https://github.com/ralyodio/reddit-eraser

Erase your reddit comment history (then delete them).
https://github.com/ralyodio/reddit-eraser

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Erase your reddit comment history (then delete them).

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ralyodio/reddit-eraser
• Owner: ralyodio
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-12-09T10:26:29.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-04-20T00:34:40.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-03T18:46:09.432Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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reddit-eraser

=============

reddit-eraser is a node.js script that will get the last 100 comments, and replace them with chuck norris quotes...then delete the comment.

## node.js (required)

	#mac

	brew install node

Other OS (windows, linux) should install from source found at http://nodejs.org

## authorize access

    navigate to reddit.com/prefs/apps/

    create a new app and use http://localhost for the redirect uri

## install

    git clone [email protected]:chovy/reddit-eraser.git

    cd reddit-eraser

    npm install

    

    # copy config

    cp config.sample.json config.json

    

    # run from command line

    ./index.js -u username -p password -k oauthkey -s oauthsecret

    # add a cronjob to periodically check

    crontab -e

    # add this line (runs every hour on hh:05)

    5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/node ~/path/to/reddit-eraser/index.js -u user -p pass

    

    # use flock to skip runs where script is already running (recommended - allows to run every hour)

    5 * * * * flock -n /tmp/reddit-eraser.lock -c "/usr/local/bin/node /path/to/reddit-eraser/index.js -u user -p pass"

## configure

concurrency is the number of simultaneous api requests sent to reddit.

## options

- user: reddit uername

- pass: reddit password

- v: verbosity (`-vvv` to increase)

- c: concurrent requests

LICENSE: MIT