reddit-easy-post

Define your Reddit post via YAML, run this script to post it to Reddit. Ideal for scheduling using external tool.

Usage

1. Create a YAML file with the post contents
2. (Optional) List available flairs for target subreddit.

poetry run main --flairs <subreddit>

3. Run the script:

poetry run main --file <post-file.yaml>

Input file format (YAML)

type: text # Only text currently supported
title: Sample Title
subreddit: test # Omit the r/ prefix
body: |
    Multi line strings in YAML start with the '|' prefix.
    Alternatively, you can use '>' instead of '|' if you don't want to preserve line breaks.
    Or you can leave this empty for no body
flair: Sample Flair # Optional. Use --flairs to get names

Scheduling

Use any of the following tools to run the script on demand:

• at
• cron
• systemd timers

Environment variables

Variable	Desc	Required
REDDIT_USER	Username	Yes
REDDIT_PASS	Password	Yes
REDDIT_CLIENTID	Reddit API Client ID	Yes
REDDIT_CLIENTSEC	Reddit API Client Secret	Yes

See the following for how to get REDDIT_CLIENTID and REDDIT_CLIENTSEC:

https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/hasnnc/where_do_i_find_the_reddit_client_id_and_secret