# Reddit User Search API — fetcher.sh

> Reddit User Search API — 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 2026-09-13).

Search for Reddit users by username or keyword query, returning matching user profiles and metadata

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://reddit.fetcher.sh/api/search/user
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/reddit-user-search-api-fetcher-sh-2d7ab26a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8IWBTUa2-EhNLKwk4Vhr_

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-user-search-api-fetcher-sh-2d7ab26a
```

Example prompt: Search Reddit for users with the username 'throwaway_dev_42' and give me whatever profile info comes back — karma, account age, anything available.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to search Reddit user profiles without setting up OAuth, a Reddit developer account, or a subscription. Ideal for AI agents that need on-demand, pay-per-call Reddit user lookups using USDC micropayments via the x402 protocol. Best for one-off or low-volume lookups where subscription overhead is not justified.

## Known failure modes

- User not found — returns empty results or 404 if query matches no accounts
- Rate limiting or payment failure — 402 response if USDC payment not processed correctly
- Invalid query parameter — malformed or missing required search term returns error
- Reddit API upstream error — fetcher.sh may return 503 or 502 if Reddit is rate-limiting upstream requests
- No results for obscure or deleted usernames — empty result set returned

## 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 matching Reddit user profiles including username, karma (link and comment), account creation date, whether the account is verified, subreddit membership signals, and other publicly available profile metadata.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/reddit-user-search-api-fetcher-sh-2d7ab26a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from reddit.fetcher.sh](https://www.zero.xyz/host/reddit.fetcher.sh/llms.txt)