ExReddit

Exreddit is a Reddit API Wrapper.

Example

token = ExReddit.OAuth.get_token()
subreddit = "learnprogramming"
options = [limit:1]

{:ok, threads} = ExReddit.Api.get_new_threads(token, subreddit, options)

Installation

Add the following to Hex:

def application do
  [
    applications: [:exreddit]
  ]
end

def deps do
  [
    {:exreddit, git: "https://github.com/making3/exreddit.git", branch: "master"}
  ]
end

Configuration

config :exreddit,
  username: System.get_env("REDDIT_USER"),
  password: System.get_env("REDDIT_PASS"),
  client_id: System.get_env("REDDIT_CLIENT_ID"),
  secret: System.get_env("REDDIT_SECRET"),
  api_rate_limit_delay: 1000      # In milliseconds

It is recommended to create the following environment variables for configuring your user:

• REDDIT_USER
• REDDIT_PASS
• REDDIT_CLIENT_ID
• REDDIT_SECRET

Usage

token = ExReddit.OAuth.get_token()
subreddit = "learnprogramming"
options = [limit:1]

{:ok, threads} = ExReddit.Api.get_new_threads(token, subreddit, options)

Development

Tests

Use mix test to run tests. Application variables need to be setup in order to run api tests.

mix test
mix test --exclude reddit_api   # Exclude api tests
mix test --only subreddit       # Only subreddit tests