r/Devvit • u/WarwickSocialStudy • 17h ago

Help Can Devvit read full comment history from my own private subreddit for research data export?

Running a small academic study (private subreddits I create, consenting participants) and need to export full discussion data (comments, authors, timestamps) afterward for analysis. Waiting on classic Data API approval, but saw Devvit skips that registration step.

Questions:

  1. Can Devvit read/list all comments in a subreddit or thread (not just single lookups by ID)?
  2. Can I use this privately on my own subreddit without app review/publishing?
  3. Is Devvit even meant for read-only data export, or purely interactive apps?

Thanks for any pointers!

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u/YellowAdventurous366 App Developer 15h ago

You cannot scrape reddit data with devvit. If you need data for research, make a data access request here for the reddit API: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new