lmgtfy

A Reddit Lmgtfy(Let me google that for you) bot that replies to questions in specified subreddits. It will reply to questions that contain Who is, What is, Where is, How is, What are, etc.

Prerequisites

• Reddit client id
• Reddit client secret

Installation

Clone the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/rlyonheart/lmgtfy.git

$ cd lmgtfy

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Getting Started

• Assuming your're already logged in to Reddit

The first step is to create an application to query the API.

• Go to Reddit Apps
• Select “script” as the type of app.
• Name your app and give it a description.
• Set-up the redirect uri (you can just put https://example.com for this purpose)
• Click “Create app”, you will be given your client_id and client_secret key. you will use these in the config/credentials.py file

After getting the keys

Move to the config/credentials.py file, you will have to put your Reddit username and password then add the keys you got from Reddit.

• Then move to the lmgtfy.py file and add the name of the subreddit you what to monitor.
• Once that's done, run python lmgtfy.py.

You can also customize the bot's reply to suit your needs