# Reddit Hot Posts Feed via fetcher.sh

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

Fetches the current hot posts feed from Reddit (or a specific subreddit) without requiring OAuth or a Reddit account, paid per-call in USDC.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://reddit.fetcher.sh/api/posts/hot
- 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/reddit-hot-posts-feed-via-fetcher-sh-31f7ed33
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_v85EgZRIrc6piTkr9mWyK

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 reddit-hot-posts-feed-via-fetcher-sh-31f7ed33
```

Example prompt: Pull the top 25 hot posts from r/MachineLearning on Reddit right now — I want the titles, scores, and links so I can see what the AI research community is buzzing about today.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need Reddit hot feed data without setting up a Reddit developer account, OAuth tokens, or a subscription. Ideal for agents that need lightweight, pay-as-you-go Reddit access at $0.002/call — especially for one-off trend checks, content monitoring, or scraping pipelines where the Reddit official API's rate limits or registration overhead are prohibitive.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or banned subreddit name returns an error or empty result
- Rate limits or Reddit-side blocks may cause intermittent failures
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance or unsupported chain) returns HTTP 402
- Missing required subreddit parameter may default to front page or return an error
- Private or quarantined subreddits may return no results

## How this service works

Reddit (subreddits) data and scraping API: Search posts, subreddits, and users; pull hot/new/top/best feeds, comment trees, and user history. 15 REST endpoints from $0.002 per call — no account, no OAuth, no subscription. Pay with x402 (USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana) or prepaid credits.

## Output

Returns a list of hot Reddit posts for the specified subreddit (or front page), each containing post title, URL, score, upvote ratio, author username, comment count, subreddit name, post ID, flair, and thumbnail URL. The response mirrors Reddit's hot feed ranking algorithm output at time of call.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

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