ZERO SETUP - NO ACCOUNT - NO API KEY - WORKS RIGHT NOW
Reddit's data is publicly available via .json URLs. Anyone can access it. Free. Forever.
👆 No login, no API key, just click search
Every Reddit page has a .json version - completely public:
https://www.reddit.com/search.json?q=YOUR_SEARCH
Just fetch the URL. That's it. No headers, no tokens, no accounts.
fetch('https://www.reddit.com/search.json?q=Tesla')
.then(res => res.json())
.then(data => {
// You now have Reddit data!
console.log(data);
});
No Reddit account. No API application. No authentication. It just works.
Rate Limit: ~60 requests per minute from the same IP
For your tool: Totally fine. Unless you get 1000+ users/minute, you'll never hit this.
If you DO hit limits: Upgrade to SerpAPI ($50/mo). But start free first!