SimpleRedditRSSBot

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SimpleRedditRSSBot

Simple Reddit RSS Bot for submitting RSS feed links to subreddit(s).

Setup bot app config

Register a new user for your bot in Reddit. Verify email. Set proper details. Create new app @ https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/ type is script. See Reddit documentation for details.

Client ID can be read below app's name for example:

MyBotAppExample
personal use script
sgdbfseyseghbgsef <- Client id

Secret is listed separately in the same app page.

Rename config.json.dist to config.json.

{
  "user": "reddit username you registered for this bot, for example my_simple_bot",
  "pass": "reddit password you registered this bot",
  "cid": "your bot's app client id from https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/",
  "secret": "your bot's app secret from https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/"
}

Setup feed URLs

Rename feeds.json.dist to feeds.json.

{
  "subreddit": "my_news", Default subreddit name
  "feeds": [
    {
      "subreddit": "", Subreddit to post to, uses default if empty
      "title": "news", Title for logs, not used in reddit side
      "prefix": "", Prefix for links (not implemented)
      "suffix": "", Suffix for links (not implemented)
      "fid": "", Flair ID for links (not implemented)
      "flair": "", Flair text for links (not implemented)
      "url": "" RSS URL
    },
    {
      "subreddit": "my_patch_news", Second feed, etc
      "title": "patches", Title for logs, not used in reddit side
      "prefix": "", Prefix for links (not implemented)
      "suffix": "", Suffix for links (not implemented)
      "fid": "", Flair ID for links (not implemented)
      "flair": "", Flair text for links (not implemented)
      "url": "" RSS URL
    }
  ]
}