repmod

reddit bot for auto-approving website links in rep-related subreddits and generating a weekly summary, created by /u/elusznik for the FashionReps

Firstly, clone the repo to your machine. In order to run the code on your servers, you will need Python 3 installed as well as the praw module. PRAW is the reddit API wrapper for Python and you can install it with

pip3 install praw on Linux and macOS

or

pip install praw on Windows.

You will also need to configure it with a praw.ini file, I'll send you one with the code. It will be preconfigured with API keys and credentials for reddit user /u/repfammod. It's a fresh account that I created a few days ago with the bot in mind. The account which the bot uses will need to have moderator privileges. praw.ini needs to look like this:

[DEFAULT]
# A boolean to indicate whether or not to check for package updates.
check_for_updates=True

# Object to kind mappings
comment_kind=t1
message_kind=t4
redditor_kind=t2
submission_kind=t3
subreddit_kind=t5

# The URL prefix for OAuth-related requests.
oauth_url=https://oauth.reddit.com

# The URL prefix for regular requests.
reddit_url=https://www.reddit.com

# The URL prefix for short URLs.
short_url=https://redd.it

[repmod]
client_id=
client_secret=
password=
username=
user_agent=repmod (by /u/elusznik)

With lines client_id, client_secret, password and username being filled with your API keys and bot account's username and password.

After configuring, you will just need to run

python3 repmod.py

Be advised, if you use SSH or some other form of remote connection to your server, the bot needs to run in something like GNU screen or tmux session in order for the script to not be closed on disconnect.

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bot's component dedicated to weekly roundup

to be used with cron

In order to run the summary component, you need to have cron installed on your server. Then, run

crontab -e

and select your desired editor. Then, add the line

00 9 * * sat cd BOTDIR; python3 roundup.py

with BOTDIR being the directory in which scripts are located. This particular cron setting will run the script on Saturday at 9:00. Save & close your editor. The weekly roundup script should now be set up.