https://github.com/jonathanfunk/reddit-wordcloud-generator
This is a wordcloud generator powered by React, Reddit API & React Wordcloud. Users can submit a subreddit or Reddit user and generate a wordcloud based on the words they use.
https://github.com/jonathanfunk/reddit-wordcloud-generator
react react-wordcloud reddit-api
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This is a wordcloud generator powered by React, Reddit API & React Wordcloud. Users can submit a subreddit or Reddit user and generate a wordcloud based on the words they use.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jonathanfunk/reddit-wordcloud-generator
- Owner: jonathanfunk
- Created: 2020-02-17T20:05:45.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-01-05T07:33:40.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2023-03-08T16:41:25.323Z (about 3 years ago)
- Topics: react, react-wordcloud, reddit-api
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://jonathanfunk.github.io/reddit-wordcloud-generator/
- Size: 7.98 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 21
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Reddit Wordcloud Generator
## Project
This is a wordcloud generator powered by React, Reddit API & [React Wordcloud](https://github.com/chrisrzhou/react-wordcloud/). Users can submit a subreddit or Reddit user and generate a wordcloud based on the words they use.
## Technology
- VS Code
- HTML5
- CSS3
- ES6 JavaScript
- React
- Git/Github
## Summary
What drove me to build this application was my curiosity on the general trend of a subreddit. What better way to display this information than using a wordcloud? There are many wordcloud generators out there but for the most part you have to manually add the text yourself, soo I've decided to make one specifically for Reddit.
[React Wordcloud](https://github.com/chrisrzhou/react-wordcloud/) by Chris Zhou is the right tool for the job. It was pretty simple to setup & style. Once I got it set up, it was time to bring in Reddit data. When I made a subreddit request through the Reddit API I had to go through several steps to upload the information to the generator (Combining posts into an array, clean up titles, removing punctuation & sorting). Once I got the generator up and running, I decided to take it a step further & create a generator for Reddit user comments.
I feel I've fulfilled my dream upon completing this application. I find that subreddits with a consistently sized wordcloud tend to be more original. And on top of commonly used words, you can get a sense of the subreddit's tone based on words used (fun, informative, depressing).