Data Processing Process

1. $ python get_link_lists.py # daily
2. $ python parquet_link_list.py ../data/reddit/link_list/day/science/ ../data/reddit/parquet/link_list/day/science/
3. $ python dedupe_link_list_parquet.py
4. $ python get_discussions.py

Interesting Subreddits

• aitah
• antiwork
• ask
• askmen
• askreddit
• askscience
• chatgpt
• conservative
• dataisbeautiful
• explainlikeimfive
• latestagecapitalism
• leopardsatemyface
• lifeprotips
• news
• nostupidquestions
• outoftheloop
• personalfinance
• politics
• programmerhumor
• science
• technology
• todayilearned
• tooafraidtoask
• twoxchromosomes
• unpopularopinion
• worldnews
• youshouldknow

Reddit OAuth2

• https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/wiki/oauth2/explanation/
• https://www.reddit.com/dev/api/oauth/
• https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/wiki/OAuth2
  • https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/wiki/OAuth2#application-only-oauth

Example Curl Request

curl
  -X POST
  -d 'grant_type=password&username=reddit_bot&password=snoo'
  --user 'p-jcoLKBynTLew:gko_LXELoV07ZBNUXrvWZfzE3aI'
  https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/access_token

Real Curl Request

curl
  -X POST
  -d 'grant_type=client_credentials'
  --user 'client_id:client_secret'
  https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/access_token

One Line

curl -X POST -d 'grant_type=client_credentials' --user 'client_id:client_secret' https://www.reddit.com/api/v1/access_token

Oauth Data Call

$ curl -H "Authorization: bearer J1qK1c18UUGJFAzz9xnH56584l4" -A "Traxelbot/0.1 by rbb36" https://oauth.reddit.com/api/v1/me
$ curl -H "Authorization: bearer J1qK1c18UUGJFAzz9xnH56584l4" -A "Traxelbot/0.1 by rbb36" https://oauth.reddit.com/r/news/top?t=day&limit=100

• https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/top/?sort=top&t=day
• /r/subreddit/top?t=day&limit=100
• count=100&

Reddit Python

• pip install aiofiles aiohttp asyncio
• https://realpython.com/async-io-python/

t3 fields of interest

1. "url_overridden_by_dest": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-georgia-indictment-rcna98900",
2. "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-georgia-indictment-rcna98900",
3. "title": "What infamous movie plot hole has an explanation that you're tired of explaining?",
4. "downs": 0,
5. "upvote_ratio": 0.94,
6. "ups": 10891,
7. "score": 10891,
8. "created": 1692286512.0,
9. "num_comments": 8112,
10. "created_utc": 1692286512.0,

Minimal Term Set

hands, mouth, eyes, head, ears, nose, face, legs, teeth, fingers, breasts, skin, bones, blood,
be born, children, men, women, mother, father, wife, husband,
long, round, flat, hard, soft, sharp, smooth, heavy, sweet,
stone, wood, made of,
be on something, at the top, at the bottom, in front, around,
sky, ground, sun, during the day, at night, water, fire, rain, wind,
day,
creature, tree, grow (in ground), egg, tail, wings, feathers, bird, fish, dog,
we, know (someone), be called,
hold, sit, lie, stand, sleep,
play, laugh, sing, make, kill, eat, drink,
river, mountain, jungle/forest, desert, sea, island,
rain, wind, snow, ice, air,
flood, storm, drought, earthquake,
east, west, north, south,
bird, fish, tree,
dog, cat, horse, sheep, goat, cow, pig (camel, buffalo, caribou, seal, etc.),
mosquitoes, snake, flies,
family, we,
year, month, week, clock, hour,
house, village, city,
school, hospital, doctor, nurse, teacher, soldier,
country, government, the law, vote, border, flag, passport,
meat, rice, wheat, corn (yams, plantain, etc.), flour, salt, sugar, sweet,
knife, key, gun, bomb, medicines,
paper, iron, metal, glass, leather, wool, cloth, thread,
gold, rubber, plastic, oil, coal, petrol,
car, bicycle, plane, boat, train, road, wheel, wire, engine, pipe, telephone, television, phone, computer,
read, write, book, photo, newspaper, film,
money, God, war, poison, music,
go/went, burn, fight, buy/pay, learn,
clean