Overview

The Reddit API unlocks the potential to automate interactions with one of the largest online communities. With Pipedream, you can tap into the Reddit ecosystem to monitor trends, engage with audiences, or curate content. Whether it's tracking mentions of your brand, auto-posting to subreddits, or gathering data for analysis, the API offers a breadth of functionalities — from getting posts and comments to creating new threads and managing account settings.

Getting Started

To get started, you will need to create an app within Reddit. The steps are outlined below:

Create a Reddit app

1. Sign in to your Reddit account, and navigate to the applications page.
2. Name the app "Pipedream", or another name of your choosing.
3. Select web app.
4. Add a description, e.g "This app will be used to connect Pipedream to Reddit."
5. Add an "about url".
6. Under "redirect uri", enter https://api.pipedream.com/connect/oauth/oa_G7AioA/callback
7. Click create app.

Register your new app on Reddit

In order to maintain access to the Reddit APIs, you will need to register your app.

1. Navigate to the Submit a request form.
2. Fill out the form under API Support, and select I want to register to use the free tier of the Reddit API.

Connect your Reddit app with Pipedream using your client id and client secret

1. In the new app you have created, your client id is located underneath the app name.
2. The client secret is located next to secret.

3. When connecting the Reddit app in Pipedream, copy and paste your client id along with your client secret.
4. Click Connect and your custom Reddit app should be integrated into Pipedream!

Example Use Cases

• Automated Social Listening: Create a workflow that triggers whenever your brand is mentioned in specific subreddits. Use this to gather real-time feedback, monitor sentiment, and stay ahead of PR issues. Connect with a sentiment analysis tool like Google NLP on Pipedream to evaluate the tone of mentions.

• Content Curation and Notification: Set up a system that watches for new trending posts in your industry's subreddits, then compile and email a daily digest using Pipedream's built-in email action. This can keep a content marketing team informed and ready to engage with the latest trends.

• Subreddit Management Automation: For moderators and community managers, automate common subreddit tasks such as removing posts that don't meet certain criteria, banning users who repeatedly violate rules, or tagging and categorizing posts. This can be linked with a database like Airtable on Pipedream to log actions and keep an organized record.