A Reddit script to continuously count similar posts you've made in the past

README.md

Usage

python post_count_bot.py

Exports data to post_counts.csv, and overwrites the file every time you make a post on Reddit.

post_count_bot.py

import csv
import praw
import sys
import traceback

# Reddit client configuration:
BOT_USERNAME = 'BOT_USERNAME'
BOT_PASSWORD = 'BOT_PASSWORD'
BOT_CLIENT_ID = 'BOT_CLIENT_ID'
BOT_CLIENT_SECRET = 'BOT_CLIENT_SECRET'
BOT_USER_AGENT = 'BOT_USER_AGENT'

# Reddit username to follow
REDDIT_USERNAME = 'REDDIT_USERNAME'

class Bot():
    def __init__(self):
        self.reddit = praw.Reddit(username=BOT_USERNAME,
                                  password=BOT_PASSWORD,
                                  client_id=BOT_CLIENT_ID,
                                  client_secret=BOT_CLIENT_SECRET,
                                  user_agent=BOT_USER_AGENT)

    def run(self):
        user = self.reddit.redditor(REDDIT_USERNAME)
        user_comment_stream = praw.models.util.stream_generator(
            lambda **kwargs: self.user_comments(user, **kwargs))

        count_cache = {}
        for comment in user_comment_stream:
            sliced_comment = comment.body.split('\n')[0]

            if sliced_comment in count_cache:
                count = count_cache[sliced_comment] + 1
            else:
                count = 1

            count_cache[sliced_comment] = count

            with open('post_counts.csv', 'w') as f:
                for item in sorted(count_cache.items(), key=lambda item: item[1], reverse=True):
                    f.write("%s,%s\n"%(item))

    def user_comments(self, user, **kwargs):
        results = []
        results.extend(user.comments.new(**kwargs))
        results.sort(key=lambda post: post.created_utc)
        return results

if __name__ == '__main__':
    while True:
        try:
            Bot().run()
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            print('Exiting')
            sys.exit(0)
        except Exception:
            traceback.print_exc()
            sys.exit(1)