CS172_Project: Reddit Post Collector

Crawled Data - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RXtagArfV1uIKl7C-WqpscmX4jXI1YMi?usp=sharing

Installing Reddit API

Setting up Reddit Scraper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nssOuD9EcVk

Prequisite Installation and Setup

1. Install Python

   Download and install Python

2. Install necessary Python packages: PRAW and TQDM

   pip install praw tqdm
   

Running the Script

1. Open your terminal and navigate to your project directory:

   cd path/to/your/project
   

2. Setup and activate virtual environment

   python -m venv env
   

3. Windows

   env\Scripts\activate

   Linux/macOS

   source env/bin/activate

4. Run the script

   python scraper.py
   

Using the Script

1. Follow the prompts to enter the number of subreddits to scrape

2. Enter subreddits to scrape

3. Enter Number of Posts to Scrape for each subreddit

4. When done using scraper deactivate the virtual environment using command:

   deactivate