Reddit Chatbot

Standard Reddit chatbot which replies to comments containing a keyword in your favourite subreddit. Simply modify the parameters mentioned in the setup to create your own custom reddit chatbot to add some life to your subreddit!

Setup and usage

1. Clone this repo to your local machine.

2. Add the following values to your environment

   praw_client_id=<client_id>
   praw_client_secret=<client_secret>
   praw_username=<reddit_username>
   praw_password=<reddit_password>

   You can obtain a client id and secret by registering a script app at https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/.

3. Add your list of possible replies to quotes.txt. Take care to save each new reply in a new line. The bot will choose a random reply from the ones supplied.

4. Add the subreddit, the keyword to trigger your bot and the user agent to reddit_bot/constants.py. Make sure to read about reddit etiquette while choosing these values.

5. Install requirements with

      pip install -r requirements.txt

6. Start your bot with

      python run.py

   The bot keeps reading from reddit until terminated.

7. Whenever a comment that matches the keyword is posted, the bot replies with a random quote chosen from quotes.txt. The profile of the user whose username and password are supplied(and for whom the reddit app was created) is used for replying.