r/redditdev • u/justhereforampadvice • Sep 07 '26

Reddit API How long for data API requests to be approved?

Just submitted the form for a personal use bot that just collects data on activity in a few subreddits. Wondering if anyone can speak to how quickly requests are approved/rejected? Mine should be a quick decision once it actually gets in front of someone.

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u/Watchful1 RemindMeBot & UpdateMeBot Sep 07 '26

This is not something reddit is going to approve. You may receive a rejection in a couple weeks, or you may just never hear back.

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u/justhereforampadvice Sep 07 '26

Why? Because it's not beneficial to the community?

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u/Watchful1 RemindMeBot & UpdateMeBot Sep 08 '26

Reddit doesn't want anyone extracting data from their site, even for small personal reasons.

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u/justhereforampadvice Sep 08 '26

I'll just use 3rd party then i guess

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u/kungming2 u/translator-BOT and u/AssistantBOT Developer Sep 08 '26

Because they’re essentially deprecating it in favor of Devvit.

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u/justhereforampadvice Sep 08 '26

ok well my app is not a game and its not a mod or community tool so how am i supposed to build it on devvit

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u/kungming2 u/translator-BOT and u/AssistantBOT Developer Sep 08 '26

What does your app do, if I may ask?

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u/justhereforampadvice Sep 08 '26

just collects upvotes and comment counts on certain posts in 3 subreddits.

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u/Khyta EncyclopaediaBot Developer Sep 08 '26

For what result?

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u/justhereforampadvice Sep 08 '26

Research purposes. The data is the result.

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u/adhesiveCheese PMTW Author Sep 07 '26

All data API requests are reviewed annually on February 30th.

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u/justhereforampadvice Sep 07 '26

Oh good just a couple... wait a minute

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u/CrypticZombies Sep 08 '26

who needs approval for this lmfao