Reddit Post & Comments Scraper

📌 How can you extract Reddit posts, comments, and replies from post URLs?

This template collects post and discussion data from submitted Old Reddit post URLs, including subreddit, post title and body, author, upvotes, images and body links, comment count, comment text and metadata, replies, and comment URLs and IDs. It is useful for social listening teams, academic researchers, and community analysts.

Data is collected from Old Reddit. Reddit is a community discussion platform organized into subreddits, posts, comments, and reply threads.

💰 Pricing

Current price: $0.1/1,000 lines. Billing is based on the number of output lines produced by the task.

📦 Output

The current published implementation can return the following fields:

• Input_URL
• SubReddit
• Post_Title
• Post_Body
• Post_Upvote
• Post_Author
• Post_Image
• Post_Body_URLs
• Comment_Count
• Comment_body
• Commentor
• Commentor_points
• Comment_Time
• Comment_URL
• Comment_ID
• Replies_body
• Replier
• Replier_points
• Replied_Time
• Load_More_Comment_Count
• msg_type
• content
• link_id
• sort
• children
• id
• limit_children
• r
• renderstyle
• HTML_Source
• Status

{
  "Input_URL": null,
  "SubReddit": null,
  "Post_Title": null,
  "Post_Body": null,
  "Post_Upvote": null,
  "Post_Author": null,
  "Post_Image": null,
  "Post_Body_URLs": null,
  "Comment_Count": null,
  "Comment_body": null,
  "Commentor": null,
  "Commentor_points": null,
  "Comment_Time": null,
  "Comment_URL": null,
  "Comment_ID": null,
  "Replies_body": null,
  "Replier": null,
  "Replier_points": null,
  "Replied_Time": null,
  "Load_More_Comment_Count": null,
  "msg_type": null,
  "content": null,
  "link_id": null,
  "sort": null,
  "children": null,
  "id": null,
  "limit_children": null,
  "r": null,
  "renderstyle": null,
  "HTML_Source": null,
  "Status": null
}

🎯 Use Cases

• Analyze discussion themes using post bodies, comments, and replies.
• Measure engagement using post upvotes, comment counts, and commenter points.
• Study conversation structure using comment IDs, URLs, and reply fields.
• Build time-series discussion datasets using comment and reply timestamps.

🐙 Why Octoparse

• Ready-to-use workflow: The extraction steps for Old Reddit are already configured, so you do not need to build the scraper from scratch.
• Flexible execution: Run the ready-made task in the cloud without keeping a local computer online for the collection.
• Structured, repeatable output: Results are returned as consistent rows that are easier to compare, filter, deduplicate, and process than manually copied pages.
• Verified input guardrails: The form exposes the current inputs, selectable values, and meaningful limits configured for this template.
• Practical data handoff: Review results in Octoparse and export or process them using the options supported by your Octoparse environment.

📝 Input

Complete the following fields:

• Old Reddit Post URLs (Required) — Old Reddit Post URLs. Up to 100,000 entries per run.

🚀 How to Use

1. Open the template and select Try it or Start.
2. Complete the input fields listed above.
3. Start the task using the supported cloud run mode.
4. Review the output rows and export or process the structured data.

⚠️ Limitations

Results depend on what the source site exposes at run time. A listed output field can be empty when the source page does not provide that value. Input limits shown above are enforced by the template.

💡 Tips

Use specific, valid inputs and review a representative result before starting a large batch. Remove duplicate inputs when repeated records are not needed.

❓ FAQ

How does Octoparse collect data from Old Reddit?

The Python automation opens each Old Reddit post URL, parses the post, loads the comment tree, requests additional comment branches when present, and uploads structured post, comment, and reply records.

What input does this Reddit Post & Comments Scraper require?

Use the fields and accepted values shown in the Input section. Only user-relevant limits and selectable options are listed.

What data can I extract from Old Reddit?

The current output fields and a representative JSON Data Preview are listed in the Output section. Field availability can vary when the source page does not display a value.

How much does this Reddit Post & Comments Scraper cost?

The current price is $0.1/1,000 lines, and billing is based on the number of output lines produced by the task.

Why can some Old Reddit fields be empty?

Source pages do not always expose every value for every record, and layouts can vary by item, market, or current site response. The template returns a field when the current page provides it.

Can I export the collected Old Reddit data?

You can review the structured rows in Octoparse and export or process them using the options supported by your Octoparse environment.

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