reddit-eraser is a node.js script that will get the last 100 comments, and replace them with chuck norris quotes...then delete the comment.
#mac
brew install node
Other OS (windows, linux) should install from source found at http://nodejs.org
navigate to reddit.com/prefs/apps/
create a new app and use http://localhost for the redirect uri
git clone git@github.com:chovy/reddit-eraser.git
cd reddit-eraser
npm install
# copy config
cp config.sample.json config.json
# run from command line
./index.js -u username -p password -k oauthkey -s oauthsecret
# add a cronjob to periodically check
crontab -e
# add this line (runs every hour on hh:05)
5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/node ~/path/to/reddit-eraser/index.js -u user -p pass
# use flock to skip runs where script is already running (recommended - allows to run every hour)
5 * * * * flock -n /tmp/reddit-eraser.lock -c "/usr/local/bin/node /path/to/reddit-eraser/index.js -u user -p pass"
concurrency is the number of simultaneous api requests sent to reddit.
- user: reddit uername
- pass: reddit password
- v: verbosity (
-vvvto increase) - c: concurrent requests
LICENSE: MIT