Introduction

This repo contains the code used to analyze Reddit comments about the Github acquisition by Microsoft. You can view the full article here [ADD LINK].

How to use this repo

First create a config.py file. It should contain the following information with the following variable names:

• username = Your Reddit Username
• password = Your Reddit password
• client_id = Reddit Client ID
• client_secret = Reddit Client Secret
• plotly_username = Plotly username
• plotly_api_key = Plotly api key

Then run the scripts in this order, I'll also provide a quick explanation of what each does.

• gatherdata.py : Uses PRAW to gather reddit comments that talk about Microsoft and Github from your subreddit of choice
• analyzecomments.py : Runs all the saved comments through Google Cloud's Natural Language Processor
• plotdata.py : Plots all the data in nice looking graphs using Plot.ly