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Installation
Richard Mwewa edited this page 2023-08-31 21:17:55 +02:00
Note
The program has both CLI and GUI variants
Installing the CLI
Note
The cli is cross-platform and in order to use it, you will need to have Python installed on your system
Install from PyPI
pip install reddit-post-scraping-tool
or
pip install rpst
Install the dev version from Dev branch
Note
The dev version might be unstable
pip install git+https://github.com/bellingcat/reddit-post-scraping-tool.git@dev
Usage
rpst --keyword [keyword] --subreddit [subreddit name (without 'r/')]
Optional arguments
| Option | Argument | Choices | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| -l/--listing | LISTING | [controversial, hot, best, new, rising] | listing: controversial, hot, best, new, rising (default: top) |
| -c/--limit | NUMBER | 1-100 | results limit (default: 10) |
| -t/--timeframe | TIMEFRAME | [hour, day, week, month, year] | timeframe: hour, day, week, month, year (default: all) |
| --json | Specify to write found posts to a json file | ||
| --csv | Specify to write found posts to a csv file | ||
| -d/--debug | enable debug mode (show network logs) |
Setting up the GUI
Note
The GUI is only available for Windows systems
Prerequisites
- .NET 6.0 or later
1. Download the GUI from the releases page
You can download the latest release of the GUI here
2. Extract the downloaded .zip
3. Run the binary
Once extracted, you can then run the program by double clicking on a binary named RPST.exe