My Real Username V2

Fetch the authenticated user's real (immutable) username. Different from the mutable display username. Requires bearer token.

GET /api/v2/profile/real-username

Fetch the authenticated user's real (immutable) username. Different from the mutable display username. Requires bearer token.

Query parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`bearer`	string	No	Your Reddit bearer token. Skip if stored in Token Vault.
`proxy`	string	No	Your proxy as ip:port:user:pass. Skip if stored in Token Vault.

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/v2/profile/real-username?bearer=<bearer>&proxy=<proxy>" \
  -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/v2/profile/real-username?bearer=<bearer>&proxy=<proxy>", {
  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/v2/profile/real-username?bearer=<bearer>&proxy=<proxy>"
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": {
    "success": true,
    "real_username": {
      "identity": {
        "redditor": {
          "name": "Motor_Tip8865"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "error": null,
  "meta": {
    "vault_expires_at": "2026-04-30T07:47:21.906002+00:00",
    "vault_remaining": "22h 47m"
  },
  "timestamp": "2026-04-29T08:59:40.160221+00:00"
}