https://github.com/matachi/cloaked-chatter

Program that automatically posts tech news to Reddit's /r/technology
https://github.com/matachi/cloaked-chatter

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Program that automatically posts tech news to Reddit's /r/technology

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/matachi/cloaked-chatter
• Owner: matachi
• License: mpl-2.0
• Created: 2013-03-27T14:00:09.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: dev
• Last Pushed: 2013-04-17T13:29:03.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-10T04:24:13.356Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 242 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: history.py
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

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About

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This program posts links to news items on /r/technology on Reddit. The links

are gathered from [TechHeat](http://techhe.at/). The project is licensed under

Mozilla Public License 2.0.

Author: Daniel 'MaTachi' Jonsson, [http://danielj.se](http://danielj.se)

Setup

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1. Install pip `sudo apt-get install python3-pip`

2. Install [PRAW](https://github.com/praw-dev/praw) `sudo pip-3.2 install praw`

3. Install [BeatuifulSoup](http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/) `sudo pip-3.2 install beautifulsoup4`

4. Install SQLite3 `sudo apt-get install sqlite3`

5. Install YAML `sudo apt-get install python3-yaml`

6. Configure with your Reddit username and password:

    1. Make a copy of bot-sample.ini named bot.ini:

       `cd configs ; cp bot-sample.ini bot.ini`

    2. Add your Reddit username and password to bot.ini: `vim bot.ini`

Launching

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1. Add permission to launch the program `chmod u+x bot.py`.

2. Launch with `./bot.py` or `python3 bot.py`.

Schedule automatic posting

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Automatic posting can be achieved by schedule launching bot.py with cron. Add a

cronjob with `crontab -e`. List cronjobs with `crontab -l`.

Cronjob to launch the script once every hour:

    0 * * * * cd /home/pi/cloaked-chatter && ./bot.py

Or to launch it once every two hours:

    0 1-23/2 * * * cd /home/pi/cloaked-chatter && ./bot.py

As the Linux username `pi` suggests, in this case it's running on a Raspberry

Pi with Raspbian "wheezy". A Raspberry Pi is perfect for this type of project

considering its low energy consumption and that very little computing power is

needed.

Program arguments

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* **--level=[1,2,3,4,5]**: Specify the freshness level, see bot.ini. This

  overrides the setting in bot.ini. Useful when scheduling multiple instances

  of the program and you want them to run with different levels.