Package: psgreddit
psgredditA PySimpleGUI ApplicationSearch Your Favorite Reddit SubsFeaturesIntegrates PySimpleGUI with PRAW APIProvides stating point for custom Reddit user interfaceSearch your favorite subreddits and their commentsInstallationUsing PIP with PyPIThe latest official release of PySimpleGUI products can be found on PyPI.  To pip install the demo applications from PyPI, use this commandIf you use the commandpythonon your computer to invoke Python (Windows):python -m pip install --upgrade psgredditIf you use the commandpython3on your computer to invoke Python (Linux, Mac):python3 -m pip install --upgrade psgredditUsing PIP with GitHubYou can also pip install the PySimpleGUI Applications that are in the PySimpleGUI GitHub account.  The GitHub versions have bug fixes and new programs/features that have not yet been released to PyPI. To directly pip install from that repo:If you use the commandpythonon your computer to invoke Python (Windows):python-mpipinstall--upgradehttps://github.com/PySimpleGUI/psgreddit/zipball/mainIf you use the commandpython3on your computer to invoke Python (Linux, Mac):python3-mpipinstall--upgradehttps://github.com/PySimpleGUI/psgreddit/zipball/mainUsageOnce installed, launch psgreddit by typing the following in your command line:psgredditRequirementsTo use the GUI you'll need to install PySimpleGUI (http://www.PySimpleGUI.orgfor instructions)One of these will install it for you.pip install PySimpleGUI
pip3 install PySimpleGUIYou will also need to install the PRAW package which provides the APIs for accessing RedditPRAW CredentialsYou must signup with Reddit to in order to get own Reddit API credentials.To sign up go to -https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/For security reasons, the credentials are not stored in the source code, but instead in a "settings file".  The User Settings APIs were added to PySimpleGUI in Nov 2020 and are perfect for storing login credentials.When you first start the program, it will figure out that you don't have any credentials defined and will show you this settings window:You can also use the "Settings" button in the main window to bring up the settings window.Search HistoryThe items you search for are stored in the settings file as well.  This makes future searches easier as you can select the search term from a drop-down list instead of typing them in.RunningOnce the packages are installed, you only need to run the single Python file found in this repository -Reddit_Searcher.pyWhen running on Windows, launching withpythonwinstead of plainpythonwill start the program without showing a console window.License & CopyrightCopyright 2023-2024 PySimpleSoft, Inc. and/or its licensors.This is a free-to-use "Utility" and is licensed under the
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license.txt file and also available athttps://pysimplegui.com/eula.Please see Section 1.2 of the license regarding the use of this Utility,
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