Guide for setting things up

Installation

Windows

• Reddit-cli requires Python 3.6 or above. Get it here.

1. Clone the repository to your disk: download and extract.
2. Open command prompt and cd to the reddit-cli directory:
3. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install the required packages.
4. Create credentials.json. It should have the following format:

{"client_id":"<client_id>", "client_secret":"<client_secret>", "user_agent":"('platform:''com.package.reddit:v1.0''(by /u/username)')"}

• You can get your client_id and client_secret by creating an app through this link.

5. To run the script, enter python -m reddit

• Afterwards, follow the on screen instructions

Linux

• Install python using sudo apt update && sudo apt install python
• Install git using sudo apt install git

1. Clone the repository to your disk using:

git clone https://github.com/AyamDobhal/reddit-cli

2. cd to the directory using:

cd reddit-cli

3. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install required packages.

4. Create credentials.json. It should have the following format:

{"client_id":"<client_id>", "client_secret":"<client_secret>", "user_agent":"('platform:"'com.package.reddit:v1.0''(by /u/username)')"}

• You can get your client_id and client_secret by creating an app through this link.

5. To run the script, enter python -m reddit

• Afterwards, follow the on screen instructions

Android

• Install Termux from Google Play or F-Droid.
• Install Termux-API from Google Play or F-Droid.

1. Open Termux.
2. run termux-setup-storage and give storage permissions.
3. Install termux-api package using pkg install termux-api.
4. Install Python using pkg install python.
5. Install git using pkg install git.
6. Clone the repository to your disk using:

git clone https://github.com/AyamDobhal/reddit-cli

7. cd to the directory using:

cd reddit-cli

8. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install required packages.

9. Create credentials.json. It should have the following format:

{"client_id":"<client_id>", "client_secret":"<client_secret>", "user_agent":"('platform:''com.package.reddit:v1.0''(by /u/username)')"}

• You can get your client_id and client_secret by creating an app through this link.

10. To run the script, enter python -m reddit

• Afterwards, follow the on screen instructions