Get a Reddit user
reddit_get_userFetch one Reddit user's public profile: username, account age, karma, follower count, and description. username is the name without the u/ prefix, e.g. 'spez'; a full profile URL also works. Add up to 2 sections from comments|posts|subreddits at 2 credits each: comments and posts return that user's recent activity (first page), subreddits returns where they are active. Costs 4 credits base. Use this to profile loud voices found via reddit_search before quoting or engaging them. To find users by topic, use reddit_search type=users; this tool needs an exact username.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| sections | No | Extra activity sections, 2 credits each (max 2 per call). | |
| username | Yes | Reddit username without the u/ prefix, e.g. 'spez'. Full profile URLs are accepted and cleaned. | |
| freshness | No | recent (default) serves cached data from the last few hours when available; realtime forces a live fetch for +2 credits (refunded if we fall back to cached data). Trial keys are cached-only and reject realtime with TRIAL_CAP_EXCEEDED; paying upgrades this same key to unlock it. | recent |
| max_credits | No | Spend ceiling for this one call. The call is rejected (nothing charged) if its quote exceeds this. Only the quote is ever reserved, never this ceiling. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| usage | Yes | ||
| common | Yes | ||
| entity | Yes | ||
| platform | Yes | ||
| freshness | Yes | ||
| data_as_of | Yes | ||
| canonical_url | Yes | ||
| schema_version | Yes | ||
| platform_fields | Yes |