reddit_export_userdata

Export userdata from your reddit accounts.

You can export all or any of the following:

• Own comments and submissions
• Saved comments and submissions
• Upvoted comments and submissions

For each one of your accounts, you have to create a reddit script API key and secret API key (see https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps > new app > script).

Requirements

• praw
• pyyaml

Installation

git clone https://github.com/dbeley/reddit_export_userdata
cd reddit_export_userdata
pip install praw pyyaml
python reddit_export_userdata.py -h

Configuration

For configuration, open the config.example.yaml file to see an example.

# Rename this file config.yaml.
users:
    # The four following fields are mandatory.
    - username: username1
      password : password1
      client_id : client_id1
      client_secret : client_secret1
      # At least one export option has to be set.
      exports:
          # Comments made by user.
          - comments
          # Submissions made by user.
          - submissions
          # Submissions and comments saved by user.
          - saved
          # Submissions and comments upvoted by user.
          - upvoted
    - username: username2
      password : password2
      client_id : client_id2
      client_secret : client_secret2
      exports:
          - saved
options:
    # Each user will have a separate export file.
    separate_export: true
    # Will only export list of urls instead of csv files.
    archivebox_export: true

By default, the script searches for a config.yaml config file in the current folder, but you can use the -c/--config_file argument to use another config file.

Run

python reddit_export_userdata.py

Help

python reddit_export_userdata.py -h

usage: reddit_export_userdata.py [-h] [--debug] [-a] [-s] [-c CONFIG_FILE]

reddit_export_userdata. Exports userdata of one or several reddit accounts.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --debug               Display debugging information.
  -a, --archivebox_export
                        Export only urls (old.reddit and www.reddit) in order
                        to be used by archivebox.
  -s, --separate_export
                        Export data in separate files for each reddit users.
  -c CONFIG_FILE, --config_file CONFIG_FILE
                        Path to the config file (default: "config.yaml")