Documentation for the Reddit bot
  • The Reddit Bot?
  • Prerequisites
  • Downloading the Bot
  • Getting the packages in place
  • Installing playwright
  • Configure The Bot
  • Running the bot
  • Viewing the video
  • Troubleshooting
  • Final Words
  • Examples
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  • If you downloaded the zip**:
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Getting the packages in place

Installing the required packages

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Last updated 2 years ago

Windows

If you downloaded the zip:

Head over to the folder where all the files are stored. Once you are there, you should see a bar at the top showing the directory's path. Double click that:

Once you double-click it, type cmd and press enter. You should see a Command Prompt window pop up that is placed inside your source folder.

Once in, type: pip3 install -r requirements.txt. Word to word! Again, make sure you are in the directory. Give it a few minutes and let it download the packages. Once done, you should be seeing something like this:

If you cloned the repo

In the place where you initially cloned the repo, type this command:

cd redditvideomakerbot

You can now run:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt
If error, panic and click on this

Try: py -m pip install -r requirements.txt

If that doesn't work,

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt If that doesn't work,

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt If that doesn't work, INSTALL PYTHON

MacOS

First, go to the folders where the code is stored.

If you downloaded the zip**:

Go to the Downloads folder:

Then, click finder -> services -> new terminal at folder:

Once you open the terminal, it should look something like this:

Type in this command (or just copy it) pip3 install -r requirements.txt:

If error, panic and click on this

Try:

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt If that doesn't work,

INSTALL PYTHON

And this should appear on the screen!

If you cloned the repo:

In the place where you initially cloned the repo, type this command:

cd redditvideomakerbot

Then install the

pip3 install -r requirements.txt
If error, panic and click on this

Try:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt If that doesn't work,

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt If that doesn't work,

INSTALL PYTHON

And this should appear on the screen!

Linux

First, go to the folders where the code is stored.

If you downloaded the zip**

Go to the Downloads folder, then right-click on the zip file and click "Open folder in terminal":

Then, type this command:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

And everything should be installed!

If you cloned the repo:

In the place where you initially cloned the repo, type this command:

cd redditvideomakerbot

You can now run:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt
If error, panic and click on this

Try:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt If that doesn't work,

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt If that doesn't work,

INSTALL PYTHON

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