Reddit

Type: reddit • Category: flow

Description

Check what’s on Reddit

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default
YOUR_CLIENT_ID	string	YOUR_CLIENT_ID	no
CLIENT_TOKEN	string	CLIENT_TOKEN	no
YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET	string	YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET	no
YOUR_USER_AGENT	string	YOUR_USER_AGENT	no
subreddit	string	Example wallstreetbets	no
limit	number	Number of posts	no	100
sort	string	Sort type	no	"new"

Help

Overview

The Reddit Fetcher worker connects to Reddit via the PRAW library and returns a list of posts from a specified subreddit. You can control how many posts are retrieved, which sorting method is used, and which fields are included in the output (title, body text, URL, score, and comment count). The worker operates in read‑only mode, making it safe for data‑gathering tasks such as market sentiment analysis or research pipelines.

Input Parameters

• YOUR_CLIENT_ID – string – Your Reddit application client ID.
• CLIENT_TOKEN – string – The OAuth refresh token for the Reddit account.
• YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET – string – Your Reddit application client secret.
• YOUR_USER_AGENT – string – A descriptive user‑agent string (e.g., my‑app/1.0).
• subreddit – string – Name of the target subreddit (e.g., wallstreetbets).
• limit – number – Maximum number of posts to return (default = 100).
• sort – string – Sorting method; accepted values are new, top, or hot (default = new).

Minimal Example Usage

# Define the required credentials and query parameters
params = {
    "YOUR_CLIENT_ID": "abc123def456",
    "CLIENT_TOKEN": "refresh_token_here",
    "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET": "secret_xyz",
    "YOUR_USER_AGENT": "my-reddit-bot/0.1",
    "subreddit": "wallstreetbets",
    "limit": 50,
    "sort": "top"
}

# When the worker runs, it will return a JSON‑serialisable list such as:
[
    {
        "title": "Why $XYZ is about to explode",
        "text": "I’ve been tracking the fundamentals...",
        "url": "https://reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/...",
        "score": 12457,
        "num_comments": 342
    },
    …
]

The example above fetches the 50 highest‑scoring posts from r/wallstreetbets. Adjust limit and sort to suit your analysis needs. The output can be piped directly into downstream steps (e.g., sentiment analysis, data storage, or visualization) within an automation platform such as n8n.