https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit
Export saved Reddit posts into a HTML file for import into Google Chrome.
https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit
backup html python reddit script
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Export saved Reddit posts into a HTML file for import into Google Chrome.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit
- Owner: csu
- License: other
- Created: 2013-08-29T16:53:19.000Z (over 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-09-29T05:04:18.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-31T07:34:36.727Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: backup, html, python, reddit, script
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 192 KB
- Stars: 433
- Watchers: 17
- Forks: 35
- Open Issues: 9
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Export Saved Reddit Posts
[](https://travis-ci.org/csu/export-saved-reddit) [](https://codecov.io/gh/csu/export-saved-reddit)
Exports saved and/or upvoted Reddit posts into a HTML file that is ready to be imported into Google Chrome. Sorts items into folders by subreddit.
## Requirements
* [Python 3.x](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
* [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/)
* [git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git) (recommended)
## Installation
First, make sure you have [Python 3.x](https://www.python.org/downloads/), [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/), and [git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git) installed on your machine.
Run the following in your command prompt to install:
git clone https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit.git
cd export-saved-reddit
pip install -r requirements.txt
To install without git, [download the source code from GitHub](https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit/archive/master.zip), extract the archive, and follow the steps above beginning from the second line.
## Usage
1. [Make a new Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps) app to get a `client id` and a `client secret`.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "create app"
- You can name the app anything (e.g. "export-saved"). Select the "script" option. Put anything for the redirect URI (e.g. https://christopher.su).
- After creating the app, the client id will appear under the app name while the client secret will be labeled "secret".
2. In the `export-saved-reddit` folder, rename the `AccountDetails.py.example` file to `AccountDetails.py`.
3. Open the `AccountDetails.py` in a text editor and enter your Reddit username, password, client id, client secret within the corresponding quotation marks. Save and close the file.
4. Back in your shell, run `python export_saved.py` in the `export-saved-reddit` folder. This will run the export, which will create `chrome-bookmarks.html` and `export-saved.csv` files containing your data in the same folder.
### Additional Options
usage: export_saved.py [-h] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-id CLIENT_ID]
[-s CLIENT_SECRET] [-v] [-up] [-all] [-V]
Exports saved Reddit posts into a HTML file that is ready to be imported into
Google Chrome or Firefox
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
pass in username as argument
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
pass in password as argument
-id CLIENT_ID, --client-id CLIENT_ID
pass in client id as argument
-s CLIENT_SECRET, --client-secret CLIENT_SECRET
pass in client secret as argument
-v, --verbose increase output verbosity (deprecated; doesn't do
anything now)
-up, --upvoted get upvoted posts instead of saved posts
-all, --all get upvoted, saved, comments and submissions
-V, --version get program version.
## Updating
To update the script to the latest version, enter the `export-saved-reddit` folder in your shell/command prompt and enter the following:
git pull
## Help
If you have any questions or comments, please [open an issue on GitHub](https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit/issues).
## [Contributing](https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS.md)
If you would like to contribute, check out the project's [open issues](https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit/issues). [Pull requests](https://github.com/csu/export-saved-reddit/pulls) are welcome.