Why use the Reddit API?

As mentioned on the previous page, Reddit collects and host's user submissions based on community feedback. If members enjoy a user submission, the submission is upvoted. Each time a submission is upvoted, it moves closer to the front page, which other users can view before other posts. However, submissions can be downvoted as well, resulting in less visibility for other community members.

Below are some useful ways to use the Reddit API:

1. API Clients Library
2. Web Crawlers
3. Scrapers
4. Browser Extensions

API Client Library

A client library is a set of code that application developers can add to their development projects. Examples of Client Library include Google Calendar API and Google Maps web services

Web Crawlers

A web crawler is an internet bot which browses the World Wide Web, typically for the purposes of web indexing Search engines and other sites use web crawling software to update their web content or indices of others sites web content. Bingbot (Bing) and Googlebot (Google) are two of many different web crawlers found in the wild

Scrapers

Web scraping is the automated process of extracting data from a website and saving it to a local computer or database

Browser Extensions

A browser extension is a plug-in that extends the functionality of a web browser in some way.

The next page will walk you through the steps you will need to complete BEFORE using Reddit's APIs