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Toy python wrapper as I experiment with the Official Reddit API It's not intended to compete with or be as comprehensive as PRAW[PRAW]
The package is broken down into modules following the structure of the API. Brief overview:
login, create and delete user accounts::
client = user_login('your_username', 'your_password')
your_overview = current_account_overview(client)
Retrieve the activity of a given Reddit account, options include: overview, submissions, comments and likes::
user_submissions = get_user_activity('submitted', 'valid_username', 'top', 100, 'year')
Retrieve info about a given, or all subreddits of a logged in client. More to come::
python_overview = about_subreddit('python')
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A lightweight wrapper for interacting with the Reddit API
We found that reddit_py 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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