le-reddit-bot

Bot that checks for posts on a subreddit (i.e. reddit.com/r/Megaten) and posts to an account on the Fediverse (Mastodon, Pleroma, etc)

Fork of luna/eunvrbot with many new options and rewrites to make it customizable

Note that you can use multiple subreddits with this bot by using "Megaten+copypasta+dankmemes" etc as the "subreddit" in config.py

Differences include:

• Status visibility option (previously only posted publicly)
• NSFW post marking configuration
  • Options to match reddit's NSFW tag, always mark NSFW on fedi, or never mark NSFW
• Ability to search posts from New, Top or Hot or Rising etc, instead of only New
• Option to include or disable adding the post title as status text
• Option to include or disable credit to the original submitter
• Option to include or disable the source URL
• Option to replace URL links with an alternative such as libreddit or teddit for privacy
• Option to schedule the post via Mastodon API's post scheduler queue instead of posting immediately
  • Can be tweaked to hand-curate your own scheduled posts with posts you choose, especially good for fast subreddits
• Support for text-only posts without images
• No need to generate your own client credentials

Todo

• Support for text posts
• Support for calling Mastodon.py to generate our own access token

Installation

Requirements:

• python3 and python-pip3
• A fediverse account that the bot will post to

git clone https://github.com/erisdisqordia/le-reddit-bot
cd le-reddit-bot

# install dependencies
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

cp config.py.example config.py

# edit config.py as you want

Running

python3 run.py

Starting with a systemd service (optional)

• I provided a systemd service file named reddit-bot.service.example
• Make sure systemd can execute the script: chmod u+x run.py
• Copy the service file: cp reddit-bot.service.example reddit-bot.service
• Modify file as needed (ie your home directory, your user, etc)
• Move to the systemd folder: sudo mv reddit-bot.service /etc/systemd/system/reddit-bot.service
• Reload systemd services: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
• Enable the service sudo systemctl enable reddit-bot && sudo systemctl start reddit-bot
• If you change your config and want to reload the service: sudo systemctl restart reddit-bot