Comment history for any public user
Retrieve the public comment history for a Reddit user. Supports pagination.
/user-comments User https://api.fetchlayer.dev/reddit/user-comments Headers
Authorization string required Bearer token — your FetchLayer API key.
Parameters
username string required Reddit username.
limit number optional Maximum number of comments to return. (default: 25)
pages number optional Maximum number of pages to scrape. (default: 1)
after string optional Pagination cursor (after).
Response Fields
user-comments
Comment history for any public user
blocked boolean Whether Reddit returned a block or verification page.
blockReason string | null Machine-readable block reason when blocked is true; otherwise omitted.
blockedBodyText string | null Diagnostic block-page text when blocked is true; otherwise omitted.
pageTitle string Title of the scraped Reddit page.
requestedUrl string Reddit URL requested by the scraper.
fetchUrl string Normalized Reddit URL fetched by the scraper.
finalUrl string Final URL after redirects.
responseStatus number | null HTTP status returned by Reddit, or null when unavailable.
listingType string Always user-comments for a successful response.
username string Requested Reddit username.
items[].id string | null Comment ID without the t1_ prefix.
items[].fullname string | null Reddit comment fullname.
items[].subreddit string | null Subreddit name without the r/ prefix.
items[].subredditPrefixed string | null Subreddit name with the r/ prefix.
items[].author string | null Comment author.
items[].parentPostTitle string | null Parent post title.
items[].parentPostAuthor string | null Parent post author.
items[].parentPostUrl string | null Parent post URL.
items[].permalink string | null Absolute comment permalink.
items[].contextUrl string | null Comment URL including Reddit context.
items[].fullCommentsUrl string | null URL of the full comments page.
items[].createdAt string | null ISO 8601 creation timestamp.
items[].score number | null Comment score.
items[].scoreText string | null Score text as displayed by Reddit.
items[].replyCount number | null Reply count when available.
items[].replyCountText string | null Reply count text as displayed by Reddit.
items[].bodyText string Plain-text comment body.
items[].bodyHtml string | null HTML comment body when available.
items[].distinguished string | null Moderator/admin distinction, or null.
items[].stickied boolean Whether the comment is stickied.
listingTitle string | null Display title of the listing, or null when unavailable.
itemCount number Number of entries returned in items.
nextPageUrl string | null Next-page URL when available, otherwise null.
prevPageUrl string | null Previous-page URL when available, otherwise null.
pagesRequested number Number of pages requested.
pagesScraped number Number of pages successfully scraped.
scrapedAt string ISO 8601 timestamp for the scrape.
transport string Reddit page transport used for extraction.
Request
curl -X POST "https://api.fetchlayer.dev/reddit/user-comments" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ss-your-key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"username":"spez","limit":10}'Response
{
"blocked": false,
"listingType": "user-comments",
"username": "spez",
"items": [
{
"id": "xyz",
"bodyText": "Thanks for the feedback!",
"subreddit": "reddit",
"score": 250,
"parentPostTitle": "Announcing new features",
"permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/abc/comment/xyz/",
"createdAt": "2026-08-13T03:00:00.000Z",
"stickied": false
}
],
"itemCount": 1,
"nextPageUrl": "https://old.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/?after=t1_xyz",
"pagesRequested": 1,
"pagesScraped": 1,
"transport": "old-reddit-html"
}