# How do I get a Reddit user’s post history?

Reddit. Checked September 2026.

Call `GET /v1/reddit/profiles/@username/posts` with `sort=new`. Each request returns one page of the user’s public posts with title, subreddit, score, and comment count. Pass the cursor back for the next page. For their comments, call `GET /v1/reddit/profiles/@username/comments`.

You get what Reddit shows on the user page now. Posts the user deleted or a moderator removed are not there. A suspended account returns `PROFILE_NOT_FOUND`.

## GET /v1/reddit/profiles/@username/posts?sort=new

```bash
curl "https://api.openhandle.dev/v1/reddit/profiles/@synthetic_reddit/posts?sort=new" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENHANDLE_API_KEY"
```

```ts
import { OpenHandle } from '@openhandle/sdk';

const openhandle = new OpenHandle({ apiKey: process.env.OPENHANDLE_API_KEY! });
let page = await openhandle.reddit.profile('synthetic_reddit').posts.list({ sort: 'new' });

while (page) {
    for (const post of page.data) console.log(post.community.displayHandle, post.title);
    page = await page.next();
}
```

200 OK:

```json
{
  "platform": "reddit",
  "resource": "post",
  "capturedAt": "2026-09-18T12:47:12Z",
  "source": "live",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "t3_reddit1",
      "title": "Synthetic Reddit post",
      "community": { "handle": "synthetic", "displayHandle": "r/synthetic" },
      "createdAt": "2026-08-09T15:30:00Z",
      "metrics": { "score": 0, "upvoteRatio": 0.5, "comments": 0 }
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "cursors": { "next": "b3BhcXVlLWN1cnNvcg" } }
}
```

Trimmed to one post. Reddit endpoints are in beta. The example is a Test profile, so you can run it on a free Test key.

## The profile itself

`GET /v1/reddit/profiles/@username` returns the account: `id`, handle, bio, account age, follower count, and karma split into post and comment karma where Reddit shows it. Store the `id`. Reddit usernames do not change, but the ID is the stable key across every platform in the API.

## Sort and window

- **new.** Newest first. The right sort for a history.
- **top with t.** `sort=top&t=year` gives the user’s best-scoring posts of the year. Use `t=all` for their best ever.
- **Comments.** The comments endpoint takes the same sorts. Comment history is usually longer and says more about the person.

## What is not there

- **Deleted or removed items.** Reddit shows them to nobody. Neither do we. There is no archive behind the API.
- **Private or quarantined communities.** Posts inside them answer as Reddit shows them to a logged-out visitor, which is usually not at all.
- **Votes and saved items.** Private to the user. Never public.

## When this does not work

These answers are definitive. Store them, do not retry them.

| Situation | Status | Code |
|---|---|---|
| The account is suspended, deleted, or never existed | 404 | `PROFILE_NOT_FOUND` |
| The cursor came from another sort or window | 400 | `CURSOR_MISMATCH` |
| The username is malformed | 400 | `INVALID_IDENTIFIER` |

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "PROFILE_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "This profile was not found.",
    "requestId": "req_01j8…",
    "retryable": false
  }
}
```

Reddit endpoints are in beta. The shape is stable, coverage is still growing. Failed requests are never billed.

## Related

- [Pushshift is gone. How do I get Reddit history?](https://openhandle.dev/questions/pushshift-is-gone-how-do-i-get-reddit-history): What an archive was, and what you can build now.
- [Reddit API](https://openhandle.dev/apis/reddit): Every Reddit endpoint with examples.
- [Pagination](https://openhandle.dev/docs/concepts/pagination): Opaque cursors, one page per request.