recho 1.0.2

Description:

recho 1.0.2

Reddit Echo
Reposts Reddit posts from a target user to a specific slack channel

Helper class to make working with Selenium recho waits easier and
more accessible


(Optional) Create a virtual environment
Its useful to create a virtual environment for installing and running recho
$ sudo pip install virtualenv
$ cd ~
$ virtualenv .venvrecho
$ source .venvrecho/bin/activate


Register Your App
Register your app with Reddit, and jot down your Client ID and Secret
https://ssl.reddit.com/prefs/apps

Click “create another app” button at the bottom
Click “script” radio button
Fill in the remaining boxes, the actual values don’t matter
Click create, and record Client ID and Secret



Installation
Install from PyPI using pip:
$ pip install --update recho
Add the configuration file
$ touch ~/.recho.ini
Write the following into that file, adding your Slack token and channel
[praw]
client_id: <Reddit Client ID>
client_secret: <Reddit Client Secret>

[slack]
# Follow instructions at https://my.slack.com/services/new/bot
token: <Your slack token>
channel: <your channel name>
Note that the channel name is without the hash.
general instead of #general


Running Recho
Recho is designed for use with cron. Simply add an entry similar to the one below:
$ sudo vi /etc/crontab
If you use a virtual environment:
* * * * * user source ~/.venvrecho/bin/activate && recho acidtwist
Otherwise you can simply call recho directly
* * * * * user recho acidtwist