README.md

reddit-folder-post-scheduler

A "set-it-and-forget-it" Python program to handle automation of media posts to Reddit from a directory of files on the host machine.

The core of this program is the Scheduler object, which is constructed with a pathlib.Path, a list of Subreddits, and an Imgur API Client ID. When a scheduler object's make_posts() method is called, it will:

1. Select a photo randomly from the directory
2. Log the filename to log/log.txt
3. Upload the image to Imgur anonymously
4. Submit the Imgur link to each Subreddit in the list
5. Log each submission's permalink to log/links.txt

Example Code

This will create a scheduler object that looks in the directory /Users/chris/Pics/Dir-Of-Photos/ and post it to the subs ['sub_1', 'sub_2', 'sub_3', 'sub_4'].

from pathlib import Path
s = scheduler.Scheduler(
    Path('/Users/chris/Pics/Dir-Of-Photos'),
    ['sub_1', 'sub_2', 'sub_3', 'sub_4'],
    'imgur_client_id'
)
s.make_posts()

Setup

• Clone this repo
• cd to the folder
• python3.7 -m venv venv
• Activate your virtual environment
• python setup.py develop
• pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage Suggestions

To "set-it-and-forget-it," install the package on a machine that is always online (i.e. a VPS or even a Raspberry Pi on your network) and use cron:

0 12 * * * cd Projects/reddit-folder-post-scheduler/ && . venv/bin/activate && python scripts/script.py

Notes

• Imgur API Client registration: https://api.imgur.com/oauth2/addclient
• PRAW Docs: https://praw.readthedocs.io/en/latest/