Gif_Slowing_Bot

A Reddit bot that slows down gifs when it is invoked, uploads the slowed down version to imgur and replies the imgur link back to the invoker. The dockerized version runs the bot script automatically every minute.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 11

OR

• Docker

Installing

After cloning the project, navigate to the project root. Create a .env file that contains the following information:

IMGUR_CLIENT_ID=X
IMGUR_CLIENT_SECRET=X

REDDIT_USERNAME=X
REDDIT_PASSWORD=X
REDDIT_SECRET=X
REDDIT_CLIENT_ID=X

Then, in the project root, run

npm install
npm run start:dev

OR

./scripts/start.sh

OR

docker build -t gif_slowing_bot .
docker run --env-file .env -v $(pwd)/log:/var/log -d gif_slowing_bot