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Script to post new subreddit posts to a Discord channel via webhook
# reddit-feed.py - posts new subreddit posts to a Discord channel via webhook
# author: Dan Walker
# email: code@danwalker.com
# url: https://danwalker.netlify.app/python-discord-reddit-feed/
# created: 2020-08-13
import requests
import json
import time
from discord_webhook import DiscordWebhook, DiscordEmbed
# open the cache, or start from a blank list
try:
with open('db.json') as json_file:
db = json.load(json_file)
except FileNotFoundError:
db = []
webhook_url = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_WEBHOOK_HERE"
subreddit = 'discordapp' # can be chained with + (example: python+webdev)
req = requests.get(f'https://www.reddit.com/r/{subreddit}/new/.json', headers={
"Cache-Control": "no-cache",
"Pragma": "no-cache",
"User-Agent": "discord-feed-bot"})
posts = req.json()['data']['children']
# for each new post found in this request
for post in posts:
if post['data']['name'] not in db:
webhook = DiscordWebhook(url=webhook_url)
permalink = f"https://www.reddit.com{post['data']['permalink']}"
# create an appropriate embed object
if post['data']['thumbnail'] == 'self': # text post
embed = DiscordEmbed(title=post['data']['title'], url=permalink, description=post['data']['selftext'])
embed.set_footer(text=f"Posted by {post['data']['author']}")
elif post['data']['is_video']: # video post
embed = DiscordEmbed(title=post['data']['title'], url=permalink)
embed.set_image(url=post['data']['thumbnail'])
embed.set_footer(text=f"Video posted by {post['data']['author']}")
else: # image post
embed = DiscordEmbed(title=post['data']['title'], url=permalink)
embed.set_image(url=post['data']['url'])
embed.set_footer(text=f"Image posted by {post['data']['author']}")
# attach the embed to the webhook request and go!
webhook.add_embed(embed)
webhook.execute()
time.sleep(1) # to prevent Discord webhook rate limiting
# add post name to DB so we don't display it again
db.append(post['data']['name'])
# save the cache of (at least) the last 50 posts seen
with open('db.json', 'w') as outfile:
json.dump(db[-50:], outfile)
@redthista
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Great script, I have forked and added a loop so you can specify in an array: 1. Subredit name 2. Discord webhook link 3. Type: Hot | New | Top | Rising. making it a little more modular and easier to add to.

@redthista
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also changed to 2 second wait time as I was still getting issues.

@killaxia
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Will this automatically post new content or will i need to code a task?

@danwalkeruk
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Will this automatically post new content or will i need to code a task?

Hi @killaxia, I'm not entirely sure what you mean? You will need to run the script on a regular interval, each time it runs it checks for new posts and if there are any, it submits them to your Discord. Ideally you'd run this as a cronjob.

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killaxia commented Oct 27, 2021 via email

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