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Panku: Easy Reddit post fetcher designed for humans.
Example Code
from Panku.panku import Reddit
python_sub = Reddit('github',count=5)
python_sub.read()
output
Using Base URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/Github/.json?limit=5
Have or know of a project on Github looking for contributors? Feel free to drop them down to add to the wiki page!
by iSaithh → https://reddit.com/r/github/comments/c4kccq/have_or_know_of_a_project_on_github_looking_for/
Need help creating a Java repo
by llamagish → https://reddit.com/r/github/comments/clexx8/need_help_creating_a_java_repo/
Help required: New Stickney Japanese IME installation
by engitect → https://reddit.com/r/github/comments/clf0dv/help_required_new_stickney_japanese_ime/
Best way to use GitHub pages to host v1.myproject.org, v2.myproject.org, vN.myproject.org?
by breck → https://reddit.com/r/github/comments/cl5fc2/best_way_to_use_github_pages_to_host/
Github pages site still active…even though I deleted the repo weeks ago
by zevthewolf → https://reddit.com/r/github/comments/cl4rae/github_pages_site_still_activeeven_though_i/
Had open-sourced a small script I wrote and mostly forgot about it. But then this happened and made my day!!!
by SkullTech101 → https://reddit.com/r/github/comments/ckpjv2/had_opensourced_a_small_script_i_wrote_and_mostly/
Installation - Installs to python default environment.
py setup.py install
Run from command line
py panku.py -c (count) -s (subreddit)
FAQs
Easy API-less reddit scraper
We found that panku demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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