Updates README for PRAW 4 operation

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Scott 8 years ago
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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
## Important New Changes (as of Dec 2016)
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.
Due to deprecation of the PRAW 3.x library, Shreddit is using PRAW 4. This requires that OAuth be used to authenticate.
Thankfully, however, it is much easier than in previous versions. If you are upgrading, [please review the usage section
to ensure that you have set up credentials correctly.](#configuring-credentials)
## Pip Installation
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## 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`.
After installing the `shreddit` command line utility, the first step is setting up the tool's configuration files.
Simply typing `shreddit -g` will generate configs. After configuring credentials, running the tool with the `shreddit`
command will begin the tool's operation.
### Configuring Credentials
Running `shreddit -g` will generate a blank praw.ini file that looks like this:
```
# Credentials go here. Fill out default, or provide one or more names and call shreddit with the -u option to specify
# which set to use.
[default]
client_id=
client_secret=
username=
password=
```
Username and password are simply your Reddit login credentials for the account that will be used. However, to obtain the
client ID and secret, follow these steps (taken from
[PRAW documentation](http://praw.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/authentication.html#script-application):
1. Open your Reddit application preferences by clicking [here](https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/)
2. Add a new application. It doesn't matter what it's named, but calling it "shreddit" makes it easier to remember
3. Select "script"
4. Redirect URL does not matter, so enter something like http://127.0.0.1:8080
5. Once created, you should see the name of your application followed by 14 character string. Enter this 14 character
string as your `client_id`.
6. Copy the 27 character "secret" string into the `client_secret` field.
Finally, your praw.ini should look like this (with fake data provided here):
```
[default]
client_id=f3FaKeD4t40PsJ
client_secret=dfK3pfMoReFAkEDaTa123456789
username=testuser
password=123passwordgoeshere123
```
Keep your praw.ini either in the current directory when running `shreddit`, or in one of the config folders
[described here](http://praw.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/configuration/prawini.html) such as
`~/.config` in Linux or `%APPDATA%` in Windows.
To use more than one account, you can add multiple profiles instead of just `[default]` and use the `-u` option to
`shreddit` to choose which one each time.
### Automating
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**Examples:**
The following examples require that the PRAW configuration file is located in the config directory. See [this PRAW
documentation](http://praw.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/configuration/prawini.html) for more information.
- Run every hour on the hour
`0 * * * * shreddit -c <full path to shreddit.yml>`
@ -60,7 +105,7 @@ If virtualenv was used, be sure to add `source /full/path/to/venv/bin/activate &
```
$ shreddit --help
usage: shreddit [-h] [-c CONFIG] [-p PRAW] [-t]
usage: app.py [-h] [-c CONFIG] [-g] [-u USER]
Command-line frontend to the shreddit library.
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-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
-g, --generate-configs
Write shreddit and praw config files to current
directory.
-u USER, --user USER User section from praw.ini if not default
```
## For Windows users
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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
"personal use script") }
- 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
- Certain limitations in the Reddit API and the PRAW library make it difficult to delete more than 1,000 comments.
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- 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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