The CSS_IRL bot is a reddit bot that fetches new submissions from a subreddit and parses their titles to check if they are valid CSS. It can post a comment detailing the found errors and do whatever else you'd like to do.
The bot can be configured through a file named config.json as well as praw.ini.
In config.json, you can configure the following settings:
subreddit: The subreddit where the bot operates.comment_on_invalid_css: Whether the bot should comment on invalid CSS submissions.comment_on_valid_css: Whether the bot should comment on valid CSS submissions.distinguish_comments: Mark comments left by the bot as moderator comments (requires the "posts" moderator permission).sticky_comments: Whether distinguished comments should be stickied as well.feed_check_interval: How often the bot should check for new posts.logging_level: How detailed the logs should be.
You can also manage the following strings:
INVALID_CSS_MESSAGE_HEAD: Text at the start of an invalid CSS message.INVALID_CSS_MESSAGE_ENTRY: Text describing an individual error.INVALID_CSS_MESSAGE_TAIL: Text at the end of an invalid CSS message.VALID_CSS_MESSAGE: Text informing that the parsed title is valid CSS.FOOTNOTE: Text appended to every comment.
The praw.ini file describes the credentials used by the bot. It has the following format:
[cssirlbot]
client_id=XXX
client_secret=XXX
password=XXX
username=XXX
The client ID and secret can be obtained by registering a reddit app.
Download the files and prepare your configuration. Before running the bot, you might want to run pip install -r requirements.txt to obtain the dependencies. To start the script, run:
python3 cssirlbot.py
The bot will try to fetch the newest 100 submissions and parse all of them.