https://github.com/bellingcat/reddit-post-scraping-tool

Given a subreddit name and a keyword, this program returns all top (by default) posts that contain the specified keyword.
https://github.com/bellingcat/reddit-post-scraping-tool

command-line gui open-source-research python reddit scraper visual-basic

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Given a subreddit name and a keyword, this program returns all top (by default) posts that contain the specified keyword.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bellingcat/reddit-post-scraping-tool
• Owner: bellingcat
• License: mit
• Archived: true
• Created: 2022-06-28T17:14:22.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-22T13:31:11.000Z (12 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-22T06:12:15.813Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: command-line, gui, open-source-research, python, reddit, scraper, visual-basic
• Language: Visual Basic .NET
• Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/reddit-post-scraping-tool/
• Size: 6.6 MB
• Stars: 76
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        

## Note

> Use [Knew Karma](https://pypi.org/project/knewkarma) for more advanced and improved features.

![rpst](https://github.com/bellingcat/reddit-post-scraping-tool/assets/74001397/b9ec50b2-d2cb-419f-b8f0-d170b0630875)

# RPST (Reddit Post Scraping Tool)

Retrieve **Reddit** posts that contain the specified **keyword** from a specified **subreddit**.

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# ✅ Features

## *GUI*

- [x] Dark mode (*Right-click>Settings>Dark Mode*).

- [x] Saves results to a JSON/CSV file (*Right-click>Settings>Save posts>to JSON/to CSV*).

- [x] Logs errors to a file.

- [x] In-App feature to check for Updates.

## *CLI*

- [x] Saves results to JSON (*specifiy* `--json`).

- [x] Saves results to CSV (*specify* `--csv`).

- [x] Automatically checks for new updates, and notifies user if updates were found.

# 🖥️ Tested environments

## *GUI*

- [x] Microsoft Windows 11

## *CLI*

- [x] Android Termux

- [x] Microsoft Windows 11

- [x] Ubuntu 22.04 - latest versions

# 📖 Documentation

[Refer to the Wiki](https://github.com/bellingcat/reddit-post-scraping-tool/wiki) for installation instructions, in

addition to all other documentation.

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