Scrape V1
Post Detail by ID V1
Get detailed info for a single post. SFW only — use V2 for NSFW.
GET /api/v1/content/detail
Get detailed info for a single post. SFW only — use V2 for NSFW.
Query parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
post_url | string | Yes | Post URL or ID (e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/sub/comments/abc123/ or t3_abc123 or abc123) |
Authentication
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
X-RapidAPI-Key | Your RapidAPI key |
X-RapidAPI-Host | red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com |
Example request
cURL
curl -X GET "https://red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/content/detail?post_url=<post_url>" \
-H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
-H "X-RapidAPI-Host: red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com"JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/content/detail?post_url=<post_url>", {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY",
"X-RapidAPI-Host": "red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com"
}
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
url = "https://red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/content/detail?post_url=<post_url>"
headers = {
"X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY",
"X-RapidAPI-Host": "red-crawler1.p.rapidapi.com"
}
resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(resp.json())Example response
HTTP 200 — captured from a live call to the gateway.
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"subreddit": "test",
"selftext": "image post body",
"saved": false,
"gilded": 0,
"clicked": false,
"title": "image post",
"link_flair_richtext": [],
"subreddit_name_prefixed": "r/test",
"hidden": false,
"link_flair_css_class": null,
"downs": 0,
"thumbnail_height": 140,
"hide_score": true,
"name": "t3_1sys4r2",
"quarantine": false,
"link_flair_text_color": "dark",
"upvote_ratio": 1.0,
"author_flair_background_color": null,
"ups": 1,
"total_awards_received": 0,
"media_embed": {},
"thumbnail_width": 140,
"is_original_content": false,
"author_fullname": "t2_exampleu",
"secure_media": null,
"is_reddit_media_domain": true,
"is_meta": false,
"category": null,
"secure_media_embed": {},
"link_flair_text": null,
"score": 1,
"is_created_from_ads_ui": false,
"author_premium": false,
"thumbnail": "https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/1sys4r2/image_post/",
"edited": false,
"author_flair_css_class": null,
"author_flair_richtext": [],
"gildings": {},
"post_hint": "image",
"content_categories": null,
"is_self": false,
"created": 1777449032.0,
"link_flair_type": "text",
"removed_by_category": null,
"author_flair_type": "text",
"domain": "i.redd.it",
"allow_live_comments": false,
"selftext_html": "<!-- SC_OFF --><div class=\"md\"><p>image post body</p>\n</div><!-- SC_ON -->",
"likes": null,
"suggested_sort": null,
"url_overridden_by_dest": "https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/1sys4r2/image_post/",
"archived": false,
"is_crosspostable": false,
"pinned": false,
"over_18": false,
"preview": {
"images": [
{
"source": {
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/1sys4r2/image_post/",
"width": 1680,
"height": 2520
},
"resolutions": [
{
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/1sys4r2/image_post/",
"width": 108,
"height": 162
},
{
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/1sys4r2/image_post/",
"width": 216,
"height": 324
},
"\u2026 (4 more items)"
],
"variants": {},
"id": "xdjc0ooi43yg1"
}
],
"enabled": true
},
"all_awardings": [],
"spoiler": false,
"locked": false,
"author_flair_text": null,
"visited": false,
"removed_by": null,
"distinguished": null,
"subreddit_id": "t5_examples",
"author_is_blocked": false,
"link_flair_background_color": "",
"id": "1sys4r2",
"num_duplicates": 0,
"author": "Motor_Tip8865",
"num_comments": 0,
"send_replies": true,
"media": null,
"contest_mode": false,
"author_flair_text_color": null,
"permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/1sys4r2/image_post/",
"stickied": false,
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/1sys4r2/image_post/",
"subreddit_subscribers": 41527,
"created_utc": 1777449032.0,
"num_crossposts": 0,
"is_video": false
},
"error": null,
"timestamp": "2026-04-29T08:58:45.663717+00:00"
}