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Reddit Comment Scraper

Run the Reddit Comment Scraper Apify Actor and return Reddit comments to n8n.

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Summary

Start an Apify Actor run to scrape comments from specified Reddit posts and return run metadata immediately, without waiting for completion or fetching comments. Requires Apify API credentials.

Inputs

  • actorId (required) — Required Actor ID in username/actor-name or username~actor-name format. Defaults to Newbs/reddit-comment-scraper.
  • postUrls (required) — Required Reddit post URLs separated by newlines or commas. URLs must match https://www.reddit.com/r//comments//…; whitespace and empty entries are removed, and duplicate URLs are deduplicated.
  • maxComments — Maximum comments to collect per post, passed to the Actor. Defaults to 500; clamped to 1–5000.
  • includeReplies — Whether the Actor should collect nested replies and preserve thread context. Defaults to true.
  • sortBy — Comment sort order passed to the Actor: best, controversial, new, old, qa, or top. Defaults to top.
  • maxConcurrency — Maximum posts the Actor should process concurrently. Defaults to 2; clamped to 1–4.
  • useApifyProxy — Include Apify Proxy configuration in the Actor input when enabled. Defaults to true; disabling it omits the proxy configuration.
  • proxyGroup — Proxy group used when Use Apify Proxy is enabled: DATACENTER or RESIDENTIAL. Defaults to RESIDENTIAL.
  • proxyCountry — Two-letter proxy country code used when Use Apify Proxy is enabled. Defaults to US.
  • buildTag — Actor build tag to run. Defaults to latest.
  • memoryMbytes — Memory allocation sent to Apify in MB. Defaults to 1024; the UI declares a range of 512–4096.
  • actorTimeoutSeconds — Actor runtime limit sent to Apify in seconds. Defaults to 1800; the UI declares a range of 60–7200.

Output shape

One JSON run-metadata item per incoming n8n item.

Returns apifyActorId, apifyRunId, apifyStatus, apifyDatasetId, startedAt, finishedAt, and stats from the start response. Missing string identifiers or status become empty strings; timestamps and stats may be absent. Each input item starts a separate run. No completion polling or dataset retrieval occurs. With Continue On Fail enabled, a failed item returns an object containing error instead.

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