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POST
/
reddit
/
get-user
Fetch a Reddit user profile
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.bridgly.app/reddit/get-user \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "username": "<string>"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.bridgly.app/reddit/get-user"

payload = { "username": "<string>" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({username: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.bridgly.app/reddit/get-user', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.bridgly.app/reddit/get-user",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'username' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.bridgly.app/reddit/get-user"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"username\": \"<string>\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.bridgly.app/reddit/get-user")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"username\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.bridgly.app/reddit/get-user")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"username\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "timeMs": 123,
  "creditsCost": 123,
  "data": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "username": "<string>",
    "profileUrl": "<string>",
    "commentKarma": 123,
    "linkKarma": 123,
    "createdUtc": 123,
    "iconUrl": "<string>",
    "isGold": true,
    "isMod": true,
    "isEmployee": true,
    "verified": true,
    "hasVerifiedEmail": true,
    "acceptFollowers": true
  }
}
{
"status": "error",
"message": "<string>"
}
{
"status": "error",
"message": "<string>"
}
{
"status": "error",
"message": "<string>"
}
{
"status": "error",
"message": "<string>"
}
{
"status": "error",
"message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

A Bridgly API key (bgly_…). Metered endpoints deduct credits from the resolved account.

Body

application/json
username
string
required

Reddit username without the "u/" prefix, e.g. "spez".

Response

Default Response

timeMs
number
required

Wall-clock time the request took to complete, in milliseconds.

creditsCost
number
required

Number of account credits this request consumed.

data
object
required