reddit-scheduled-submit - Schedule your Reddit posts effortlessly with Python.

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Schedule your Reddit posts effortlessly with Python.

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Introducing Reddit Scheduled Submit, a Python script that seamlessly integrates with GitHub Actions to automate your Reddit postings. With customizable titles and messages, you can easily schedule content to go live on your chosen subreddit. Say goodbye to manual submissions and streamline your Reddit engagement with this simple yet effective tool.

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Reddit Scheduled Submit

This repository contains a simple Python script that uses the PRAW (Python Reddit API Wrapper) library to post a message to Reddit.

It's designed to be easily integrated into GitHub Actions workflows.

Features

Can be run as a GitHub Action
Customizable title and message content

Prerequisites

To use this script, you need:

A Reddit account
A Reddit application (create one at here)
Python 3.12 or higher

Installation

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/meysam81/reddit-scheduled-submit

Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Local Usage

export REDDIT_CLIENT_ID="CHANGE_THIS"
export REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET="CHANGE_THIS"
export REDDIT_USERNAME="CHANGE_THIS"
export REDDIT_PASSWORD="CHANGE_THIS"
export REDDIT_SUBREDDIT="CHANGE_THIS"

./main.py --title "Hello, Reddit!" --message "This is a test message."

Docker

To run the Docker container, you can use the following command:

docker run \
  --rm \
  --name reddit-scheduled-submit \
  -e REDDIT_CLIENT_ID="CHANGE_THIS" \
  -e REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET="CHANGE_THIS" \
  -e REDDIT_USERNAME="CHANGE_THIS" \
  -e REDDIT_PASSWORD="CHANGE_THIS" \
  -e REDDIT_SUBREDDIT="CHANGE_THIS" \
  ghcr.io/meysam81/reddit-scheduled-submit:v1 \
  --title "Hello, Reddit!" \
  --message "This is a test message."

GitHub Actions Usage

To use this script as a GitHub Action, you can create a workflow file (e.g., .github/workflows/ci.yml) with the following content:

name: ci

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      title:
        description: Post title
        required: true
      message:
        description: Post message
        required: true
      subreddit:
        default: r/test
        description: Subreddit to post to
        required: false

jobs:
  reddit-scheduled-submit:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Post to Reddit
        uses: meysam81/reddit-scheduled-submit@v1
        with:
          client-id: ${{ secrets.REDDIT_CLIENT_ID }}
          client-secret: ${{ secrets.REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET }}
          username: ${{ secrets.REDDIT_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.REDDIT_PASSWORD }}
          subreddit: ${{ github.event.inputs.subreddit }}
          message: ${{ github.event.inputs.message }}
          title: ${{ github.event.inputs.title }}

Make sure to set up the following secrets in your GitHub repository:

REDDIT_CLIENT_ID
REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET
REDDIT_USERNAME
REDDIT_PASSWORD

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Disclaimer

This script is for educational purposes only. Make sure to comply with Reddit's API terms of service and posting guidelines when using this script.

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