Reddit

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Reddit

Browse, search, post to, and moderate subreddits. Read-only actions work without auth; posting/moderation requires OAuth setup.

Setup (for posting/moderation)

1. Go to https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps 2. Click "create another app..." 3. Select "script" type 4. Set redirect URI to http://localhost:8080 5. Note your client ID (under app name) and client secret 6. Set environment variables:

   export REDDIT_CLIENT_ID="your_client_id"
   export REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET="your_client_secret"
   export REDDIT_USERNAME="your_username"
   export REDDIT_PASSWORD="your_password"
   

Read Posts (no auth required)

# Hot posts from a subreddit
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs posts wallstreetbets
New posts
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs posts wallstreetbets --sort new
Top posts (day/week/month/year/all)
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs posts wallstreetbets --sort top --time week
Limit results
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs posts wallstreetbets --limit 5

Search Posts

# Search within a subreddit
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs search wallstreetbets "YOLO"
Search all of Reddit
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs search all "stock picks"

Get Comments on a Post

# By post ID or full URL
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs comments POST_ID
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs comments "https://reddit.com/r/subreddit/comments/abc123/..."

Submit a Post (requires auth)

# Text post
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs submit yoursubreddit --title "Weekly Discussion" --text "What's on your mind?"
Link post
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs submit yoursubreddit --title "Great article" --url "https://example.com/article"

Reply to a Post/Comment (requires auth)

node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs reply THING_ID "Your reply text here"

Moderation (requires auth + mod permissions)

# Remove a post/comment
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs mod remove THING_ID
Approve a post/comment
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs mod approve THING_ID
Sticky a post
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs mod sticky POST_ID
Unsticky
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs mod unsticky POST_ID
Lock comments
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs mod lock POST_ID
View modqueue
node {baseDir}/scripts/reddit.mjs mod queue yoursubreddit

Notes

Read actions use Reddit's public JSON API (no auth needed)

Post/mod actions require OAuth - run login command once to authorize

Token stored at ~/.reddit-token.json (auto-refreshes)

Rate limits: ~60 requests/minute for OAuth, ~10/minute for unauthenticated

Read actions use Reddit's public JSON API (no auth needed)

Post/mod actions require OAuth - run login command once to authorize

Token stored at ~/.reddit-token.json (auto-refreshes)

Rate limits: ~60 requests/minute for OAuth, ~10/minute for unauthenticated