# Read a community's newest comments, across every post

`GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/{name}/comments`

Every new comment in a community, newest first, each with the post it belongs to
(`linkTitle`, `linkPermalink`). This is the way to find mentions inside comments: Reddit's
search does not search comment text at all.

Busy communities produce comments faster than anyone pages through them; to watch one
continuously, create a `subreddit_comments` monitor, which also filters by keyword. `name`
takes several communities joined with `+`. NSFW is judged by the comment's post and is left
out unless `includeNsfw=true`.

**Price:** 1 credit per call, plus 3 credits per Reddit comment returned. Failed and refused calls cost nothing.

**Rate limit:** Counts as 2 requests against your per-minute rate limit.

**MCP tool:** `get_subreddit_comments`, on every [MCP](/mcp) connection.

Requires an API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`.

## Request

```bash
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.weirapp.io/v1/reddit/subreddits/NAME/comments \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $WEIR_API_KEY"
```

### Path parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | yes | A community name without `r/`; `popular` or `all` for the site-wide listings; or up to 25 communities joined with `+` (`saas+startups+entrepreneur`) to read them as one listing in a single call. · matches `^(?:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,20}\|[A-Za-z]{2})(?:\+(?:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,20}\|[A-Za-z]{2})){0,24}$` |

### Query parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `includeNsfw` | string | no | Include posts marked NSFW. Off by default; what it removes is reported in `meta.omittedNsfw`, so a short or empty page is never mistaken for a quiet one. · `true`, `false`, default `"false"` |
| `limit` | integer | no | Comments per page. · 1–100, default `50` |
| `cursor` | string | no | `meta.nextCursor` from the previous page, unchanged. Opaque, signed, and bound to the other parameters: change any of them and start again without a cursor. · 1–4096 chars |

## Response

Comments, newest first, in Reddit's own field names.

### `200`

| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `data` | array of object | yes |  |
| `data[].id` | string | yes | Reddit's base-36 comment id, without the `t1_` prefix. |
| `data[].postId` | string | yes | The post this comment belongs to, without `t3_`. |
| `data[].parentId` | string | yes | The comment or post this replies to. |
| `data[].author` | string | yes | Username without the `u/` prefix. `[deleted]` if removed. |
| `data[].body` | string | yes | Markdown. `[removed]` or `[deleted]` once taken down. |
| `data[].score` | integer | yes |  |
| `data[].permalink` | string | yes | Absolute URL of the comment. |
| `data[].createdUtc` | number | yes |  |
| `data[].createdAt` | string (date-time) | yes |  |
| `data[].subreddit` | string | yes | Community name without the `r/` prefix. |
| `data[].isSubmitter` | boolean | yes | The commenter is the post's author (OP). |
| `data[].edited` | number or null | yes | When the comment was last edited, in epoch seconds. Null if it never was. |
| `data[].distinguished` | string or null | yes | `moderator` or `admin` when posted in an official capacity; otherwise null. |
| `data[].stickied` | boolean | yes | Pinned under the post by a moderator. |
| `data[].scoreHidden` | boolean | yes | Reddit is hiding this comment's score for now; `score` means nothing while true. |
| `data[].linkTitle` | string | yes | Title of the post the comment belongs to. |
| `data[].linkAuthor` | string | yes | Author of that post. |
| `data[].linkPermalink` | string | yes | Absolute URL of that post. |
| `data[].numComments` | integer | yes | Comments on that post. · min 0 |
| `data[].over18` | boolean | yes | That post is marked NSFW. |
| `meta` | object | yes |  |
| `meta.requestId` | string | yes |  |
| `meta.nextCursor` | string or null | no |  |
| `meta.omittedNsfw` | integer | no | Items removed from this page because they are marked NSFW and `includeNsfw` is false. Absent when nothing was removed. A page can be short, or even empty with a non-null `nextCursor`, because of it. · min 0 |

## Errors

| Status | Meaning | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `400` | The request failed validation. | The request was malformed. The `details` object names the field. |
| `401` | The API key is missing, malformed, expired, or revoked. | The key is missing, malformed, revoked, or expired. |
| `402` | The account is out of credit. Not retryable: this cannot clear until the billing period resets or the plan changes. | Out of credits. **Never retry.** Only a person can clear it, by adding credits at https://weirapp.io/dashboard/billing. Retrying never will. |
| `403` | The API key does not carry the scope this route requires. | The key is valid but lacks the scope this operation needs. |
| `404` | The requested resource does not exist. | No such resource, or it is not public. |
| `429` | The per-minute rate limit is exhausted. Retryable: wait for Retry-After and try again. | Rate limited. Retryable: wait for `Retry-After`, then try again. |
| `500` | An unexpected error occurred. | Something failed on our side. Retryable with backoff. |
| `503` | The source is temporarily unavailable. The request is safe to retry. | A source was unreachable. Retryable with backoff. |