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- Browse, search, post, and moderate Reddit. Read-only works without auth; posting/moderation requires OAuth setup.
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Browse, search, post to, and moderate subreddits. Read-only actions work without auth; posting/moderation requires OAuth setup.
Setup (for posting/moderation)
- Go to https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps
- Click "create another app..."
- Select "script" type
- Set redirect URI to
http://localhost:8080 - Note your client ID (under app name) and client secret
- 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 5Search 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 yoursubredditNotes
- Read actions use Reddit's public JSON API (no auth needed)
- Post/mod actions require OAuth - run
logincommand once to authorize - Token stored at
~/.reddit-token.json(auto-refreshes) - Rate limits: ~60 requests/minute for OAuth, ~10/minute for unauthenticated