Integrate the Reddit API with the Bash API

Setup the Reddit API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Bash API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Reddit and Bash remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Popular Ways to Connect Reddit with Bash#

Run Bash Code with Bash API on New comments by user from Reddit API

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Run Bash Code with Bash API on New comments on a post from Reddit API

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Run Bash Code with Bash API on New hot posts on a subreddit from Reddit API

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Run Bash Code with Bash API on New links by user from Reddit API

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Run Bash Code with Bash API on New Links on a Subreddit from Reddit API

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Popular Reddit and Bash Triggers#

New Comments by User from the Reddit API

Emit new event each time a user posts a new comment.

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New comments on a post from the Reddit API

Emit new event each time a new comment is added to a subreddit.

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New hot posts on a subreddit from the Reddit API

Emit new event each time a new hot post is added to the top 10 items in a subreddit.

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New Links by User from the Reddit API

Emit new event each time a user posts a new link.

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New Links on a Subreddit from the Reddit API

Emit new event each time a new link is added to a subreddit

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Popular Reddit and Bash Actions#

List Comments in a Post with the Reddit API

List comments for a specific post. See the docs here

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Run Bash Code with the Bash API

Run any Bash in a Pipedream step within your workflow. Refer to the Pipedream Bash docs to learn more.

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List Subreddits by Query with the Reddit API

List subreddits based on a search criteria. See the docs here

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Search Post with the Reddit API

Search posts by title. See the docs here

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Submit a Comment with the Reddit API

Submit a new comment or reply to a message. See the docs here

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Overview of Reddit#

The Reddit API unlocks the potential to automate interactions with one of the largest online communities. With Pipedream, you can tap into the Reddit ecosystem to monitor trends, engage with audiences, or curate content. Whether it's tracking mentions of your brand, auto-posting to subreddits, or gathering data for analysis, the API offers a breadth of functionalities — from getting posts and comments to creating new threads and managing account settings.

Connect Reddit#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    reddit: {
      type: "app",
      app: "reddit",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://oauth.reddit.com/api/v1/me`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.reddit.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Connect Bash#

# $PIPEDREAM_STEPS file contains data from previous steps
cat $PIPEDREAM_STEPS | jq .trigger.context.id

# Write data to $PIPEDREAM_EXPORTS to return it from the step
# Exports must be written as key=value
echo foo=bar >> $PIPEDREAM_EXPORTS

Community Posts#

Building a Reddit Workflow with Pipedream

Almost four years ago I blogged about a demo I built using Reddit's API. The demo was a multi-user application that made use of Mongo for persistence and Passport.js for user authentication. You would login, select subreddit's to subscribe to, and then once a day it would email you the new posts from that subreddit. This was built in a "traditional" Node.js style with a server running full time to process requests. I thought it would be fun to build this again (although slightly different) using Pipedream's support for working with the Reddit API. I built two different versions of a simple workflow I'd like to share below.

Updating my Reddit Workflow with Pipedream

Back almost exactly a month ago, I blogged about using Pipedream to build a Reddit email report. The idea was that I wanted a daily email of posts from my subscribed subreddits for the past 24 hours of content. The implementation was a bit complex. I used one workflow to handle "get a days worth of content from subreddit" as a general "API" and another workflow connected to my authentication. It handles getting my subscriptions, hitting the API, and then generating the email. This worked well, but after a while of actually getting the email, I noticed some problems. So I decided to fix that.