GET r/{subreddit}/search.json

reddit.com:reddit-api

Summary: Search within a subreddit
Operation ID: searchSubreddit
Auth: unknown
Description

Search for posts within a specific subreddit.

Parameters (6)

limit (integer, query, optional, default: 25)

Maximum number of results to return

Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 100}

q (string, query, required)

The search query

restrict_sr (boolean, query, optional, default: True)

Restrict search to the specified subreddit

sort (string, query, optional, default: relevance)

Sort method for results

Constraints: {'enum': ['relevance', 'hot', 'top', 'new', 'comments']}

subreddit (string, path, required)

The name of the subreddit to search in

t (string, query, optional, default: all)

Time period filter

Constraints: {'enum': ['hour', 'day', 'week', 'month', 'year', 'all']}

Examples (2)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search within subreddit openapi-spec https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/search.json?q=python
Search within a subreddit openapi-spec https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/search.json?q=machine learning

Probe History

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2026-03-23 10:28:24.883537 200 711ms
2026-03-23 10:23:07.296275 200 797ms

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2026-03-23 10:28:24.883537 f62c8b6c543a 8692fe51d467