Niche script that reads comment votes of a grid table posted in Reddit.
This code reads comments that are votes on a specific grid system posted to Reddit. It was used to count votes for student sneaker designs on /r/sneakers. Here's an example.
You will need anaconda or miniconda installed. Create the environment from environment.yaml :
conda env create -f environment.yaml
conda activate read_grid_votes_on_reddit
Alternatively, if you can pip-install praw you will probably be able to run everything, it's not that complex of a script. Conda was overkill.
First you will need to set up a personal_config.py in the src directory. This file will contain your credentials to scrape the reddit post. You will need a client ID (CLIENT_ID), client secret (CLIENT_SECRET), and user agent (AGENT). Follow the instructions here to get them.
In the src directory, run
python main.py
You will be asked for the url of the reddit post in question. The results will be output to a file called results.csv.