NOTE: This scraper is out-of-date, may not work with new Reddit API.
General Subreddit Scraper that first scrapes posts, then scrapes comments under those posts.
To use the scraper:
- Create list of subreddits in file subs_to_collect.txt, where each is on a newline
- Provide UTC timestape for start date and end date variables in scraper_run.py
- To collect both posts and comments, use 'scraper.scraper(sub, (start_date, end_date), outfile, True, True)' in scraper_run.py. To collect only posts use 'scraper.scraper(sub, (start_date, end_date), outfile, True, False)'.
- In scrape_tools/reddit_community_scraper.py provide API client information. This can be done from any reddit account.
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