This program posts links to news items on /r/technology on Reddit. The links are gathered from TechHeat. The project is licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0.

Author: Daniel 'MaTachi' Jonsson, http://danielj.se

1. Install pip sudo apt-get install python3-pip

2. Install PRAW sudo pip-3.2 install praw

3. Install BeatuifulSoup sudo pip-3.2 install beautifulsoup4

4. Install SQLite3 sudo apt-get install sqlite3

5. Install YAML sudo apt-get install python3-yaml

6. Configure with your Reddit username and password:

   1. Make a copy of bot-sample.ini named bot.ini: cd configs ; cp bot-sample.ini bot.ini

   2. Add your Reddit username and password to bot.ini: vim bot.ini

1. Add permission to launch the program chmod u+x bot.py.

2. Launch with ./bot.py or python3 bot.py.

Automatic posting can be achieved by schedule launching bot.py with cron. Add a cronjob with crontab -e. List cronjobs with crontab -l.

Cronjob to launch the script once every hour:

0 * * * * cd /home/pi/cloaked-chatter && ./bot.py

Or to launch it once every two hours:

0 1-23/2 * * * cd /home/pi/cloaked-chatter && ./bot.py

As the Linux username pi suggests, in this case it's running on a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian "wheezy". A Raspberry Pi is perfect for this type of project considering its low energy consumption and that very little computing power is needed.

• --level=[1,2,3,4,5]: Specify the freshness level, see bot.ini. This overrides the setting in bot.ini. Useful when scheduling multiple instances of the program and you want them to run with different levels.