dosaki/subreddit_header_countdown

Update your subreddit header with a countdown!

Subreddit Header Countdown

Update your subreddit header with a countdown!

Run

Change the contents of settings.cfg to suit your needs. Then run

python header_img_text.py

Add it to Crontab

crontab -e

Use one of these below

* * * * * /usr/bin/python /path/to/script/header_img_text.py # every minute
*/30 * * * * /usr/bin/python /path/to/script/header_img_text.py # every half-hour
0 * * * * /usr/bin/python /path/to/script/header_img_text.py # every hour
0 0 * * * /usr/bin/python /path/to/script/header_img_text.py # every day

Setup dev environment

to setup with conda:

conda env create

to setup with pip / python 2.7.11:

pip install pillow
pip install praw

Test

to test:

cd subreddit_header_countdown
python test/test_img_text.py