts must be positive integers; higher values are capped at five.

A non-empty commentId selects explicit reply mode. Direct replies are billed; Facebook also bills returned nested replies. Continue with the cursor described above.

Normal mode includes at most one reply level without expanding additional collapsed threads. Explicit reply mode uses the reply endpoint defaults.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
code	integer	Status code; 0 indicates success.
message	string	Response message; ok on success.
pointCost	number	Points charged for this request.
data	object	Collected data, with fields described below.
meta	object	Request identifier and duration in milliseconds.
billing	object	Charged units, unit price and billing rule version.

data Fields

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Result type.
commentsCount	number \| null	Platform-reported comment total; not the number billed.
comments	object[]	Root comments in comment mode.
commentId	string	Parent comment identifier. Set this to collect replies instead of root comments.
replies	object[]	Replies in reply mode.
pagination	object	Continuation cursor and whether more results are available.

`data.comments[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
time	object \| null	Publication time.
content	string \| null	Content text; may be null for records without text.
score	number \| null	Comment or post score.
avatar	null	Avatar URL.
nickname	string \| null	Author display name.
profileUrl	string \| null	Author profile URL.
id	string	Record identifier.
parentId	string \| null	Parent post or comment identifier.
depth	number	Comment nesting depth; 0 is a root comment.
replyCount	number	Platform-reported reply count.
url	string \| null	Content URL.
replys	object[]	Nested replies.

`data.comments[].time` Fields

Field	Type	Description
text	string \| null	Text value.
value	number \| null	Parsed value.

`data.comments[].replys[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
time	object \| null	Publication time.
content	string \| null	Content text; may be null for records without text.
score	number \| null	Comment or post score.
avatar	null	Avatar URL.
nickname	string \| null	Author display name.
profileUrl	string \| null	Author profile URL.
id	string	Record identifier.
parentId	string \| null	Parent post or comment identifier.
depth	number	Comment nesting depth; 0 is a root comment.
replyCount	number	Platform-reported reply count.
url	string \| null	Content URL.
replys	object[]	Nested replies.

`data.replies[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
time	object \| null	Publication time.
content	string \| null	Content text; may be null for records without text.
score	number \| null	Comment or post score.
avatar	null	Avatar URL.
nickname	string \| null	Author display name.
profileUrl	string \| null	Author profile URL.
id	string	Record identifier.
parentId	string \| null	Parent post or comment identifier.
depth	number	Comment nesting depth; 0 is a root comment.
replyCount	number	Platform-reported reply count.
url	string \| null	Content URL.
replys	object[]	Nested replies.

Request Example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/reddit-comments \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PANGOLINFO_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "target": "https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/"
}'

Response Example

This excerpt shows the first item of each list. Long text and URLs are shortened; pointCost is the charge for the complete response. The playground contains the full schema.

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "ok",
  "pointCost": 3.2,
  "data": {
    "type": "comments",
    "commentsCount": 22716,
    "comments": [
      {
        "time": {
          "text": "2012-08-29T20:05:19.000Z",
          "value": 1346270719000
        },
        "content": "How do you balance family life and hobbies with, well, being the POTUS?",
        "score": 1556,
        "avatar": null,
        "nickname": "gobearss",
        "profileUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/user/gobearss/",
        "replys": [
          {
            "time": {
              "text": "2012-08-29T21:04:58.000Z",
              "value": 1346274298000
            },
            "content": "It's hard - truthfully the main thing other than work is just making sure that I'm spending enough time with michelle and the girls. The big advantage I have...",
            "score": 2951,
            "avatar": null,
            "nickname": "PresidentObama",
            "profileUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/user/PresidentObama/",
            "replys": [],
            "id": "t1_c60nmtc",
            "parentId": "t1_c60mmaf",
            "depth": 1,
            "replyCount": 319,
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/comment/c60nmtc/"
          }
        ],
        "id": "t1_c60mmaf",
        "parentId": "t3_z1c9z",
        "depth": 0,
        "replyCount": 328,
        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/comment/c60mmaf/"
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "comments": {
        "cursor": null,
        "hasMore": true
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "pg-audit-r1-reddit-comments-1793954295660519500",
    "durationMs": 4059
  },
  "billing": {
    "unitPrice": 0.8,
    "ruleVersion": "social-primary-v2",
    "billedCount": 4,
    "pointCost": 3.2
  }
}

Points Usage

0.8 points per root comment; included replies are free. Supported explicit reply modes charge 0.8 points per direct reply; nested replies included with those results are free.

Empty results and failed requests are not charged. Duplicate IDs are counted once within a response. Separate calls and pages are billed separately. See Social Media Reviews API billing.

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Reddit Comments API

API Description

Request URL

Request Headers

Request Parameters

options Parameters

Response Fields

data Fields

`data.comments[]` Fields

`data.comments[].time` Fields

`data.comments[].replys[]` Fields

`data.replies[]` Fields

Request Example

Response Example

Points Usage

Getting Started

Amazon Scrapers

E-commerce Scrapers

Social Media Scrapers

Search engine scrapers

TRO Data API

Playground

​API Description

​Request URL

​Request Headers

​Request Parameters

​options Parameters

​Response Fields

​data Fields

​data.comments[] Fields

​data.comments[].time Fields

​data.comments[].replys[] Fields

​data.replies[] Fields

​Request Example

​Response Example

​Points Usage

API Description

Request URL

Request Headers

Request Parameters

options Parameters

Response Fields

data Fields

`data.comments[]` Fields

`data.comments[].time` Fields

`data.comments[].replys[]` Fields

`data.replies[]` Fields

Request Example

Response Example

Points Usage