About

Reddit bot that parses rising posts with parent comments as youtube url & child replies as timestamps to create grand child comments of timestamped youtube url link.

Ran as a cron job every 1 hour.

Steps to Run (on linux server)

1. cp sample-config.ini config.ini & configure your bot.
2. which python & replace shebang line#1 of main.py with the python path. [Python3 recommended]
3. pip install -r requirements.txt to install python dependencies.
4. crontab -e & add main.py as cronjob at the end of file with following format:

0 * * * * cd <absolute-path-to-repo>;<absolute-path-to-main.py> >> <aboluste-path-to-cron.log> 2>&1

Example: 0 * * * * cd /var/www/timestamp_bot;/var/www/timestamp_bot/main.py >> /var/www/timestamp_bot/cron.log 2>&1

Debugging

1. cat /var/log/syslog | grep cron to check if cron job is running fine.
2. cat cron.log to check for errors from bot/reddit server.
3. cat timestamp_bot_log.log to check bot process/logs.

Issues/Suggestions

Report all issues/suggestions at issue page.