Collect Reddit comments by URL

Use the Bright Data Web Scraper API to collect Reddit comments by URL. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.

POST /datasets/v3/scrape

Collect Comments by URL

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "input": [
    {
      "url": "<string>",
      "days_back": 123
    }
  ]
}
'

200

[
  {
    "comment_id": "k5f7a9b",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/comment/k5f7a9b/",
    "user_posted": "helpful_dev",
    "comment": "Start with the official Python tutorial, it covers the basics well.",
    "date_posted": "2026-03-15T08:42:00Z",
    "num_upvotes": 24,
    "num_replies": 3,
    "replies": [],
    "post_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/",
    "post_id": "1asdf12",
    "post_language": "en",
    "post_state": "active",
    "post_type": "text",
    "images": [],
    "community_name": "learnpython",
    "community_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython",
    "community_description": "Subreddit for posting questions and asking for general advice about your Python code.",
    "community_members_num": 1120000,
    "community_rank": null,
    "is_moderator": false,
    "is_pinned": false,
    "has_bot_in_username": false,
    "is_locked": false,
    "is_admin_post": false,
    "is_archived_post": false,
    "is_moderator_post": false,
    "is_quarantined_post": false,
    "is_not_safe_for_work_post": false,
    "is_eligible_for_content_blocking_post": false,
    "is_promoted_post": false
  }
]

Query Parameters

dataset_id · string · default: "gd_lvzdpsdlw09j6t702" · required

The dataset ID used for this request.

Must be set to gd_lvzdpsdlw09j6t702 to collect Comments by URL data.

notify · boolean · default: false

Whether to send notifications when the request is completed.

include_errors · boolean · default: true

Whether to include errors in the response.

Request Body

input · object[] · required

An array of input objects.

Show properties

url · string · required

The URL of the Reddit post or comment thread to collect comments from.

days_back · number

Limit results to comments published within this number of days.

Example

{
  "input": [
    {"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/", "days_back": 7},
    {"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/python/comments/1bsdf34/"}
  ]
}

200

[
  {
    "comment_id": "k5f7a9b",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/comment/k5f7a9b/",
    "user_posted": "helpful_dev",
    "comment": "Start with the official Python tutorial, it covers the basics well.",
    "date_posted": "2026-03-15T08:42:00Z",
    "num_upvotes": 24,
    "num_replies": 3,
    "replies": [],
    "post_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/",
    "post_id": "1asdf12",
    "post_language": "en",
    "post_state": "active",
    "post_type": "text",
    "images": [],
    "community_name": "learnpython",
    "community_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython",
    "community_description": "Subreddit for posting questions and asking for general advice about your Python code.",
    "community_members_num": 1120000,
    "community_rank": null,
    "is_moderator": false,
    "is_pinned": false,
    "has_bot_in_username": false,
    "is_locked": false,
    "is_admin_post": false,
    "is_archived_post": false,
    "is_moderator_post": false,
    "is_quarantined_post": false,
    "is_not_safe_for_work_post": false,
    "is_eligible_for_content_blocking_post": false,
    "is_promoted_post": false
  }
]