Use the archive within its stated scope
Reddit Search API is an independent historical archive service, not an official or live Reddit product. It provides read-only retrieval rather than posting, voting or messaging. Returned records may be incomplete, and local grouping cannot establish complete conversations. Users must respect applicable law and third-party rights when handling retrieved material. The service supplies no uptime, coverage, immutability or permanent-record-access guarantee; these limits also apply to applications built on its responses.
Account credentials and request accounting
Keep your password and API key protected. Signup shows the key once before payment; signed-in password-confirmed regeneration immediately invalidates the previous key. Each successful retrieval, including an empty result, costs one credit at $1 per 1,000 requests. Invalid requests do not debit, and upstream failures refund reservations. Public status is uncharged. A conditional 100-credit trial is subject to network-wide anti-abuse rules. Keys and balances are specific to this domain.
Paid funding and practical limitations
The minimum paid top-up is $50, corresponding to 50,000 credits. Paid credits do not expire and there is no subscription. Create a signed-in invoice before sending its exact amount to its recipient using the displayed supported token and network. Submit the transaction hash for verification; only a confirmed genuine transfer adds credit. Provider outages may leave verification pending. No payment-speed or wrong-chain-recovery promise is made, and this page establishes no refund policy or governing jurisdiction.
