# Reddit comments API - Veezee

Post titles ask questions; comments hold the answers, the recommendations, the complaints. Comment-level search, `type=comments`, reaches inside discussions, and every result is the raw comment text with author, score, and timestamp, so your own model does the scoring instead of trusting a canned sentiment label.

Each search page costs 6 credits. When one comment is worth its context, [reddit_get_post](https://veezee.io/docs/tools/reddit_get_post) fetches it inside its thread, or the whole discussion tree with `detail=full`.

## Try it now

No account, no card: mint a free key in one call, then call the endpoint.

```
curl -s -X POST https://api.veezee.io/v1/keys/mint
```

```
curl "https://api.veezee.io/v1/reddit/search?query=notion+alternative&type=comments" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEEZEE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)"
```

## Over MCP

Point an MCP client at `https://mcp.veezee.io/reddit` (streamable-http; `https://mcp.veezee.io/all` serves every platform over one connection) and call `reddit_search`:

```json
{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "reddit_search",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "notion alternative",
      "type": "comments"
    }
  }
}
```

## Parameters

| Param | Required | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | yes | `string` | Free-text keywords, e.g. 'self hosted photo backup'. Not a URL; use reddit_resolve_url for URLs. |
| `type` | no | `string` | What to search. 'comments' finds mentions inside discussions; 'subreddits' finds communities. |
| `sort` | no | `string` | posts: any value; comments: relevance|top|new; invalid for subreddits and users. |
| `range` | no | `string` | Time window. posts only. |
| `cursor` | no | `string` | Cursor from a previous page. |
| `freshness` | no | `string` | recent (default) serves cached data from the last few hours when available; realtime forces a live fetch for +2 credits (refunded if we fall back to cached data). Trial keys are cached-only and reject realtime with TRIAL_CAP_EXCEEDED; paying upgrades this same key to unlock it. |
| `max_credits` | no | `integer` | Spend ceiling for this one call. The call is rejected (nothing charged) if its quote exceeds this. Only the quote is ever reserved, never this ceiling. |

Returns a `reddit_search` envelope. Full field list: https://veezee.io/docs/fields#reddit_search

## Pricing

`reddit_search` costs 6 credits base per call (surcharges for optional sections, cursor pages, and batches: https://veezee.io/docs/tools/reddit_search). Every key starts with a free budget of 200 credits per IP per day, no account, no card; past that, credits are $2.00 per 1,000 with no subscription required.

## FAQ

**Is a sentiment score included?**

No, deliberately: raw text plus engagement numbers, scored by your own pipeline.

**Can I time-window a comment search?**

Server-side windows apply to post search only; sort comments by new and filter created_at client-side.

**How do I fetch one comment with its thread?**

Pass its t1_ id as comment_id to reddit_get_post (4 credits on top of the base call).

## Read next

- [reddit_search: the full reference](https://veezee.io/docs/tools/reddit_search)
- [Social listening API](https://veezee.io/social-listening-api)
- [Brand monitoring recipe](https://veezee.io/use-cases/brand-monitoring)
- [Reddit API for AI agents](https://veezee.io/reddit-api-for-ai-agents)
- [Pricing](https://veezee.io/pricing)