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Shreddit
========
Description
-----------
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
# Shreddit
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. It allows you to maintain your normal reddit account while having your history
scrubbed after a certain amount of time.
User Login deprecation
----------------------
Reddit intends to disable username-password based authentication to access its
APIs in the near future. You can specify your username and password in the
`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
this program in the future.
Installation ([Click here for Windows instructions](#for-windows-users))
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Clone the repository
2. Run `python setup.py install`. Usually this is run in the context of a
virtualenv or with administrative permissions for system-wide installation.
virtual environment)
3. Copy `shreddit.yml.example` to `shreddit.yml` and edit it to your liking.
- Make sure you specify your credentials in the file.
- See the [OAuth2 instructions](#oauth2-instructions) if you don't want to
use username-password based authentication.
- It's useful to have it run as an event, you can set this up as you like but I
suggest `cron` via `crontab -e` and adding a line such as
`@hourly cd $HOME/Shreddit && source bin/activate && shreddit` See below for
more.
- Adding your password to the praw.ini and adding the additional output line
can provide extra debugging help.
Cron examples
-------------
- Run `crontab -e` to edit your cron file. If you have access to something like
vixie-cron then each user can have their own personal cron job!
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.
## User Login deprecation
Reddit intends to disable username-password based authentication to access its APIs in the near future. You can specify
your username and password in the `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 this program in the future.
## Pip Installation
`pip install -U shreddit` will install the package and its dependencies, and it will add a `shreddit` command line
utility to your PATH. This is typically either run in a virtualenv or using administrative privileges for global
installation.
## Manual Installation
1. Clone the `shreddit` repository to a directory.
2. From the directory, run `pip install -r requirements.txt`
3. Run `python setup.py install` to install the package and the `shreddit` command line utility. This is typically
either run in a virtualenv or using administrative privileges for global installation.
## Usage
After installing the `shreddit` command line utility, the first step is setting up the tool's configuration file. Simply
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
the configuration file something different such as `config.yml`, you may use it with `shreddit -c config.yml`.
### 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>`
`0 * * * * shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
- Run at 3am every morning
`0 3 * * * shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
`0 3 * * * shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
- Run once a month on the 1st of the month
`0 0 1 * * shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
`0 0 1 * * shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
If virtualenv was used, be sure to add `source /full/path/to/venv/bin/activate &&` before the command. For example:
If virtualenv was used, be sure to add
`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 &&
shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
### Command Line Options
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)
3. Open command prompt to the folder with the zip file (Shreddit-master.zip),
and type `pip install -U Shreddit-master.zip`
4. Open `shreddit.yml.example` in the zip edit it to your liking, and rename the
file to `shreddit.yml`.
- 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
-------------------
- **Note:** Install either `python 2.x` or `python 3.x`, not both.
2. Follow the [pip installation](#pip-installation) instructions.
3. Open a new command prompt and verify that the `shreddit` command works before moving on to the [usage](#usage)
section.
## 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
values from the Reddit page.
- oauth\_client\_id = { The ID displayed next to the icon thingy (under
- 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 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 }
- oauth\_redirect\_uri = http://127.0.0.1:65010
- Save the file.
- oauth\_client\_secret = { The secret }
- oauth\_redirect\_uri = http://127.0.0.1:65010
- Save the file.
4. Run `python get_secret.py` in the command prompt.
5. Your browser will open to a page on Reddit listing requested permissions.
6. Click 'Allow'.
Caveats
-------
## Caveats
- Certain limitations in the Reddit API and the PRAW library make it difficult
to delete more than 1,000 comments. While deleting >1000 comments is planned,
it is necessary right now to rerun the program until they are all deleted.
- Certain limitations in the Reddit API and the PRAW library make it difficult to delete more than 1,000 comments.
While deleting >1000 comments is planned, 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
posts are still stored in the database they are merely inaccessible to the
public.
- We are relying on Reddit admin words that they do not store edits, deleted posts are still stored in the database
they are merely inaccessible to the public.

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