reddit-mastodon-crossposter/README.md

# Reddit Mastodon Crossposter

## Prerequisites

- Python 3
- conda/mamba
- FFmpeg

## Usage

1. Install conda env with `conda env create -f environment.yml`.

2. Initialize PRAW with e.g. `reddit.py` (please refer to the [PRAW docs](https://praw.readthedocs.io)).

3. Initialize Mastodon.py with e.g. `masto.py` (please refer to the [Mastodon.py docs](https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io)).

4. Set all `.env` variables if there are any remaining. (The code does not check for missing environment variables and assumes that everything is set correctly.)

5. Create a script `post_toots.sh` and make it executable `chmod +x post_toots.sh`:

    ```sh
    #!/bin/bash

    cd /absolute/path/to/reddit-mastodon-crossposter
    /absolute/path/to/conda run -n reddit python script.py
    ```

6. Open the (user) cronjob editor with `crontab -e` and add the line `0 * * * * /absolute/path/to/post_toots.sh > /dev/null 2>&1`. This cronjob runs hourly and the command outputs are not mailed to the user. Alternatively, `2>&1` can be ommited for debugging purposes if the error outputs should be mailed to the user.