From c40e56e6b1a96ae181228669d9892f9ff1960663 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:17:28 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Makes README more clear about filling out credentials. --- README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 290c795..b53fc3c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ username= password= ``` +**You must provide values for each of these.** As strange as it may seem to provide both a username/password pair *and* +a client id/secret pair, that is how the Reddit API does "OAuth" script applications. + 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)): @@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ client ID and secret, follow these steps (taken from 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 +4. Redirect URL does not matter for script applications, 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.