Reddit GIF Bot

Description

This Reddit bot automatically replies to comments in a specified subreddit with a gif you requested. The bot uses the Giphy API to fetch memes and responds to comments containing a specific trigger word.

Features

Monitors comments in a specified subreddit.
Replies to comments containing a trigger word set by you.
Fetches memes using the Giphy API.
Configurable trigger word and subreddit.

Setup

Prerequisites

Python 3.x: Ensure you have Python 3.x installed on your system.
Reddit Account: You need a Reddit account to create an application and get API credentials.
Giphy API Key: Obtain an API key from Giphy.

Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/dheerajcl/Reddit_meme_generator-bot.git
cd <repository-directory>

Install the required packages
```
pip install praw requests
```

Configure the bot

Create a config.py file in the root directory of the project with the following content:

# Reddit API credentials
client_id = 'YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_ID'
client_secret = 'YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET'
username = 'YOUR_REDDIT_USERNAME'
password = 'YOUR_REDDIT_PASSWORD'
user_agent = 'YOUR_USER_AGENT'

# Giphy API key
giphy_api_key = 'YOUR_GIPHY_API_KEY'

Run the bot and set SUBREDDIT variable to the subreddit you want to monitor and TRIGGER_WORD to the word that will trigger the bot to reply with a meme.

If you set TRIGGER_WORD to "gif" followed by the word you want a gif on and the bot is running, it will reply to any comment in the specified subreddit containing the word "gif" with the gif you requested from Giphy.

API Credentials

Go to Reddit/apps and create a new app, description and about url are optional.
redirect uri can be set to http://localhost:8000
Get your client_id (under your app name) and client_secret
Visit Giphy API and create a new api key