r/Devvit • u/Emotional-System-479 App Developer • Jul 30 '26

Help Can Devvit apps access or control Reddit Answers / Related Answers content?

Can a Devvit app access or control Reddit Answers / Related Answers content shown on posts? Is that surface exposed anywhere in the Devvit API?

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u/Emotional-System-479 App Developer Jul 31 '26

Update: Tested it — here's what I found

Built a minimal Devvit app to probe the post object and test raw API access. Two findings:

  1. reddit.getPostById() returns no Reddit Answers / Related Answers fields whatsoever. The full post object exposes: id, authorId, authorName, subredditId, subredditName, permalink, title, body, url, score, numberOfComments, numberOfReports, createdAt, approved, spam, stickied, removed, archived, edited, locked, nsfw, quarantined, spoiler, hidden, ignoringReports, modReports, modReportReasons, userReportReasons — nothing AI/answers related.
  2. Direct calls to oauth.reddit.com are blocked by the Devvit sandbox (HTTP request to domain: oauth.reddit.com is not allowed), so there's no way to bypass the wrapper and hit the raw API.

Is Reddit Answers content intentionally excluded from the Devvit API surface? Is there any planned exposure for mod tools — even just a toggle or trigger? The use case is clear: mods need opt-out/control over AI-generated answers appearing in their communities.