dispatcher-service

Small service that streams reddit submissions and comments to respective endpoints.

Reddit credentials

1. Create new integration credentials at https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps
   • name: whatever_you_like_but_perhaps_flam-flam
   • web app: select this option
   • description: whatever you like, or nothing, it's not mandatory
   • about url: https://flam-flam.github.io
   • redirect uri: https://flam-flam.github.io
   • create app: click this button
2. Create a new file called .env in the root of the repo with the following contents. It’s in the .gitignore so will not be committed:

    REDDIT_CLIENT_ID=<the string underneath "web app">
    REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET=<the string next to "secret">
   

Local dev / docker

Requires python>=3.9 or docker.

Build and run using the environment variables in .env file and config.json:

make build

Run the image with

make run

Note: there are issues with running this on Windows (see this PR discussion), but it should be okay running in the docker container.

Note: if you’re running the code outside the docker container, you need to set CONFIG_PATH environment variable to your config.json path.

Tests

Run the tests with make test.

Data output

The code sends a POST request to endpoints in config.json with JSON payload, same for both comments and submissions, e.g.:

{"id": "j643al2", "created_utc": "2023-03-10T13:12:18+00:00"}