Reddit Moderation API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Reddit Ads Account Moderation API
  description: The Reddit Ads API allows advertisers and their partners to programmatically create, edit, and manage advertising campaigns and audiences on the Reddit platform. It provides endpoints for managing ad accounts, campaigns, ad groups, ads, creatives, targeting, custom audiences, conversion pixels, and reporting. Authentication is handled via OAuth 2.0, and rate limits are set at one request per second.
  version: '3'
  contact:
    name: Reddit Ads Support
    url: https://business.reddithelp.com/s/article/Reddit-Ads-API
  termsOfService: https://business.reddithelp.com/s/article/Reddit-Ads-API-Terms
servers:
- url: https://ads-api.reddit.com/api/v3
  description: Reddit Ads API v3 Production Server
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Moderation
  description: Endpoints for subreddit moderation tasks, including approving and removing content, managing bans, moderation logs, and modqueue.
paths:
  /r/{subreddit}/about/moderators:
    get:
      operationId: getSubredditModerators
      summary: Get Subreddit Moderators
      description: Returns a listing of the moderators of the specified subreddit.
      tags:
      - Moderation
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/subreddit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Moderator listing
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /r/{subreddit}/about/modqueue:
    get:
      operationId: getModqueue
      summary: Get Moderation Queue
      description: Returns a listing of items in the subreddit's moderation queue. Items include submissions and comments that have been reported or caught by spam filters. Requires the modposts OAuth scope.
      tags:
      - Moderation
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/subreddit'
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: Filter by type of content in the queue.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - links
          - comments
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/after'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/before'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Moderation queue listing
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Listing'
  /r/{subreddit}/about/reports:
    get:
      operationId: getReports
      summary: Get Reported Items
      description: Returns a listing of reported items in the subreddit. Requires the modposts OAuth scope.
      tags:
      - Moderation
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/subreddit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/after'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/before'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Listing of reported items
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Listing'
  /r/{subreddit}/about/spam:
    get:
      operationId: getSpam
      summary: Get Spam Items
      description: Returns a listing of items marked as spam in the subreddit. Requires the modposts OAuth scope.
      tags:
      - Moderation
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/subreddit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/after'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/before'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Listing of spam items
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Listing'
  /r/{subreddit}/about/log:
    get:
      operationId: getModLog
      summary: Get Moderation Log
      description: Returns a listing of moderation actions taken in the subreddit. Requires the modlog OAuth scope.
      tags:
      - Moderation
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/subreddit'
      - name: mod
        in: query
        description: Filter by moderator username.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: Filter by moderation action type.
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/after'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/before'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Moderation log listing
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Listing'
  /api/approve:
    post:
      operationId: approve
      summary: Approve a Submission or Comment
      description: Approves a submission or comment that was removed or reported. Requires the modposts OAuth scope.
      tags:
      - Moderation
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - id
              properties:
                id:
                  type: string
                  description: The fullname of the thing to approve.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Item approved
  /api/remove:
    post:
      operationId: remove
      summary: Remove a Submission or Comment
      description: Removes a submission or comment from public listings. Requires the modposts OAuth scope.
      tags:
      - Moderation
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - id
              - spam
              properties:
                id:
                  type: string
                  description: The fullname of the thing to remove.
                spam:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether to mark the item as spam.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Item removed
  /r/{subreddit}/about/banned:
    get:
      operationId: getBannedUsers
      summary: Get Banned Users
      description: Returns a listing of users banned from the specified subreddit. Requires the modcontributors OAuth scope.
      tags:
      - Moderation
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/subreddit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/after'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/before'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Listing of banned users
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  schemas:
    Thing:
      type: object
      description: A Reddit thing is the base object type. All Reddit objects (comments, links, subreddits, etc.) are things with a kind and data payload.
      properties:
        kind:
          type: string
          description: The kind identifier (t1 for comment, t2 for account, t3 for link, t4 for message, t5 for subreddit, t6 for award).
          enum:
          - t1
          - t2
          - t3
          - t4
          - t5
          - t6
        data:
          type: object
          description: The thing's data payload, varying by kind.
    Listing:
      type: object
      description: A Reddit listing is a paginated collection of things. Listings contain a data object with children and pagination information.
      properties:
        kind:
          type: string
          description: The kind identifier, always "Listing".
          enum:
          - Listing
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            after:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              description: The fullname of the next item for forward pagination.
            before:
              type: string
              nullable: true
              description: The fullname of the previous item for backward pagination.
            dist:
              type: integer
              description: The number of items in this listing.
            modhash:
              type: string
              description: A modhash for CSRF protection.
            children:
              type: array
              description: The list of things in this listing.
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Thing'
  parameters:
    after:
      name: after
      in: query
      description: The fullname of a thing used as an anchor for pagination. Returns results after this item.
      schema:
        type: string
    count:
      name: count
      in: query
      description: A positive integer indicating the number of items already seen in this listing, used for pagination numbering.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
    before:
      name: before
      in: query
      description: The fullname of a thing used as an anchor for pagination. Returns results before this item.
      schema:
        type: string
    subreddit:
      name: subreddit
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The name of the subreddit.
      schema:
        type: string
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: The maximum number of items to return (default 25, max 100).
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 25
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Reddit Ads API uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication. Access tokens are obtained via the authorization code flow.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/access_token
          scopes:
            ads: Access to ads management endpoints
externalDocs:
  description: Reddit Ads API Documentation
  url: https://ads-api.reddit.com/docs/