/reddit-bot

Simple bot to interact with Reddit via Selenium using Chrome webdriver.

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

Simple bot to interact with Reddit via Selenium with Chromedriver

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Usage

First things first, this bot is rather unstable, meaning it has only been tested on Windows, with my internet conection etc... etc.... If you encounter any issues, or have any suggestions, feel free to let me know or contribute yourself.

Currently supported interacions:

  • login
  • upvote/downvote post
  • comment under post
  • join/leave community

Work in progress features:

  • reply to comment
  • create post
  • upvote/downvote last X posts of user/community

Usage

In the desired folder, clone this repository:

> git clone https://github.com/markmelnic/Reddit-Bot

Install the dependencies:

> pip install -r requirements.txt

Download the latest chromedriver here https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads and extract chromedriver.exe in the same directory as this script.

Using command line arguments

> py main.py -h

Available flags:

-h, --help:
    Show this help message and exit.

-l, --links:
    [path] File containing liks and actions. The file should be a list of links, one per line, following the structure: url|action|comment (if action is comment). Actions can be one of the following: upvote, downvote, comment, join, leave. The file should be in the same directory as this script.

-a, --accounts:
    [path] File containing credentials for accounts to perform the actions with. The file should be a list of usernames and passwords, one per line, following the structure: username|password. The file should be in the same directory as this script.

-v, --verbose:
    [none] Print INFO messages to stdout.

Examples:

This will downvote the first post, downvote the second one and comment under it, join "r/ProgrammerHumor" community then leave it.

> py main.py --accounts accounts.txt --links posts.txt

where accounts.txt looks like this:

testuser1|testpass1
testuser2|testpass2

and posts.txt looks like this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/s0f0wd/were_not_the_same_bro/|upvote
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/z8ghv8/gotta_save_those_characters/|downvote
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/z8ghv8/gotta_save_those_characters/|comment|sad
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/|join
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/|leave