---
title: "Reddit Image Scraper Tutorial"
subtitle: "How to create an HTML5 Reddit’s Image Scraper using Phaser."
date: 2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
category: tutorial
url: https://phaser.io/news/2016/01/reddit-image-scraper-tutorial
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Reddit Image Scraper Tutorial

*How to create an HTML5 Reddit’s Image Scraper using Phaser.*

![image](reddit-image-scraper-tutorial.png)

"Regarding Reddit JSON API, you can get a JSON document by adding /.json to any Reddit URL. For instance to get a JSON document for the subreddit /r/pics try the next url:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/.json

So this can be used to extract various data from any subreddit making an image viewer/browser for instance.

Furthermore, all images and their data scraped from a Reddit JSON could be also used to make some simple games. Here are some ideas:
1. guessing which of two images has a better/worse upvotes score
2. guessing a right range of upvotes for an image choosing between 2 or 3 different ranges
3. guessing a title of an image choosing between 2 or 3 different titles as fast as possible

For now, we will just create a Reddit’s Image Scraper tool in HTML5 using Phaser framework to get a database of all scraped images which will be later used in a game."

[Read More](http://www.askforgametask.com/2015/12/07/reddit-image-scraper/)

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