Nanny-X
📝 Table of Contents
About
This bot uses the NannyBot functionality, which follows you around everywhere you go and crossposts all your posts to your other subs.
Getting Started
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine.
Prerequisites
This project is built with Node.JS. Download the latest version here. Now download the code from this repo and continue setting up your script app.
Permissions
This bot requires permission to post on any given sub.
The sub must allow crossposting.
The bot must be subscribed to every subreddit which it will be submitting a cross-post to.
Setting Up Your Script App
You'll have to create a new account for your bot before you move any further.
Once the account is created, log in, go to reddit.com/prefs/apps to fill out the form to create a new script app.
Environment Variables
Now that you've set up your bot account and created a script app, it's time to download the source code and paste in your environment variables.
Also have open reddit.com/prefs/apps as you'll need to copy & paste the items you'll find there.
USER_AGENT is just a name that the server will identify your bot by. It can be whatever you want.
CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET are fround in prefs/apps.
REDDIT_USER is your bots username.
REDDIT_PASS is its password.
DEBUG_NETWORK may be set to false unless any problems arise.
STARTUP_LIMIT will cause the bot to check this many items on the first sweep. Setting this value higher will ensure that when stopping and restarting the bot, no requests are forgotten. This value may be set up to 100
USER_SUBMISSION_LIMIT Will limit the amount of posts the bot will find on its next sweeps after the first.
INTERVAL The time (in minutes) for which the bot should sleep between doing its job again.\
USER_AGENT="YOUR BOT'S NAME"
CLIENT_ID="FROM PREFS/APPS"
CLIENT_SECRET="FROM PREFS/APPS"
REDDIT_USER="YOUR BOT'S USERNAME"
REDDIT_PASS="YOUR BOT'S PASSWORD"
DEBUG_NETWORK="false"
STARTUP_LIMIT='5'
USER_SUBMISSION_LIMIT='5'
INTERVAL='10'Once these fields are completely filled out, remove EXAMPLE from the end of the filename.
pw.envEXAMPLE = pw.env
Usage
First install the dependencies by double-clicking install.bat or running this command: npm i
Now you may run the bot by double-clicking run.bat or running this command: node src/bot.js