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For each one of your accounts, you have to create a reddit script API key and secret API key (see https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps > new app > script).
Requirements
praw
pyyaml
Installation
git clone https://github.com/dbeley/reddit_export_userdata
cd reddit_export_userdata
pip install praw pyyaml
python reddit_export_userdata.py -h
Configuration
For configuration, open the config.example.yaml file to see an example.
# Rename this file config.yaml.
users:
# The four following fields are mandatory.
- username: username1
password : password1
client_id : client_id1
client_secret : client_secret1
# At least one export option has to be set.
exports:
# Comments made by user.
- comments
# Submissions made by user.
- submissions
# Submissions and comments saved by user.
- saved
# Submissions and comments upvoted by user.
- upvoted
- username: username2
password : password2
client_id : client_id2
client_secret : client_secret2
exports:
- saved
options:
# Each user will have a separate export file.
separate_export: true
# Will only export list of urls instead of csv files.
archivebox_export: true
By default, the script searches for a config.yaml config file in the current folder, but you can use the -c/--config_file argument to use another config file.
Run
python reddit_export_userdata.py
Help
python reddit_export_userdata.py -h
usage: reddit_export_userdata.py [-h] [--debug] [-a] [-s] [-c CONFIG_FILE]
reddit_export_userdata. Exports userdata of one or several reddit accounts.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--debug Display debugging information.
-a, --archivebox_export
Export only urls (old.reddit and www.reddit) in order
to be used by archivebox.
-s, --separate_export
Export data in separate files for each reddit users.
-c CONFIG_FILE, --config_file CONFIG_FILE
Path to the config file (default: "config.yaml")
About
Export userdata from your reddit accounts. Submissions, comments, saved, upvoted contents are supported.