😎 Reddit Scripts

A small collection of automation scripts for Reddit that help you:

• 📤 Autopost images from local folders to your Reddit profile
• 🧹 Find and delete duplicate posts
• 📂 Check which local files haven’t been published yet

This repository currently contains two main scripts:

1. autoposter.py - automatically cycles through specified folders, posting images to your Reddit profile with random delays.
2. duplicateDeletor.py - scans your Reddit submissions, finds duplicates, optionally deletes them, and generates a report of unpublished files on your machine.

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✨ What these scripts do

Autoposter (autoposter.py)

• Looks into predefined folders (A, H, P by default).
• Keeps track of which files are ready to be posted.
• Posts only images (.jpg, .jpeg, .png) while skipping videos and GIFs.
• Checks if a file with the same title was already posted to avoid duplicates.
• Cleans up duplicates automatically after each successful post.
• Waits a random delay (between 5 - 15 seconds by default) before posting the next file.
• Logs everything into autoposter.log.

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🔹 Duplicate Deletor (duplicateDeletor.py)

• Scans your profile submissions.
• Detects duplicate titles and writes them to duplicates.txt.
• Gives you the option to delete duplicates directly from your account.
• Checks your local folders and generates unpublished.txt listing files that were never posted.

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🛠 Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Antot-12/Reddit-Scripts.git
cd Reddit-Scripts

2. Create a virtual environment (recommended)

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # On Linux / macOS
venv\Scripts\activate      # On Windows

3. Install dependencies

Both scripts rely on PRAW (Python Reddit API Wrapper). Install it via pip:

pip install praw

4. Configure your Reddit API credentials

Both scripts require a Reddit app (personal use script) to authenticate.

👉 Steps:

1. Go to Reddit Apps.

2. Scroll down and click “create app”.

3. Choose script as the type.

4. Fill in:

   • Name: any name you like
   • Redirect URI: http://localhost:8080 (required, but unused in these scripts)

5. Once created, you’ll see:

   • client_id (the short alphanumeric string under the app name)
   • client_secret

6. Open each script (autoposter.py, duplicateDeletor.py) and replace:

   client_id="your_client_id"
   client_secret="your_client_secret"
   username="your_username"
   password="your_password"
   user_agent="your_user_agent"

   with your own credentials.

💡 Tip: Use something like "script:MyBot:1.0 (by u/YourRedditUsername)" for user_agent.

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▶️ Usage

Autoposter

python autoposter.py

• Starts cycling through folders and posting images.
• Each successful post is logged.
• If you stop it with CTRL + C, it will exit gracefully.

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Duplicate Deletor

python duplicateDeletor.py

• Generates duplicates.txt with duplicates.
• Asks if you want to delete them (y/n).
• Generates unpublished.txt showing local files not yet posted.

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📁 Folder Structure

The scripts expect your project to look like this:

Reddit-Scripts/
│
├── autoposter.py
├── duplicateDeletor.py
├── autoposter.log
├── duplicates.txt
├── unpublished.txt
│
├── A/
├── H/
└── P/

• Drop your images into one of the folders (A, H, P).
• The script uses the folder name + file name as the Reddit post title.

Example: P/cat1.jpg → post titled “P cat1”

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⚡️ How it works under the hood

• Both scripts use PRAW, which is Reddit’s official API wrapper for Python.

• autoposter.py:

  • Uses itertools.cycle to loop folders infinitely.
  • Submits images using profile.submit_image(...).
  • Randomizes delays to avoid spam-like behavior.

• duplicateDeletor.py:

  • Collects all submissions from your account.
  • Groups them by title.
  • Writes duplicates to duplicates.txt.
  • Optionally deletes duplicates.
  • Scans your local folders to compare against posted titles.

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✅ Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• praw

That’s it! No other dependencies needed.

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