HN Bot

This is a containerized version of the qznc's hackernews bot used to post to /r/hackernews. The bot runs in a cron job every hour.

Usage

docker run \
  --name=hn_bot \
  -v <path to data>:<path inside container> \
  -e praw_client_id=<client id> \
  -e praw_client_secret=<client secret> \
  -e praw_username=<username> \
  -e praw_password=<password> \
  -e database_file=<path> \
  fletchto99/hn-bot

Parameters

• -v <path to data>:<path inside container>
• -e praw_client_id - The bot's client ID
• -e praw_client_secret - The bot's client ID
• -e praw_username - The bot's username on reddit
• -e praw_password - The bot's password

For more information see the praw documentation.

Optional Parameters

• -e databsase_file - The path to the databse file (preferably mounted on a persistent volume)