Inbox
Reddit direct messages and comments through the inbox API.
Reddit supports DMs (Reddit private messages) and comments.
DMs are text only, because Reddit's API does not support attachments in private messages.
Direct messages
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| List conversations | |
| Fetch messages | |
| Send text messages | |
| Send attachments | (API limitation) |
| Archive and unarchive |
Comments
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| List comments on posts | |
| Reply to comments | |
| Delete comments | |
| Upvote and downvote | |
| Remove vote | |
| Edit comments |
When replying to comments, you must provide the subreddit parameter.
PATCH /v1/inbox/comments/{postId}/{commentId} edits the body of a comment the account posted. Reddit is the only platform to allow this, and the comment id is unchanged.
Votes go through Vote on a Reddit post or comment with:
thingId:t3_for a post,t1_for a commentdirection:1,-1or0to clear
Reddit's terms require every vote to be a human's own action proxied one to one. Automated or agent-decided voting is vote manipulation and puts API access at risk.
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