vedderpradhan / redditanalyst

A python script that gets the posts in r/depression by the top specified redditors of a desired subreddit

Reddit Analyst

A python script that gets the posts in r/depression by the top specified redditors of a desired subreddit

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Before using the script, you need to create your own Reddit App, and enter the Cliend ID and the secret token in the specified section of the code. Click here to create it

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How it works

This script gets the top specified redditors (from hot) that posted on a desired subreddit and analizes their account to se if they ever posted on r/depression. Then, returns the number of all the posts of r/depression by the top specified number of users (from hot) of a desired subreddit. The script can be slightly modified to show the posts of the users, simply uncomment line __ of the main.py file.

It also displays the amount of time that my computer took to analyze every subreddit.

This repository also includes a graph.py script, that, after specifying the needed info, graphs your results. In a future update, I will combine both of them.

Simple explanation of what this code means:

This script shows how many posts in r/depression were published by people who also posted on a specified subreddit

Example:

I tried my code with some subreddits that I thought they would be interesting to see the results and made a graph out of it.

Requisites:

This program requires PRAW

pip install praw

Beepy

pip install beepy

Matplotlib (for the graph script)

pip install matplotlib

Installing

• Download or clone the repository.
• Execute the Python file (with launcher.bat or witht any other prefered method)
• A command prompt window should appear.

How to use:

• Create the reddit bot
• Execute the script (a command prompt window should appear)
• Introduce the desired subbredit to analyse.
• Press enter
• Wait until the programm makes a sound.
• Press enter. A txt file will be created with the exact same information as the terminal.
• (optional) Graph the info with the graph.py file

Works for sure on:

• Windows 10 with Python 3.9