# fetcher.sh Reddit Subreddit Data API

> fetcher.sh Reddit Subreddit Data API is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches metadata and information about a specific Reddit subreddit by its name, paid per call in USDC via x402

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/reddit/subreddit/%7Bname%7D
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-reddit-subreddit-data-api-584793a9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_58e8VvhMuj1Cf5zWFago3

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 fetcher-sh-reddit-subreddit-data-api-584793a9
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the details for the r/MachineLearning subreddit — things like subscriber count, description, and community info?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need quick, no-OAuth subreddit metadata for a known community name without setting up Reddit API credentials or managing OAuth flows. Ideal for AI agents that need to enrich data pipelines with Reddit community context, do competitive research, or verify subreddit existence at low cost ($0.002/call) and without subscriptions.

## Known failure modes

- Subreddit does not exist — returns error or empty result
- Subreddit is private or quarantined — data may be inaccessible
- Reddit blocks or rate-limits the scraping request — may return incomplete data
- Malformed subreddit name in path parameter — request fails
- Payment failure via x402/USDC — request not processed

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

Returns structured metadata about the requested subreddit, including fields such as subscriber count, community description, creation date, subreddit rules, NSFW status, active user count, and general community information scraped from Reddit's public data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-reddit-subreddit-data-api-584793a9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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