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POST
/
v1
/
tasks
Add Tasks
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: <content-type>'
Add Reddit URLs to collect posts, comments, user profiles, or subreddit metadata. The scraper handles post threads (with nested comments), subreddit feeds, user profile pages, and global or subreddit-scoped search results.

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Headers

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Authorization
string
required
Your API authentication token. Value: Token YOUR_API_KEY
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Content-Type
string
required
Request body format. Value: application/json

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Request Body

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
squidstringYesHash of your squid configured with the Reddit Scraper crawler
tasksarrayYesArray of task objects, each containing a url field

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Task Object

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
urlstringYesReddit URL to scrape — see supported URL types below

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Supported URL Types

TypeExample
Post threadhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1rcbgsa/crypto_beginners/
Subreddithttps://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/
User profilehttps://www.reddit.com/user/thisisbillgates/
Global searchhttps://www.reddit.com/search/?q=bitcoin
Subreddit searchhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/search/?q=lightning
For post URLs, the scraper returns one row for the post itself and one row per comment. Use skip_comments or skip_posts in settings to limit output to just one type.

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Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://api.lobstr.io/v1/tasks" \
  -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "squid": "YOUR_SQUID_HASH",
    "tasks": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/"
      }
    ]
  }'

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Response

200
{
  "duplicated_count": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4",
      "created_at": "2026-05-20T10:00:00.000000",
      "is_active": true,
      "params": {
        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/"
      },
      "module": 118,
      "object": "task"
    }
  ]
}