simple-reddit-api

Simple client for the reddit public api. (No auth needed)

Get it from npm

npm i simple-reddit --save

Import

const Reddit = require("simple-reddit");

or just import individual functions.

const {topPost} = require("simple-reddit");

Usage

Basic examples:

Get top post from reddit.

RedditSimple.topPost(options).then(res => {
    console.log(res);
})

 

Get new post from reddit.

RedditSimple.newPost(options).then(res => {
    console.log(res);
})

 

Get random post from reddit.

RedditSimple.randomPost(options).then(res => {
    console.log(res);
})

 

Search if a subreddit exists.

RedditSimple.searchSubreddits('dankmemes').then(res => {
    console.log(res);
})

• Args: Name of subreddit to be searched. (Required)

 

Get popular subreddits.

RedditSimple.popularSubreddits(count).then(res => {
    console.log(res);
})

• Args: Number of subreddits to be displayed. (Defaults to 1)

Options

There are 4 options that you can pass.

Name	Value	Description	Default
subreddit	name of subreddit	Subreddit to fetch the post.	r/all
count	Number of posts to retrieve	Retrieves n number of posts.	1 (max:100)
is_meme	true/false	If you want to get a meme. Ignores subreddit option if true.	false
fulldata	true/false	Retrieve essential post data or everything reddit has to offer.	false

Values returned from the method

Post details

{
    status:200/404, //404 if any error occurs
    posts:[ //empty incase of error/no subreddit
        {
            data: {
		        title: string,
		        author: string,
		        subreddit_name_prefixed: string,
		        ups: number,
		        total_awards_received: number,
		        url: string,
	        }
        } //Incase of fulldata:true, posts array has the raw post object returned by reddit
    ]
}

Search subreddits

{
	status: 200/404, //404 if any error occurs
	subreddit: subreddit,
	url: `${api}${subreddit}`
}

List subreddits

{
    status:200/400, //404 if any error occurs
    subreddits:[  //array empty in case of error
        {
            data: {
		        display_name_prefixed: string,
		        subscribers: string,
		        description: string,
		        url: string
            }
        }
    ]
}