RedCrawler API
Moderation V2

Post Crowd Control V2

Set a post's crowd control filter level. Level must be one of: OFF, LENIENT, MODERATE, STRICT. Crowd control collapses comments from users who aren't establish

POST /api/v2/mod/post-crowd-control

Set a post's crowd control filter level.

Level must be one of: OFF, LENIENT, MODERATE, STRICT. Crowd control collapses comments from users who aren't established in the subreddit.

Accepts post URLs, t3_ fullnames, or bare post IDs.

Body parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
poststringYesPost: URL, t3_ fullname, or bare post ID.
levelstringYesCrowd control level: OFF, LENIENT, MODERATE, or STRICT.
bearerstringNoReddit bearer token. Auto-resolves from Token Vault.
proxystringNoProxy ip:port:user:pass. Auto-resolves from Token Vault.

Authentication

HeaderValue
X-RapidAPI-KeyYour RapidAPI key
X-RapidAPI-Hostred-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com

Example request

cURL

curl -X POST "https://red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com/api/v2/mod/post-crowd-control" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"post": "t3_1sys4r2", "level": "OFF", "bearer": "<bearer>", "proxy": "<proxy>"}'

JavaScript

const res = await fetch("https://red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com/api/v2/mod/post-crowd-control", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
      "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
  "post": "t3_1sys4r2",
  "level": "OFF",
  "bearer": "<bearer>",
  "proxy": "<proxy>"
})
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

url = "https://red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com/api/v2/mod/post-crowd-control"
headers = {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
payload = {
  "post": "t3_1sys4r2",
  "level": "OFF",
  "bearer": "<bearer>",
  "proxy": "<proxy>"
}
resp = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(resp.json())

Example response

HTTP 200 — captured from a live call to the gateway.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "ok": true,
    "post_id": "t3_1sz24fg",
    "level": "LENIENT"
  },
  "error": null,
  "meta": {
    "vault_expires_at": "2026-04-30T07:47:21.906002+00:00",
    "vault_remaining": "15h 59m"
  },
  "timestamp": "2026-04-29T15:48:07.309360+00:00"
}

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