Validate and normalize a Reddit username

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.osint.ly/tools/reddit/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "value": "spez",
  "type": "username",
  "limit": 100
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.osint.ly/tools/reddit/search"

payload = {
    "value": "spez",
    "type": "username",
    "limit": 100
}
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({value: 'spez', type: 'username', limit: 100})
};

fetch('https://api.osint.ly/tools/reddit/search', 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.osint.ly/tools/reddit/search",
  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([
    'value' => 'spez',
    'type' => 'username',
    'limit' => 100
  ]),
  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.osint.ly/tools/reddit/search"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"value\": \"spez\",\n  \"type\": \"username\",\n  \"limit\": 100\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.osint.ly/tools/reddit/search")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"value\": \"spez\",\n  \"type\": \"username\",\n  \"limit\": 100\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.osint.ly/tools/reddit/search")

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  \"value\": \"spez\",\n  \"type\": \"username\",\n  \"limit\": 100\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "tool": "reddit",
  "operation": "search",
  "query": {
    "value": "spez",
    "type": "username",
    "normalizedType": "username"
  },
  "data": {
    "valid": true,
    "status": "validated"
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-09-09T00:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request body",
    "details": [
      {
        "path": "value",
        "message": "Invalid value"
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-06-28T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Unauthorized",
    "details": "A valid API key is required"
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-06-28T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "PLAN_FEATURE_REQUIRED",
    "message": "Plan feature required",
    "details": "Tools require a paid API subscription with the tools feature enabled"
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2026-06-28T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}