RedditAlertBot

• This bot monitors a specified subreddit and sends a direct message (DM) to a specified Discord user when a recent post exceeds a defined upvote threshold. It's useful for tracking trending posts on Reddit in real-time.

Features

• Monitors new posts in a specified subreddit.
• Sends a DM to the user when a post reaches the specified upvote threshold.
• Customizable subreddit, upvote threshold, and notification frequency.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.7+

• Ensure you have Python installed. You can download it from python.org.

• Create a bot on the Discord Developer Portal and get your bot token.

• Enable Server Members Intent and Message Content Intent under "Privileged Gateway Intents" in the bot settings.

• Also here in this Developer Portal, acquire your Discord Bot Token and Reddit API Credentials

Register an application on Reddit's Developer Portal to get your client_id, client_secret, and user_agent.

Installing Dependencies

pip install praw discord.py

Configuration

• Create a .env file (for security) in your project root and add your credentials:

•   REDDIT_CLIENT_ID=your_reddit_client_id
    REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET=your_reddit_client_secret
    REDDIT_USER_AGENT=your_reddit_user_agent
    DISCORD_TOKEN=your_discord_bot_token
    DISCORD_USER_ID=your_discord_user_id  # Replace with your Discord user ID
  

• Update the main script to import the credentials from .env instead of hardcoding them directly in the script.

Running the Bot

• Run the bot with:

• python bot.py
  

• The bot will now monitor your chosen subreddit and DM you when a post reaches the specified upvote threshold.