Discover Posts by Subreddit 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>",
"sort_by": "<string>"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"
payload = { "input": [
{
"url": "<string>",
"sort_by": "<string>"
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({input: [{url: '<string>', sort_by: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'input' => [
[
'url' => '<string>',
'sort_by' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body[
{
"post_id": "1csdf56",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1csdf56/",
"user_posted": "newbie_dev",
"title": "Best resources for learning pandas?",
"description": "I'm about two weeks into Python...",
"num_upvotes": 312,
"num_comments": 41,
"date_posted": "2026-04-05T14:05:00Z",
"tag": "Help",
"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,
"related_posts": [],
"comments": [],
"photos": [],
"videos": []
}
]
Reddit
Discover posts by subreddit URL
Use the Bright Data Web Scraper API to discover Posts by Subreddit URL. Calls the POST /datasets/v3/scrape endpoint and returns a snapshot ID.
POST
/
datasets
/
v3
/
scrape
Discover Posts by Subreddit 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>",
"sort_by": "<string>"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"
payload = { "input": [
{
"url": "<string>",
"sort_by": "<string>"
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({input: [{url: '<string>', sort_by: '<string>'}]})
};
fetch('https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'input' => [
[
'url' => '<string>',
'sort_by' => '<string>'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/scrape")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"input\": [\n {\n \"url\": \"<string>\",\n \"sort_by\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body[
{
"post_id": "1csdf56",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1csdf56/",
"user_posted": "newbie_dev",
"title": "Best resources for learning pandas?",
"description": "I'm about two weeks into Python...",
"num_upvotes": 312,
"num_comments": 41,
"date_posted": "2026-04-05T14:05:00Z",
"tag": "Help",
"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,
"related_posts": [],
"comments": [],
"photos": [],
"videos": []
}
]
Query Parameters
The dataset ID used for this request.
Must be set to
gd_lvz8ah06191smkebj4 to collect Discover by subreddit URL data.Must be set to
discover_new.Must be set to
subreddit_url.Whether to send notifications when the request is completed.
Whether to include errors in the response.
Request Body
An array of input objects.
Show properties
Show properties
Example
{
"input": [
{"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/", "sort_by": "hot"},
{"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/datascience/", "sort_by": "top"}
]
}
[
{
"post_id": "1csdf56",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/1csdf56/",
"user_posted": "newbie_dev",
"title": "Best resources for learning pandas?",
"description": "I'm about two weeks into Python...",
"num_upvotes": 312,
"num_comments": 41,
"date_posted": "2026-04-05T14:05:00Z",
"tag": "Help",
"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,
"related_posts": [],
"comments": [],
"photos": [],
"videos": []
}
]
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