A Reddit bot that links to Android Apps from the Play Store when a user asks to do it.
####What's included
- LinkMeBot.py, the main program
- App.py, a class that the bot uses to save data
- Config.py, a simple and easy to understand configuration file
- Test.py, a simple test to see if the Play Store parsing works.
- LICENSE, the license that this project is released under (MIT)
- README, this file
####What you need to know before editing this bot / running it on your local machine
The bot was written on a Linux-Fedora machine with Python 2.7.5
The bot uses the following extra libraries avaible to install via pip:
- praw, to interface with reddit
- BeautifulSoup, to parse HTML
- requests, to get web pages
You need to set a valid username and password in the config file Also in the config file you need to set the subreddits where the bot searches for comments
####How to use it
On the server I use the bot is set to run every two minutes using a cronjob If you want to test the code I suggest you to post a comment in a subreddit and then run the bot
####Info / Reddit-related questions / See the bot in action
http://www.reddit.com/r/cris9696
Feel free to make any post you want to test it.
####TODO
A database where I save the apps already searched to avoid as many web requests to the play store as possible
####Want to help or want help?
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If you want to help please feel free to do it.
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If you need help please fell free to ask me.
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If you find any bug or exploit please tell me: I will try to fix them or if you want you can fix them and I will include your changes in the project Subimited linkme request with 10 apps and bot thinks that i requested more than 10 apps
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If you find a way to improve the bot please share it with everybody.
####LICENSE
MIT License