tai-euler/reddit_scripts

python script to locate words inside titles, comments within a subreddit.

reddit_scripts

The scripts are based on python 2.7 using praw(The Python Reddit API Wrapper)

praw latest documentation: praw.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

1. searching in the comments -> reddit_imgur_locator.py = locate imgur.com links
2. searching in the post titles -> reddit_airdrop_locator.py = locate posts where the word "airdrop" is used(cryptocurrency giveaway)

how to run:

1. git clone https://github.com/tai-euler/reddit_word_locator.git

2. cd reddit_word_locator/

3. example script to run : python reddit_imgur_locator.py

Note:

1. add your own client_id='your_id',client_secret="your_secret", password='your_pass' and username='your_username' in the python file. (the data can be found here https://ssl.reddit.com/prefs/apps)

2. add your own subreddit for example I add "naturepics" to the code: subreddit = reddit.subreddit(“naturepics”)

3. you can change the category and limit, how many topics should the script scrape by changing this line in the code: hot_category = subreddit.hot(limit=120)

optionaly you can change category(from "hot" to "new"): new_category = subreddit.new(limit=30)

troubleshooting:

1. pip3 install praw