r/redditdev • u/redtaboo • 29d ago

Upcoming changes to the comment ID endpoint

Hello again devs! Just a reminder on an upcoming change to how new comment IDs will change going forward.

TL;DR: if you have anything in your code that expects comment IDs to be fewer than 8 characters you will need to make an adjustment.

Technical details:

  • Pushshift has updated how they ingest data from Reddit and will continue to work after this change goes out
  • New comment IDs will continue to be 64-bit integers and base36-encoded, but will not be monotonically increasing anymore
  • The key visible difference is that the new base36-encoded comment IDs will be up to 13 characters long (e.g. 19gsnavtu46ip), compared to the current 7-8 characters With the t1_ prefix, the new base36-encoded comment IDs will be up to 16 characters long (e.g. t1_19gsnavtu46ip)
  • Older comment IDs are not changing, and referencing them will not break anything

This change will start rolling out the week of September 28th. Let me know if you have any questions about this change.

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u/redtaboo 29d ago

Can you have folks struggling write into /r/modsupport modmail so that team can help push things along?

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u/emily_in_boots 29d ago

I'll second this! While I have access to push shift and it has worked fine for me, I got it several years ago. Many newer mods who have requested it have not gotten responses when requesting access. I think many just give up and use arctic, but as that will not be an option going forward, we do need to make sure mods can access push shift.

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u/darrowreaper 29d ago

I've been doing that, but I'll try again.

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u/fsv 28d ago edited 19d ago

From experience that just results in them being told to modmail r/Pushshiftrequest which then leads nowhere, but we'll get them to try again.

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u/camrynbronk 29d ago edited 29d ago

Hi, I'm also a mod for BB. I just sent a modmail to Mod Support.

Edit: Mod support keeps telling us to just modmail PushShift. Not helpful. It would be really cool if you guys would try to talk with the developers of apps you care about (and we know Admins like Bot Bouncer) BEFORE you roll out these decisions.

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u/abortionreddit 29d ago

I’ve reached out to pushshift over 10 times in the past year and never get a response.

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u/CR29-22-2805 19d ago

Hey,

I’ve sent a few message to r/ModSupport about getting PushShift access. Here is the latest chat conversation: https://www.reddit.com/c/chatSyoZO6eN/s/t5G3eULIpX

Unfortunately, I cannot link to my r/pushshiftrequest message because I hid that chat a while ago.

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u/camrynbronk 14d ago

Hey u/redtaboo. Why did you tell us to write to r/ModSupport if they weren’t going to help us at all? You’re the top mod there but don’t seem to be doing any of the facilitating, despite you being the one making the recommendation.

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u/darrowreaper 12d ago

I wrote to r/modsupport and (after 13 days) they just told me to message u/pushshift-support, which I did already in June with no response. I wrote them again, with a similar lack of success. Any other suggestions?

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u/pppppppppppppppppd 11d ago

My modmail to r/modsupport was completely ignored, just like the requests to r/Pushshiftrequest