Reddit to Video Bot

Build

Run the command below where makefile is located to build the project.

make

If you run make sucessfully, then no need to do the other steps.

Run the command below where makefile is located to build the venv and install required dependencies.

make venv

Run the command below where makefile is located to build the praw.ini.

make praw.ini

You wil be asked to enter credentials for praw.ini.

Run the command below where makefile is located to delete the venv and praw.ini.

make clean

If make is succesfully completed:

• Make sure playwright browsers are installed.
• Install ImageMagick. Required for watermark.
• Edit the watermark text.
• Add background videos.
• Edit the configuration for subreddits.

Run

Run from the project's root folder.

python reddit_to_video/main.py

Praw

praw.ini is required at the root directory of the project.

Can be built with 'make praw.ini'.

Example:

[bot1]
client_id=yourClientId
client_secret=yourSecretId
user_agent=userAgentName

Playwright

To install browsers run in the terminal.

playwright install

Or run 'make venv' in the terminal.

ImageMagick

ImageMagick is required to be able to add watermark to videos.

If you are getting security policy error, go to /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml and comment out the following line:

<policy domain="path" rights="none" pattern="@*"/>

Windows

You can install it from the offical website. You may also need to set the path.

Linux

You can install it with your package manager.

Subreddits

You can add, remove or change the configuration for subreddits from subreddits.json

Background Videos

You can find and download the background videos from the releases or you can use your own custom videos.

After downloading background videos, place them inside background_videos folder which is located at the root of the project.

Videos should be 60 seconds long as the script will collect texts up to 60 seconds. Or maximum video duration should also be changed from the script.