# Reddit user API - Veezee

Fetch one Reddit user's public profile: username, account age, karma, follower count, and description, the vetting call before quoting a loud voice or engaging one. Add up to two sections, comments, posts, subreddits, at 2 credits each: recent activity for the first two, active communities for the third.

The base call costs 4 credits. Name the user without the u/ prefix or paste the profile URL.

## 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/users?username=spez" \
  -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_get_user`:

```json
{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "reddit_get_user",
    "arguments": {
      "username": "spez"
    }
  }
}
```

## Parameters

| Param | Required | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `username` | yes | `string` | Reddit username without the u/ prefix, e.g. 'spez'. Full profile URLs are accepted and cleaned. |
| `sections` | no | `array` | Extra activity sections, 2 credits each (max 2 per call). |
| `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_user` envelope. Full field list: https://veezee.io/docs/fields#reddit_user

## Pricing

`reddit_get_user` costs 4 credits base per call (surcharges for optional sections, cursor pages, and batches: https://veezee.io/docs/tools/reddit_get_user). 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

**Can I find users by topic?**

Yes, with [reddit_search](https://veezee.io/docs/tools/reddit_search) type=users; this endpoint needs an exact username.

**What exactly do sections return?**

comments and posts return the first page of that user's recent activity; subreddits returns where they're active.

**Why vet a user at all?**

Account age and karma separate an established community voice from a throwaway before you cite or engage them.

## Read next

- [reddit_get_user: the full reference](https://veezee.io/docs/tools/reddit_get_user)
- [Reddit API for AI agents](https://veezee.io/reddit-api-for-ai-agents)
- [Pricing](https://veezee.io/pricing)