Automated B2B SaaS Lead Discovery on Reddit with Zero-Cost Empty Polls

import time, requests

API_KEY = "rd_live_your_api_key"
SLACK_WEBHOOK = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/..."
last_utc = int(time.time()) - 3600

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.forumdataapi.com/v1/posts/search",
    params={"query": '"alternative to" OR "switching from" datadog', "sort": "new", "time_filter": "day", "since": last_utc, "limit": 25},
    headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
).json()

for post in resp["data"]["items"]:
    last_utc = max(last_utc, post["created_utc"] or last_utc)
    requests.post(SLACK_WEBHOOK, json={"text": f"[{post['subreddit_name_prefixed']}] {post['title']} — {post['permalink']}"})

const since = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - 3600;
const q = encodeURIComponent('"alternative to" OR "looking for" status page');
const res = await fetch(
  `https://api.forumdataapi.com/v1/posts/search?query=${q}&sort=new&time_filter=day&since=${since}&limit=25`,
  { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.REDDIT_API_KEY } },
);
const { data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log({ matched: data.count, creditsUsed: meta.credits_used });

curl "https://api.forumdataapi.com/v1/posts/search?query=%22alternative+to%22+crm&sort=new&time_filter=day&limit=25" \
  -H "x-api-key: rd_live_your_api_key"

{
  "code": 0,
  "provider": "https://forumdataapi.com",
  "status": "ok",
  "data": {
    "items": [],
    "count": 0,
    "next_cursor": null,
    "has_more": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/v1/posts/search",
    "credits_used": 0,
    "cache_hit": false,
    "latency_ms": 164
  }
}