Subreddit Info by Name V1

Get public community details: subscribers, description, creation date, type, rules count, and more.

GET /api/v1/communities/{name}/info

Get public community details: subscribers, description, creation date, type, rules count, and more.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	Yes	Community name, r/name, or URL.

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/communities/test/info" \
  -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/communities/test/info", {
  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/communities/test/info"
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": {
    "user_flair_background_color": null,
    "submit_text_html": null,
    "restrict_posting": true,
    "user_is_banned": null,
    "wiki_enabled": true,
    "user_is_muted": null,
    "user_can_flair_in_sr": null,
    "display_name": "test",
    "header_img": null,
    "title": "Testing",
    "original_content_tag_enabled": true,
    "allow_galleries": true,
    "icon_size": null,
    "primary_color": "",
    "icon_img": "",
    "display_name_prefixed": "r/test",
    "public_traffic": false,
    "subscribers": 41527,
    "user_flair_richtext": [],
    "videostream_links_count": 0,
    "name": "t5_examples",
    "quarantine": false,
    "hide_ads": false,
    "prediction_leaderboard_entry_type": 2,
    "emojis_enabled": false,
    "advertiser_category": "",
    "public_description": "",
    "comment_score_hide_mins": 0,
    "allow_predictions": false,
    "user_has_favorited": null,
    "user_flair_template_id": null,
    "community_icon": "",
    "banner_background_image": "",
    "header_title": "",
    "community_reviewed": true,
    "submit_text": "",
    "description_html": "&lt;!-- SC_OFF --&gt;&lt;div class=\"md\"&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a place to test things.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- SC_ON --&gt;",
    "spoilers_enabled": true,
    "allow_talks": false,
    "header_size": null,
    "user_flair_position": "right",
    "all_original_content": false,
    "has_menu_widget": false,
    "is_enrolled_in_new_modmail": null,
    "key_color": "",
    "can_assign_user_flair": true,
    "created": 1201237888.0,
    "show_media_preview": true,
    "submission_type": "any",
    "user_is_subscriber": null,
    "allowed_media_in_comments": [
      "expression",
      "static",
      "\u2026 (2 more items)"
    ],
    "allow_videogifs": true,
    "should_archive_posts": false,
    "user_flair_type": "text",
    "allow_polls": true,
    "collapse_deleted_comments": false,
    "emojis_custom_size": null,
    "public_description_html": null,
    "allow_videos": true,
    "is_crosspostable_subreddit": false,
    "notification_level": null,
    "should_show_media_in_comments_setting": true,
    "can_assign_link_flair": true,
    "allow_prediction_contributors": false,
    "submit_text_label": "",
    "link_flair_position": "left",
    "user_sr_flair_enabled": null,
    "user_flair_enabled_in_sr": true,
    "allow_discovery": true,
    "accept_followers": true,
    "user_sr_theme_enabled": true,
    "link_flair_enabled": true,
    "subreddit_type": "public",
    "suggested_comment_sort": null,
    "banner_img": "",
    "user_flair_text": null,
    "banner_background_color": "",
    "show_media": true,
    "id": "2qh23",
    "user_is_moderator": null,
    "over18": false,
    "description": "This is a place to test things.",
    "submit_link_label": "",
    "user_flair_text_color": null,
    "restrict_commenting": false,
    "user_flair_css_class": null,
    "allow_images": true,
    "lang": "en",
    "url": "/r/test/",
    "created_utc": 1201237888.0,
    "banner_size": null,
    "mobile_banner_image": "",
    "user_is_contributor": null,
    "allow_predictions_tournament": false
  },
  "error": null,
  "timestamp": "2026-04-29T08:58:56.433575+00:00"
}