# Portals Protocol Reddit User Search

> Portals Protocol Reddit User Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.portalsprotocol.com, paid per call via x402, $0.09/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-28).

Searches Reddit users by query criteria and returns matching user profiles

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.portalsprotocol.com/reddit/users/search?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.09/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-28
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-portalsprotocol-com-9852a456
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_iWYWW20islIm7fzsF5JaX

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-portalsprotocol-com-9852a456 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Reddit for users related to 'cryptocurrency investing' and return the top matching profiles with their usernames and karma scores.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover or search Reddit user accounts by keyword, topic, or username pattern. Prefer this over manual Reddit scraping or the native Reddit API when you want a simple paid-per-call search without managing OAuth credentials.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or invalid search query returns no results or 400 error
- Reddit rate limiting causes 429 or timeout responses
- No users found matching query returns empty results array
- Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks request
- Malformed POST body returns 422 unprocessable entity

## Output

A list of Reddit user profiles matching the search query, including usernames, karma scores, account age, and other available profile metadata.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-portalsprotocol-com-9852a456/health.json
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