Reddit Chat Sender

An Apify actor that automates sending direct messages on Reddit. It handles login, rate limiting, and error recovery to send single or bulk messages reliably.

Key Features

• Automated Login & Sending: Authenticates to Reddit and sends messages using provided account credentials.
• Error Handling & Retries: Includes intelligent retry mechanisms with exponential backoff to improve success rates.
• Proxy Support: Uses a US-based proxy by default for consistent connectivity.
• Rate Limiting: Implements built-in delays to mimic human behavior and avoid triggering Reddit's anti-spam systems.
• Detailed Logging: Each message attempt returns a success/failure status with a timestamp and error information.

How to Use

Configure the actor run with an input JSON object containing a messages array. Each object in the array requires the credentials for one sender account and defines one message to send.

Send a Single Message:

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "sender_username": "your_reddit_username",
      "sender_password": "your_reddit_password",
      "recipient_username": "target_username",
      "message": "Hello! This is a test message."
    }
  ]
}

Send Multiple Messages:
You can send multiple messages in one run. Each message can use a different sender account.

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "sender_username": "account1",
      "sender_password": "password1",
      "recipient_username": "UserA",
      "message": "Message to user 1"
    },
    {
      "sender_username": "account2",
      "sender_password": "password2",
      "recipient_username": "UserB",
      "message": "Message to user 2"
    }
  ]
}

Input/Output

Input Parameters

Output Format

The actor outputs a dataset where each item is a result record for one message attempt.

Result Structure:

{
  "sender_username": "your_username",
  "recipient_username": "target_user",
  "message": "Your message content",
  "success": true,
  "timestamp_gmt": "2024-01-15T10:30:45.123Z",
  "error_info": ""
}

• success: A boolean indicating if the message was sent successfully.
• timestamp_gmt: The UTC timestamp of the attempt.
• error_info: A string containing error details if success is false; empty if successful.

Pricing

This actor uses a pay-per-use model. You are charged a one-time setup fee per actor run, plus a fee for each successfully sent message.