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Reddit

Browse, search, post, and moderate Reddit. Read-only works without auth; posting/moderation requires OAuth setup.

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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