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POST
/
datasets
/
v3
/
scrape
Collect Comments by URL
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "input": [
    {
      "url": "<string>",
      "days_back": 123
    }
  ]
}
'
[
  {
    "comment_id": "k5f7a9b",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/comment/k5f7a9b/",
    "user_posted": "helpful_dev",
    "comment": "Start with the official Python tutorial, it covers the basics well.",
    "date_posted": "2026-03-15T08:42:00Z",
    "num_upvotes": 24,
    "num_replies": 3,
    "replies": [],
    "post_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/",
    "post_id": "1asdf12",
    "post_language": "en",
    "post_state": "active",
    "post_type": "text",
    "images": [],
    "community_name": "learnpython",
    "community_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython",
    "community_description": "Subreddit for posting questions and asking for general advice about your Python code.",
    "community_members_num": 1120000,
    "community_rank": null,
    "is_moderator": false,
    "is_pinned": false,
    "has_bot_in_username": false,
    "is_locked": false,
    "is_admin_post": false,
    "is_archived_post": false,
    "is_moderator_post": false,
    "is_quarantined_post": false,
    "is_not_safe_for_work_post": false,
    "is_eligible_for_content_blocking_post": false,
    "is_promoted_post": false
  }
]

​
Query Parameters

​
dataset_id
string
default:"gd_lvzdpsdlw09j6t702"
required
The dataset ID used for this request.
Must be set to gd_lvzdpsdlw09j6t702 to collect Comments by URL data.
​
notify
boolean
default:false
Whether to send notifications when the request is completed.
​
include_errors
boolean
default:true
Whether to include errors in the response.

​
Request Body

​
input
object[]
required
An array of input objects.

​
Example

{
  "input": [
    {"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/", "days_back": 7},
    {"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/python/comments/1bsdf34/"}
  ]
}

[
  {
    "comment_id": "k5f7a9b",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/comment/k5f7a9b/",
    "user_posted": "helpful_dev",
    "comment": "Start with the official Python tutorial, it covers the basics well.",
    "date_posted": "2026-03-15T08:42:00Z",
    "num_upvotes": 24,
    "num_replies": 3,
    "replies": [],
    "post_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1asdf12/",
    "post_id": "1asdf12",
    "post_language": "en",
    "post_state": "active",
    "post_type": "text",
    "images": [],
    "community_name": "learnpython",
    "community_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython",
    "community_description": "Subreddit for posting questions and asking for general advice about your Python code.",
    "community_members_num": 1120000,
    "community_rank": null,
    "is_moderator": false,
    "is_pinned": false,
    "has_bot_in_username": false,
    "is_locked": false,
    "is_admin_post": false,
    "is_archived_post": false,
    "is_moderator_post": false,
    "is_quarantined_post": false,
    "is_not_safe_for_work_post": false,
    "is_eligible_for_content_blocking_post": false,
    "is_promoted_post": false
  }
]