redditripper

Downloads all images of the subreddits specified in a text file

Usage

Command Line

You can use it without arguments as following:
python3 redditripper.py

When you use the --help or -h argument you will
get a help text I will paste it below:

usage: redditripper.py [-h] [--verbose] [-f SUBREDDIT_FILE] [-c CATEGORY]
                       [-l LIMIT] [-o IMAGE_OUTPUT_DIR]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --verbose             Print verbose status messages. The default value is
                        False
  -f SUBREDDIT_FILE, --subreddit_file SUBREDDIT_FILE
                        The file in which the subreddits are stored. The
                        default value is "subreddits.txt"
  -c CATEGORY, --category CATEGORY
                        The category, can be hot, top and new. The default
                        value is "hot"
  -l LIMIT, --limit LIMIT
                        The amount of posts you want to fetch per subreddit.
                        Can be from 1 to 100. The default value is 100.
  -o IMAGE_OUTPUT_DIR, --image_output_dir IMAGE_OUTPUT_DIR
                        The output directory for downloads. Default is
                        "downloads/"

As Library

# Initiate the RedditRipper class
'''
This will just call the __init__ method.

Args:
    All args are optional.
    
    is_verbose: is a boolean to check if verbose status messages should be printed. The default value is False.
    subreddit_file: the file where the subreddits are stored. The default value is 'subreddits.txt'fic
    category: the category, can be 'hot', 'top' and new.
    limit: the amount of posts you want to fetch per subreddit.
    image_output_dir: the directory in which the subreddit directories and downloads are located. The default is 'downloads/'

Returns:
    The instance of the RedditRipper class
'''
reddit_ripper = RedditRipper()

# Run the default method to just
# fetch the data and download the images
reddit_ripper.run()

# For further explanation read the docstrings 
# in the 'redditripper.py' file.

Dependencies

• requests
• bs4
• lxml

Install The Dependencies

You can simply use the requirements.txt file.

pip install -r requirements.txt