Integrate the Reddit API with the MongoDB API

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

Popular Ways to Connect Reddit with MongoDB#

Create New Document with MongoDB API on New comments by user from Reddit API

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Create New Document with MongoDB API on New comments on a post from Reddit API

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Create New Document with MongoDB API on New hot posts on a subreddit from Reddit API

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Create New Document with MongoDB API on New links by user from Reddit API

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Create New Document with MongoDB API on New Posts on a subreddit from Reddit API

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Popular Reddit and MongoDB 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 Collection from the MongoDB API

Emit new an event when a new collection is added to a database

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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 Database from the MongoDB API

Emit new an event when a new database is added

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Popular Reddit and MongoDB Actions#

List Comments in a Post with the Reddit API

List comments for a specific post. See the docs here

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Create New Document with the MongoDB API

Create a new document in a collection of your choice. See the docs here

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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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Delete a Document with the MongoDB API

Delete a single document by ID. See the docs here

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Find Document by Id with the MongoDB API

Retrieves a single document by ID. 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}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of MongoDB#

The MongoDB API provides powerful capabilities to interact with a MongoDB database, allowing you to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations, manage databases, and execute sophisticated queries. With Pipedream, you can harness these abilities to automate tasks, sync data across various apps, and react to events in real-time. It’s a combo that’s particularly potent for managing data workflows, syncing application states, or triggering actions based on changes to your data.

Connect MongoDB#

import mongodb from 'mongodb'

export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    mongodb: {
      type: "app",
      app: "mongodb",
    },
    collection: {
      type: "string"
    },
    filter: {
      type: "object"
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    const MongoClient = mongodb.MongoClient
    
    const {
      database,
      hostname,
      username,
      password,
    } = this.mongodb.$auth
    
    const url = `mongodb+srv://${username}:${password}@${hostname}/test?retryWrites=true&w=majority`
    const client = await MongoClient.connect(url, { 
      useNewUrlParser: true, 
      useUnifiedTopology: true 
    })
    
    const db = client.db(database)

    const results = await db.collection(this.collection).find(this.filter).toArray();
    $.export('results', results);
    
    await client.close()
  },
})

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.