postreddit

Some typescript helper functions for posting to reddit using snoowrap with Promise type modifications. Probably unsafe.

Setup

Create a .env file in the root of your project with:

USER_AGENT=YourAppName/1.0.0 by YourRedditUsername
REDDIT_CLIENT_ID=your_reddit_client_id
REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET=your_reddit_client_secret
REDDIT_USERNAME=your_reddit_username
REDDIT_PASSWORD=your_reddit_password

These values are obtained by creating a Reddit App at https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps

fun

await RedditPoster.postText('test', 'Hello Reddit', 'This is my first post!');

await RedditPoster.postLink('test', 'Check this out', 'https://example.com');

await RedditPoster.commentOnPost('abc123', 'Nice post!');

const postId = extractPostId('https://www.reddit.com/r/test/comments/abc123/example_post/');
console.log(postId); // "abc123"

Each method logs the success to the console with the post or comment URL. Errors are caught and logged with a helpful message.

npm install

npm install git+http://github.com/louislouist/postreddit.git

cd node_modules/postreddit

npm run build

example code

import { RedditPoster, extractPostId } from 'postreddit';

async function main() {
	const postUrl = await RedditPoster.postText('test', 'Test B', 'Please work.');

	if (postUrl) {
		const postId = extractPostId(postUrl);
		console.log(postUrl);

		if (postId) {
			await RedditPoster.commentOnPost(postId, 'Thanks for all the fish!');
			console.log(postId);
		}
	}
}

main();