Merge pull request #74 from scott-hand/master

PyPI installable version

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 shreddit.yml
 praw.ini
+Makefile
 
 # Docs
 docs/_build/

README.md

@@ -1,53 +1,47 @@
-Shreddit
+# Shreddit
-========
+
-
+Shreddit is a Python command line program which will take a user's post history on the website
-Description
+[Reddit](http://reddit.com), and will systematically go through the user's history deleting one post/submission at a
------------
+time until only those whitelisted remain. It allows you to maintain your normal reddit account while having your history
-Shreddit is a Python command line program which will take a user's post history
-on the website [Reddit](http://reddit.com), and will systematically go through
-the user's history deleting one post/submission at a time until only those
-whitelisted remain.
-
-**Note:** When it became known that post edits were *not* saved but post
-deletions *were* saved, code was added to edit your post prior to deletion. In
-fact you can actually turn off deletion all together and just have lorem ipsum
-(or a message about Shreddit) but this will increase how long it takes the
-script to run as it will be going over all of your messages every run!
-
-It allows you to maintain your normal reddit account while having your history
 scrubbed after a certain amount of time.
 
-User Login deprecation
+When it became known that post edits were *not* saved but post deletions *were* saved, code was added to edit your post
-----------------------
+prior to deletion. In fact you can actually turn off deletion all together and just have lorem ipsum (or a message
-Reddit intends to disable username-password based authentication to access its
+about Shreddit) but this will increase how long it takes the script to run as it will be going over all of your messages
-APIs in the near future. You can specify your username and password in the
+every run.
-`shreddit.yml` or the `praw.ini` to make it work **FOR NOW**. But consider
+
-looking at the [OAuth2 instructions](#oauth2-instructions) if you intend to use
+## User Login deprecation
-this program in the future.
+
-
+Reddit intends to disable username-password based authentication to access its APIs in the near future. You can specify
-Installation ([Click here for Windows instructions](#for-windows-users))
+your username and password in the `shreddit.yml` or the `praw.ini` to make it work **FOR NOW**. But consider looking at
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+the [OAuth2 instructions](#oauth2-instructions) if you intend to use this program in the future.
-1. Clone the repository
+
-2. Run `python setup.py install`. Usually this is run in the context of a
+## Pip Installation
-   virtualenv or with administrative permissions for system-wide installation.
+
-   virtual environment)
+`pip install -U shreddit` will install the package and its dependencies, and it will add a `shreddit` command line
-3. Copy `shreddit.yml.example` to `shreddit.yml` and edit it to your liking.
+utility to your PATH. This is typically either run in a virtualenv or using administrative privileges for global
-	- Make sure you specify your credentials in the file.
+installation.
-	- See the [OAuth2 instructions](#oauth2-instructions) if you don't want to
+
-      use username-password based authentication.
+## Manual Installation
-
+
-- It's useful to have it run as an event, you can set this up as you like but I
+1. Clone the `shreddit` repository to a directory.
-  suggest `cron` via `crontab -e` and adding a line such as
+2. From the directory, run `pip install -r requirements.txt`
-  `@hourly cd $HOME/Shreddit && source bin/activate && shreddit` See below for
+3. Run `python setup.py install` to install the package and the `shreddit` command line utility.  This is typically
-  more.
+   either run in a virtualenv or using administrative privileges for global installation.
-- Adding your password to the praw.ini and adding the additional output line
+
-  can provide extra debugging help.
+## Usage
-
+
-Cron examples
+After installing the `shreddit` command line utility, the first step is setting up the tool's configuration file. Simply
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+typing `shreddit` will print a message with an example config. Copy the message from `---` onwards and save it as
-
+`shreddit.yml`. Now, the tool may be used by simply typing `shreddit` from this directory. Alternatively, if you named
-- Run `crontab -e` to edit your cron file. If you have access to something like
+the configuration file something different such as `config.yml`, you may use it with `shreddit -c config.yml`.
-  vixie-cron then each user can have their own personal cron job!
+
+### Automating
+
+The easiest way to automate this tool after the first run is by using the cron utility. Run `crontab -e` to edit your
+user's crontab settings.
+
+**Examples:**
 
 - Run every hour on the hour
         `0 * * * * shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
@@ -58,38 +52,42 @@ Cron examples
 - Run once a month on the 1st of the month
         `0 0 1 * * shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
 
-If virtualenv was used, be sure to add
+If virtualenv was used, be sure to add `source /full/path/to/venv/bin/activate &&` before the command. For example:
-`source /full/path/to/venv/bin/activate &&`
+
-before the command. For example:
+`0 * * * * source /full/path/to/venv/bin/activate && shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
 
-`0 * * * * source /full/path/to/venv/bin/activate &&
+### Command Line Options
-shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
 
-For Windows users
+```
------------------
+$ shreddit --help
+usage: shreddit [-h] [-c CONFIG] [-p PRAW] [-t]
+
+Command-line frontend to the shreddit library.
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
+                        Config file to use instead of the default shreddit.yml
+  -p PRAW, --praw PRAW  PRAW config (if not ./praw.ini)
+  -t, --test-oauth      Perform OAuth test and exit
+```
+
+## For Windows users
 
 1. Make sure you have Python installed.
    [Click here for the Python download page](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
         - **Note:** Install either `python 2.x` or `python 3.x`, not both.
-2. Clone the repository (or download and extract the zip file)
+2. Follow the [pip installation](#pip-installation) instructions.
-3. Open command prompt to the folder with the zip file (Shreddit-master.zip),
+3. Open a new command prompt and verify that the `shreddit` command works before moving on to the [usage](#usage)
-   and type `pip install -U Shreddit-master.zip`
+   section.
-4. Open `shreddit.yml.example` in the zip edit it to your liking, and rename the
+
-   file to `shreddit.yml`.
+## OAuth2 Instructions
-	- Make sure you specify credentials in the file.
-	- See the [OAuth2 instructions](#oauth2-instructions) if you don't want to
-      use username-password based authentication.
-5. Type `shreddit` in the open command prompt window to run the program.
-
-OAuth2 Instructions
--------------------
 
 1. Visit: https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps
 2. Click on 'Create app'.
         - Fill in the name and select the 'script' option
         - Under "redirect uri" put http://127.0.0.1:65010
-3. Copy from or rename `praw.ini.example` to `praw.ini` and open it. Enter the
+3. Copy from or rename `praw.ini.example` to `praw.ini` and open it. Enter the values from the Reddit page.
-   values from the Reddit page.
         - oauth\_client\_id = { The ID displayed next to the icon thingy (under
       "personal use script") }
         - oauth\_client\_secret = { The secret }
@@ -100,13 +98,10 @@ OAuth2 Instructions
 6. Click 'Allow'.
 
 
-Caveats
+## Caveats
--------
 
-- Certain limitations in the Reddit API and the PRAW library make it difficult
+- Certain limitations in the Reddit API and the PRAW library make it difficult to delete more than 1,000 comments.
-  to delete more than 1,000 comments. While deleting >1000 comments is planned,
+  While deleting >1000 comments is planned, it is necessary right now to rerun the program until they are all deleted.
-  it is necessary right now to rerun the program until they are all deleted.
 
-- We are relying on Reddit admin words that they do not store edits, deleted
+- We are relying on Reddit admin words that they do not store edits, deleted posts are still stored in the database
-  posts are still stored in the database they are merely inaccessible to the
+  they are merely inaccessible to the public.
-  public.

requirements.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-arrow
+arrow==0.9.0
-decorator
+decorator==4.0.10
 praw==3.6.0
-PyYAML
+PyYAML==3.12
-requests
+requests==2.12.1
-six
+six==1.10.0
 backports-abc==0.4
 tornado==4.3
-update-checker==0.11
+update-checker==0.15
 wheel==0.24.0

setup.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[metadata]
+description-file = README.md

setup.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 from codecs import open
 from os import path
 
-VERSION = "2.0.0"
+VERSION = "3.0.0"
 DESCRIPTION = " Remove your comment history on Reddit as deleting an account does not do so."
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -12,23 +12,20 @@ here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 with open(path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding='utf-8') as filein:
     long_description = filein.read()
 
-with open(path.join(here, "requirements.txt"), encoding="utf-8") as filein:
-    requirements = [line.strip() for line in filein.readlines()]
-
 setup(
     name="shreddit",
     version=VERSION,
     description=DESCRIPTION,
     long_description=long_description,
-    url="https://github.com/scott-hand/Shreddit",
+    url="https://github.com/x89/Shreddit",
-    author="Scott Hand",
+    author="David John",
-    author_email="scott@vkgfx.com",
+    author_email="david@vaunt.eu",
     classifiers=["Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
                  "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
                  "Programming Language :: Python"],
     packages=["shreddit"],
-    install_requires=["arrow", "backports-abc", "decorator", "praw", "PyYAML",
+    install_requires=["arrow", "backports-abc", "praw", "PyYAML", "requests", "six", "tornado"],
-                      "requests", "six", "tornado", "update-checker", "wheel"],
+    package_data={"shreddit": ["shreddit.yml.example"]},
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             "shreddit=shreddit.app:main"

shreddit/app.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import argparse
 import yaml
 import logging
+import os
+import pkg_resources
 from shreddit import default_config
 from shreddit.oauth import oauth_test
 from shreddit.shredder import Shredder
@@ -19,7 +21,14 @@ def main():
         oauth_test(args.praw)
         return
 
-    with open(args.config or "shreddit.yml") as fh:
+    config_filename = args.config or "shreddit.yml"
+    if not os.path.isfile(config_filename):
+        print("No configuration file could be found. Paste the following into a file called \"shreddit.yml\" and " \
+                "try running shreddit again:\n\n")
+        print(pkg_resources.resource_string("shreddit", "shreddit.yml.example"))
+        return
+
+    with open(config_filename) as fh:
         # Not doing a simple update() here because it's preferable to only set attributes that are "whitelisted" as
         # configuration options in the form of default values.
         user_config = yaml.safe_load(fh)

shreddit/shreddit.yml.example

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+---
+# Login details for Reddit. Fill out if you don't wish
+# to be prompted for a login every time you run Shreddit.
+### NOTE: This may be deprecated as you can specify in praw.ini instead
+username:
+password:
+
+# How many hours of comments you want to keep
+# 24 hours in a day,
+# 168 hours in a week,
+# 672 hours in two fortnights,
+# 720 hours in a month (30 days),
+# 8766 hours in a year (365.25 days)
+hours: 24
+
+# Max score, higher than this and it'll be kept.
+max_score: 100
+
+# Options: new, top, controversial, more?
+sort: new
+
+# Enables print statements to notify you of what's going on
+verbose: True
+
+# Removes your vote before deleting the item
+clear_vote: False
+
+# Options: comments, submitted, overview
+# See: https://github.com/mellort/reddit_api/blob/master/reddit/objects.py#L359
+# Overview: both submissions and comments. Comments / Submitted are as expected
+item: overview
+
+# Anything in this list won't be deleted, coma delimited
+# spaces should work as .strip() is called after splitting
+# on comma.
+whitelist: [AskScience, TheCulture, redditdev, programming, charity, netsec]
+
+# If you want any specific posts to be whitelisted stick 'em in here
+whitelist_ids: []
+
+# If you set this then no editing or deleting will be done
+# but the output from the program will be shown as an example
+trial_run: False
+
+# Don't delete but *do* edit, could prove... interesting to see a comment
+# with 5000 upvotes and it's just a lorem ipsum!
+edit_only: False
+
+# Ignore distinguished comments.
+whitelist_distinguished: True
+
+# Ignore gilded (gold) comments
+whitelist_gilded: True
+
+# Delete everything older that this date, **This ignores whitelists**.
+# Can be used as a second deletion, as in "delete items older than 24 hours
+# except on whitelisted subreddits but after 3 months delete everything.
+nuke_hours: 720
+
+# Save a copy to disk of comments and posts before deleting them.
+keep_a_copy: False
+save_directory: /tmp
+
+# Replacement text format
+# Defines what you want to edit deleted content with pre-deletion (to ensure
+# it's not saved in their database).
+# Default: Random string. But this can be detected as spam in some cases.
+# options: [random, dot, "user entered string"]
+replacement_format: random
+
+# Debug level, how much output you want
+# See: https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logging-levels
+debug: DEBUG
+
+# Define your own wordlist to use as substitution text when
+# replacement_format == random
+wordlist: []
+
+# Batch cooldown
+# This controls how long (in seconds) to wait between each set of 1000 deletions.
+batch_cooldown: 10
+
+# vim: syntax=yaml ts=2