Reddit Data Scraper A Python library to scrape data from Reddit. ## Examples ### Input: json { "limit": 10, "query": "python", "restrict_sr": "on", "result_type": "link", "sort": "comments", "subreddit_or_username": "webdev", "time": "year", "type": "subreddit" } json { "limit": 10, "query": "python", "restrict_sr": "on", "result_type": "link", "sort": "relevance", "subreddit_or_username": "webdev", "time": "year", "type": "general", "include_over_18": "off" } ### Output: json [ { "title": "Sean Cook, founder of the Tea App, only has a 6 month coding bootcamp under his belt.", "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1mcx3fl/sean_cook_founder_of_the_tea_app_only_has_a_6/", "permalink": "/r/webdev/comments/1mcx3fl/sean_cook_founder_of_the_tea_app_only_has_a_6/", "description": "", "subreddit": "r/webdev", "subreddit_id": "t5_2qs0q", "subreddit_subscribers": 3108891, "post_id": "1mcx3fl", "ups": 4896, "downs": 0, "upvote_ratio": 0.96, "num_comments": 510, "num_crossposts": 2, "media_type": "image", "media_urls": [ "https://i.redd.it/9td4gnxluxff1.jpeg" ], "thumbnail": "https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/xYbBV-x1dnCzSDLv8W2M6kos6QS_7Koeohj85eFM99c.jpg", "is_video": false, "is_gallery": false, "created_utc": 1753849368, "author": "Pristine-Elevator198", "author_flair_text": null, "flair": "News", "is_original_content": false, "awards_count": 0, "over_18": false, "is_spoiler": false, "is_locked": false, "is_stickied": false, "content_categories": null, "allow_live_comments": false, "domain": "i.redd.it" }, { "title": "Massive Failure on the Product", "link": "https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1iasb06/massive_failure_on_the_product/", "permalink": "/r/webdev/comments/1iasb06/massive_failure_on_the_product/", "description": "I’ve been working with a team of 4 devs for a year on a major product. 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