/reddit-post-scraping-tool

Simple script for scraping reddit posts

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

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Given a subreddit name and a keyword, this script will return all posts from a specified listing (default is 'top') that contain the provided keyword.

Installation

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/rly0nheart/reddit-post-scraping-tool.git

2. Move to reddit-post-scraping-tool directory

cd reddit-post-scraping-tool

3. Install dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Usage

python3 reddit-post-scraping-tool.py --keyword [keyword] --subreddit [subreddit name (without 'r/')]

Optional arguments

Option Argument Choices Usage
-l/--listing LISTING [controversial, hot, best, new, rising] listing: controversial, hot, best, new, rising (default: top)
-c/--limit NUMBER 1-100 results limit (default: 10)
-t/--timeframe TIMEFRAME [hour, day, week, month, year] timeframe: hour, day, week, month, year (default: all)