reddit-bot

Reddit bot written in python to help monitor the LizardByte subreddit.

Instructions

• Set up an application at reddit apps.

  • The redirect uri must be publicly accessible.
    • If using Replit, enter https://<REPL_SLUG>.<REPL_OWNER>.repl.co
    • Otherwise, it is recommended to use Nginx Proxy Manager and Duck DNS
  • Take note of the client_id and client_secret

• Enter the following as environment variables

  Parameter	Required	Default	Description
  PRAW_CLIENT_ID	True	None	client_id from reddit app setup page.
  PRAW_CLIENT_SECRET	True	None	client_secret from reddit app setup page.
  PRAW_SUBREDDIT	True	None	Subreddit to monitor (reddit user should be moderator of the subreddit)
  DISCORD_WEBHOOK	False	None	URL of webhook to send discord notifications to
  GRAVATAR_EMAIL	False	None	Gravatar email address to get avatar from
  REDIRECT_URI	True	None	The redirect URI entered during the reddit application setup

• First run (or manually get a new refresh token):

  • Delete refresh_token file if needed
  • python reddit_bot.py
  • Open browser and login to reddit account to use with bot
  • Navigate to URL printed in console and accept
  • refresh_token file is written

• Running after refresh_token already obtained:

  • python reddit_bot.py

To Do:

Initial functions to add

• Monitor new posts and send a message to a discord channel
• Monitor new posts and depending on the flair assigned do some checks
  • reply with a comment if required
  • lock the post if required (no log file url when using Help flair)
• Monitor comments for specific commands and reply with a specific comment
  • Intention is to be similar to discord slash commands
• Monitor new posts and comments, if user has 0 karma, delete the post/comment and send the user a message about why it was deleted

Maybe later on add these type of tasks

• Count/track how many times a user makes a new post with each flair
• Count/track how many times users comment on posts that are not their own (will help me identify knowledgable users)
• other moderation tasks