Search comments

What it does

Searches public Reddit comments, optionally limited to one or more subreddits. Supports relevance, new, and top sorting.

Tool details

Field	Value
Tool name	`reddit_search_comments`
Platform	Reddit
REST endpoint	`GET /v1/reddit/search/comments`
Result type	Collection tool

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	Yes	Search query. Supports `author:name`, `"phrase"` and `-word` to exclude
`subreddits`	`string`	No	Comma-separated subreddit names to search within
`count`	`integer`	No	Number of comments to fetch (maximum: 100) Default: `25`.
`cursor`	`string`	No	Pagination cursor
`order`	`string`	No	Sort order: relevance (default), new, or top Default: `relevance`. Allowed values: `relevance`, `new`, `top`.
`projection_preset`	`string`	No	Defaults to `minimal`. Allowed values: `full`, `minimal`, `identity`, `engagement`, `content`.
`data_fields`	`string[]`	No	Adds top-level keys from `data` on top of the selected `projection_preset`.
`item_fields`	`string[]`	No	Adds keys from `data.orderedItems[]` on top of the selected `projection_preset`.

Example

{
  "name": "reddit_search_comments",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "reddit community values",
    "count": 25,
    "projection_preset": "minimal",
    "data_fields": [
      "orderedItems",
      "nextCursor",
      "cursor",
      "itemCount"
    ],
    "item_fields": [
      "entityId",
      "published",
      "content",
      "url",
      "likeCount"
    ]
  }
}

Available data fields

@context
type
partOf
totalItems
cursor
nextCursor
next
itemCount
orderedItems

Available item fields

type
id
url
entityId
content
published
isPinned
isSponsored
hasReplies
likeCount
score
voteCount
isControversial
attributedTo
inReplyTo
context
image
attachment

Response notes

Successful calls return a JSON object with a top-level data field and, when available, metadata.creditsUsed and metadata.creditsRemaining. See response format, pagination, and credits.

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