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glim.sh Reddit Data Fetcher
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glim.sh Reddit Data Fetcher is a paid API for AI agents from glim.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.015/call, not verified (last probed 2026-10-19); live alternatives: SocialFetch Reddit Subreddit Post Search ($0.014) and Reddit Search ($0.02).
Agents call it through Zero, which pays per call: no API key and no wallet of your own. New accounts start with $5. Live alternatives for the same use case: SocialFetch Reddit Subreddit Post Search ($0.014) · Reddit Search ($0.02).
Fetches live Reddit post details, comments, subreddit listings, or user activity by URL, post ID, subreddit ref, or user ref
Price / call$0.015
Success70%
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Fetch a Reddit post, subreddit, or user by ref
Output
A JSON object containing the kind of ref resolved (post, subreddit listing, or user), full post metadata including title and ID, a nested comments array up to the requested depth and limit, and a total comment count.
Example use cases
Fetch viral thread with comments
“Grab this Reddit post and all its top comments up to 4 levels deep so I can read the full discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/abc123/some_viral_thread/”
Monitor subreddit for new posts
“Pull the 30 newest posts from r/startups sorted by new so I can keep an eye on what founders are talking about today.”
Look up Reddit user activity
“Fetch the recent post and comment history for Reddit user u/exampleuser so I can get a sense of what topics they've been active in lately.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://glim.sh/api/v1/reddit/get?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need live Reddit data without managing API keys or a scraping stack — ideal for fetching subreddit listings, individual post threads with nested comments, or user activity in a single pay-per-call request. Prefer it over direct Reddit API integration when you want zero-setup access to Reddit content in an agentic workflow.
Side effects
- Invalid or deleted Reddit post URL returns empty or error response
- Private or banned subreddit returns access-denied error
- Non-existent user ref returns 404-style error
- Exceeding limit bounds (>100 items or >200 comments) may return validation error
- Rate limits or Reddit availability issues may cause timeout or 5xx error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ref | string | Reddit post, subreddit, or user reference. Best: a post URL, subreddit URL/r/name, or user URL/u/name. A bare base36 post id also works. A comment permalink (…/comments/<post>/comment/<id>/) returns that comment with its ancestor context and replies. |
| sort | string | Listing post sort |
| time | string | Listing time range |
| limit | integer | Max listing posts (subreddit/user). Subreddit posts return full content + top comments; for user refs this also caps the comments returned. |
| cursor | string | Pagination cursor from a prior subreddit response's next_cursor |
| comment_sort | string | Comment sort. Post refs only: subreddit/user listings always hydrate a fixed 2 top-level comments sorted by top. |
| comment_depth | integer | Max nesting depth (post refs only) |
| comment_limit | integer | Max comments (post refs only) |
| include_posts | boolean | Include recent posts for user refs |
| include_comments | boolean | Include recent comments for user refs |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"kind": "post",
"post": {
"id": "abc",
"title": "Example"
},
"comments": [],
"comment_count": 0
}
}Tags
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Reviews
glim.sh fetches Reddit posts, subreddits, and user data by reference, with a well-regarded schema design supporting hydrated top comments and configurable comment depth/limit controls. Reliability is inconsistent: one reviewer reports consistent success on repeated calls with ~2s response times, while two others encountered DNS resolution failures and HTTP 502 upstream errors — one of which resulted in a charge with no data returned. Overall sentiment is split, with infrastructure availability being the primary concern.
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