Update Reddit Watchlist

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "name": "Updated Reddit Watchlist",
    "fetchFreqInHours": 12
  }'

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "keywords": [
      {
        "keyword": "crm",
        "required_keywords": ["self-hosted"],
        "excluded_keywords": ["salesforce"]
      },
      "indie hacker"
    ],
    "labels": [
      { "name": "buying intent", "description": "Threads asking for tool recommendations", "default": true },
      { "name": "founder-post", "description": "Posts from indie founders", "default": false }
    ]
  }'

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "disable": true
  }'

const response = await fetch("https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    id: "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    keywords: [
      {
        keyword: "crm",
        required_keywords: ["self-hosted"],
        excluded_keywords: ["salesforce"],
      },
    ],
    labels: [{ name: "buying intent", description: "Tool recommendation threads" }],
  }),
});

import requests

url = 'https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist'
headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
}

# Update keywords and labels
payload = {
    'id': '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
    'keywords': [
        {
            'keyword': 'crm',
            'required_keywords': ['self-hosted'],
            'excluded_keywords': ['salesforce'],
        }
    ],
    'labels': [
        {'name': 'buying intent', 'description': 'Tool recommendation threads'},
    ],
}

response = requests.put(url, headers=headers, json=payload)

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "name": "Updated Reddit Watchlist",
  "fetchFreqInHours": 12,
  "disable": false,
  "updated": true,
  "message": "Watchlist updated successfully"
}

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "updated": true,
  "message": "Watchlist updated successfully",
  "keywords": ["crm", "indie hacker"],
  "results": [
    {
      "success": true,
      "keyword": "crm",
      "keyword_id": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001"
    },
    {
      "success": true,
      "keyword": "indie hacker",
      "keyword_id": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440002"
    }
  ],
  "labels": [
    { "key": "buying intent", "description": "Tool recommendation threads", "default": true },
    { "key": "founder-post", "description": "Posts from indie founders", "default": false }
  ]
}

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "name": "Updated Reddit Watchlist",
    "fetchFreqInHours": 12
  }'

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "keywords": [
      {
        "keyword": "crm",
        "required_keywords": ["self-hosted"],
        "excluded_keywords": ["salesforce"]
      },
      "indie hacker"
    ],
    "labels": [
      { "name": "buying intent", "description": "Threads asking for tool recommendations", "default": true },
      { "name": "founder-post", "description": "Posts from indie founders", "default": false }
    ]
  }'

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "disable": true
  }'

const response = await fetch("https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    id: "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    keywords: [
      {
        keyword: "crm",
        required_keywords: ["self-hosted"],
        excluded_keywords: ["salesforce"],
      },
    ],
    labels: [{ name: "buying intent", description: "Tool recommendation threads" }],
  }),
});

import requests

url = 'https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist'
headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
}

# Update keywords and labels
payload = {
    'id': '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
    'keywords': [
        {
            'keyword': 'crm',
            'required_keywords': ['self-hosted'],
            'excluded_keywords': ['salesforce'],
        }
    ],
    'labels': [
        {'name': 'buying intent', 'description': 'Tool recommendation threads'},
    ],
}

response = requests.put(url, headers=headers, json=payload)

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "name": "Updated Reddit Watchlist",
  "fetchFreqInHours": 12,
  "disable": false,
  "updated": true,
  "message": "Watchlist updated successfully"
}

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "updated": true,
  "message": "Watchlist updated successfully",
  "keywords": ["crm", "indie hacker"],
  "results": [
    {
      "success": true,
      "keyword": "crm",
      "keyword_id": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001"
    },
    {
      "success": true,
      "keyword": "indie hacker",
      "keyword_id": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440002"
    }
  ],
  "labels": [
    { "key": "buying intent", "description": "Tool recommendation threads", "default": true },
    { "key": "founder-post", "description": "Posts from indie founders", "default": false }
  ]
}

Modify an existing Reddit watchlist without losing its ID or collected posts. Every field is optional, send only the properties you want to change.

Platform: Reddit. This endpoint updates Reddit watchlists only. LinkedIn keyword watchlists are updated with PUT /api-keyword-watchlist (same body shape). See Choose a watchlist type.

Disabled watchlists reject updates. If the watchlist is paused (disabled: true on GET), any PUT except an explicit re-enable returns 409 This watchlist is disabled. Enable it before updating it. Re-enable first with { "id": "...", "disable": false }, then apply your changes.The exception is patch mode only. A prompt-mode PUT is refused even when it is sent alongside disable: false, because prompt mode does not read disable. Re-enable in its own call, then send the new prompt.

The endpoint accepts two body shapes. Either patch fields (documented below) or send a new prompt to have OutX regenerate the entire keyword set in the background (Prompt mode at the bottom of this page).

Extension requirement. Like all /api-reddit-watchlist methods, updates require the team’s OutX Chrome extension to be installed and active, otherwise the request returns 403 Plugin installation required.

Request Body (patch mode)

string

required

Watchlist ID to update.

string

New watchlist name.

number

New fetch frequency. Allowed values: 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72.

array

Patch the tracked keywords on the watchlist. Accepts the same shape as the Create endpoint, simple strings or advanced keyword objects with required_keywords, excluded_keywords (NOT), and include_all_required (AND vs OR over the required keywords).Simple format:

["self-hosted crm", "indie hacker"]

Advanced format:

[
  {
    "keyword": "crm",
    "required_keywords": ["self-hosted", "open source", "indie"],
    "excluded_keywords": ["salesforce", "enterprise"],
    "include_all_required": false
  }
]

By default this replaces the set: the watchlist’s existing keywords are deleted and recreated from the new list, along with the collection task for each keyword (set append: true to add instead). Updating keywords does not change existing labels. Omit the field to leave keywords untouched.

boolean

default:"false"

When true, the supplied keywords are added to the existing set instead of replacing it. Existing keyword tracking rows and tasks are kept, and only keywords whose primary keyword is not already on the list (case-insensitive) are created. Labels are left untouched unless labels is also provided.

array

Replace the custom labels on the watchlist. Same shape as Create: each label is a name (or key, so a GET response can be echoed back), a description, and an optional default flag marking it as a pre-applied feed filter (at most 2 true; if you set the flag on some labels but mark none true, the first is promoted). This is also how you change which labels are default: send the full array with the default booleans you want. See Intent labels & defaults.

[
  { "name": "buying intent", "description": "Threads asking for tool recommendations", "default": true },
  { "name": "competitor", "description": "Competitor mentions", "default": false }
]

Labels are only changed when this field is sent, and sending it replaces the entire set (start from the current GET output; omitted labels are dropped). Updating keywords alone leaves your existing labels untouched, so a keyword edit will never wipe a hand-built label set. Omit labels to leave them as they are.

boolean

Set to true to pause tracking, false to resume. Pausing stops every collection task on the watchlist and flips disabled to true on the type’s GET endpoint, with disabledAt carrying the timestamp on the list response.

string | null

Update or clear the Slack webhook URL for this watchlist. Pass null to clear.

Semantics

Keyword replacement is wipe-and-recreate (default). Existing keyword_tracking rows and the collection task for each keyword are deleted, then new ones are created from the payload. Posts already collected are not deleted, they remain attached to the watchlist and visible via the Posts API.
Append mode keeps what you have. With append: true, existing keywords and tasks are kept and only the new, not-yet-present primary keywords are added.
Labels are preserved unless you send labels. Updating keywords alone never overwrites existing labels. To change labels, pass a labels array.
Keyword replacement only deletes the collection task for each keyword. Other work running on the same watchlist is not removed by a keyword update. (disable is broader: pausing or resuming a watchlist applies to all of its tasks regardless of type.)
Partial updates are safe. Sending only { "id": "...", "name": "new name" } changes just the name; keywords, labels, and tasks are untouched.

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "name": "Updated Reddit Watchlist",
    "fetchFreqInHours": 12
  }'

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "keywords": [
      {
        "keyword": "crm",
        "required_keywords": ["self-hosted"],
        "excluded_keywords": ["salesforce"]
      },
      "indie hacker"
    ],
    "labels": [
      { "name": "buying intent", "description": "Threads asking for tool recommendations", "default": true },
      { "name": "founder-post", "description": "Posts from indie founders", "default": false }
    ]
  }'

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "disable": true
  }'

const response = await fetch("https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    id: "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    keywords: [
      {
        keyword: "crm",
        required_keywords: ["self-hosted"],
        excluded_keywords: ["salesforce"],
      },
    ],
    labels: [{ name: "buying intent", description: "Tool recommendation threads" }],
  }),
});

import requests

url = 'https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist'
headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
}

# Update keywords and labels
payload = {
    'id': '550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
    'keywords': [
        {
            'keyword': 'crm',
            'required_keywords': ['self-hosted'],
            'excluded_keywords': ['salesforce'],
        }
    ],
    'labels': [
        {'name': 'buying intent', 'description': 'Tool recommendation threads'},
    ],
}

response = requests.put(url, headers=headers, json=payload)

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "name": "Updated Reddit Watchlist",
  "fetchFreqInHours": 12,
  "disable": false,
  "updated": true,
  "message": "Watchlist updated successfully"
}

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "updated": true,
  "message": "Watchlist updated successfully",
  "keywords": ["crm", "indie hacker"],
  "results": [
    {
      "success": true,
      "keyword": "crm",
      "keyword_id": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001"
    },
    {
      "success": true,
      "keyword": "indie hacker",
      "keyword_id": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440002"
    }
  ],
  "labels": [
    { "key": "buying intent", "description": "Tool recommendation threads", "default": true },
    { "key": "founder-post", "description": "Posts from indie founders", "default": false }
  ]
}

Response Fields

string

Watchlist ID that was updated.

string

Updated watchlist name (only present when name was in the request).

number

Updated fetch frequency (only present when fetchFreqInHours was in the request).

boolean

Current active/disabled status (only present when disable was in the request).

array

Array of primary keywords after the update (only present when keywords was in the request).

array

Per-keyword creation result (only present when keywords was in the request). Each entry has success, keyword, and either keyword_id or error.

array

Labels persisted on the watchlist (only present when labels or keywords was in the request).

boolean

Whether the update was successful.

string

Success message.

Error Responses

Status Code	Error Message	Description
400	Missing required parameter: id	Watchlist ID is required
400	No valid update fields provided	Body did not include any updatable fields
400	keywords array is required and must not be empty	`keywords` was passed but empty or not an array
400	No valid keywords provided after cleaning	All keywords were empty strings after normalization
400	Invalid fetchFreqInHours. Allowed values: 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72 (hours)	Unsupported fetch frequency
400	disable must be a boolean value	`disable` sent as a non-boolean
400	Name cannot be empty	`name` was an empty or whitespace-only string
401	Missing API Key / Invalid API Key	Missing or invalid `x-api-key` header
403	Plugin installation required	No team member has had the OutX Chrome extension active in the last 48 hours.
404	Watchlist not found or access denied	Watchlist does not exist, is not a Reddit list, or is not yours
409	This watchlist is disabled. Enable it before updating it.	The watchlist is paused. Send `{ "id": "...", "disable": false }` first, then retry the update. Applies to both patch mode and prompt mode.
422	`prompt_not_specific_enough`	Prompt mode only. The replacement prompt cannot produce a usable feed. Nothing on the watchlist was changed.

See Error Codes for the full list.

Prompt mode

Replace the prompt on an existing Reddit watchlist. OutX wipes the existing keywords and labels and regenerates them from the new prompt in the background. Use this when you want to redirect a watchlist to a different angle without recreating it.

If you send prompt together with patch fields (name, keywords, labels, disable, fetchFreqInHours, slack_webhook_url), the patch fields are silently ignored, prompt takes precedence. Unlike create (POST), update does not return an error when both are sent.

Request Body

string

required

Watchlist ID to update.

string

required

New natural-language prompt. OutX regenerates keywords and labels from this, replacing the current set.

curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "prompt": "Track Reddit threads about Postgres-based vector databases and indie projects building with pgvector"
  }'

const response = await fetch("https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    id: "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    prompt:
      "Track Reddit threads about Postgres-based vector databases and indie projects building with pgvector",
  }),
});

const result = await response.json();
console.log(result.message);

import requests

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
}

payload = {
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "prompt": "Track Reddit threads about Postgres-based vector databases and indie projects building with pgvector",
}

response = requests.put(
    "https://api.outx.ai/api-reddit-watchlist",
    headers=headers,
    json=payload,
)

result = response.json()
print(result["message"])

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "prompt": "Track Reddit threads about Postgres-based vector databases and indie projects building with pgvector",
  "updated": true,
  "message": "Prompt updated. Keywords and labels are being regenerated in the background."
}

What is kept and what is replaced

The prompt path is not a patch. It throws away the current keyword set and label set and builds new ones from the new prompt.

Kept	Replaced
`id` and `slug`	Every tracked keyword, and the collection job behind it
`name`	The whole label set
Posts already collected	The relevance objective and its scoring vector
`fetchFreqInHours`, Slack webhook, paused state	The stored prompt

You cannot change one keyword through the prompt path. Use the keywords field for that (replace by default, or add with append: true). The response confirms only that regeneration started. It carries no keywords and no labels, because they have not been generated yet. There is no completion flag to poll. The old keywords stay in place while the new set is generated, so “keywords is not empty” is true the whole time and tells you nothing. The reliable check:

Before the PUT, call GET /api-reddit-watchlist?id=… and keep the keyword_tracking[].id values.
After the PUT, poll the same call until every id in the response is one you did not see in step 1.
Keep polling until the number of keyword_tracking entries is the same in two consecutive responses. The rows are created one at a time, so a settled count is what says the swap finished.

A prompt-mode update does not backfill. The new keywords start collecting on the next fetch cycle. Reddit watchlists never backfill, on create or on update, so a keywords patch does not refill the feed either. Every Reddit feed fills from its next fetch cycle onward.

The replacement prompt is checked before anything is touched, the same check that runs on create. A prompt that cannot produce a usable feed is refused with 422 prompt_not_specific_enough and the watchlist is left exactly as it was, so a bad prompt can never wipe a working watchlist. When the refusal body carries a question, relay it to your user word for word and retry with their answer. Full contract: When a prompt is refused.

Frequently Asked Questions

What properties can I update on a Reddit watchlist?

name, fetchFreqInHours, keywords, labels, disable, and slack_webhook_url, any combination. Every field except id is optional; unspecified fields are left unchanged.

What happens to my existing keywords when I update them?

When you pass a keywords array, the API deletes the watchlist’s existing keyword_tracking rows and the collection task for each keyword, then creates new ones from your payload. The watchlist ID stays the same, and previously collected posts remain accessible via the Posts API.

Does updating a Reddit watchlist reset existing collected data?

No. Changing the name, fetch frequency, keywords, or labels does not delete posts that have already been collected. If you update fetchFreqInHours, the new interval takes effect from the next scheduled fetch cycle.

Can I update labels without changing keywords?

Yes. Send only id and labels. The existing keywords and their tasks are untouched.

Do new or changed labels re-label posts I already collected?

No. Each post is classified into a label once, when it is first enriched, so updating or adding labels only changes how future posts are classified, already-classified posts keep their tags. See how intent labels are calculated.

Getting Started

Authentication (OTP)

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People Watchlist

Company Watchlist

Reddit Watchlist

Posts & Engagement

Team & Usage

LinkedIn Data

Integrations

Update Reddit Watchlist

Request Body (patch mode)

Semantics

Response Fields

Error Responses

Prompt mode

Request Body

What is kept and what is replaced

Frequently Asked Questions

​Request Body (patch mode)

​Semantics

​Response Fields

​Error Responses

​Prompt mode

​Request Body

​What is kept and what is replaced

​Frequently Asked Questions

Request Body (patch mode)

Semantics

Response Fields

Error Responses

Prompt mode

Request Body

What is kept and what is replaced

Frequently Asked Questions