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This is an open source library that allows PHP applications to interact programmatically with the Reddit's API without the requirement of oauth.

Requirements

Using this library for PHP requires the following:

• [Composer] or a manual install of the dependencies mentioned in composer.json.

Installation

The recommended way to install it PHP is to install it using

composer require snlbaral/reddit-php

Usages

Init

require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use Snlbaral\Reddit\Reddit;

$reddit = new Reddit();

Fetch Posts Of Subreddit

// getPosts() @params $subreddit_name, $token (optional), $dist (optional), $sort (optional)
$posts = $reddit->getPosts('subreddit_name');
// returns array of posts, next page token, dist, sorting method, subreddit name
// print_r($posts);

// To Get next page/thread posts use following:
$next_page = $reddit->getPosts('subreddit_name', $posts['token']);
// returns array of next page/thread posts, next page token, dist, sorting method, subreddit name

Fetch Subreddit Info

$subreddit_info = $reddit->getInfo('subreddit_name');

View/Get Single Post Info/Detail Page

$postId = 'postId or token';
$post = $reddit->viewPost($postId);

Fetch User Overview Page

// userOverview() @params $username, $token (optional), $dist (optional), $sort (optional)
$overview = $reddit->userOverview('username');
// returns array of user's posts, comments, next page token, dist, sorting method, username

// To Get next page/thread posts and comments of user, use following
$next_page_overview = $reddit->userOverview('username', $overview['token']);

Fetch User Posts Page

// userPosts() @params $username, $token (optional), $dist (optional), $sort (optional)
$user_posts = $reddit->userPosts('username');
// returns array of user's posts next page token, dist, sorting method, username

// To Get next page/thread posts of user, use following
$next_page_user_posts = $reddit->userPosts('username', $user_posts['token']);

Fetch User Comments Page

// userComments() @params $username, $token (optional), $dist (optional), $sort (optional)
$comments = $reddit->userComments('username');
// returns array of user's comments, next page token, dist, sorting method, username

// To Get next page/thread comments of user, use following
$next_page_comments = $reddit->userComments('username', $comments['token']);

Download Media Files From A Subreddit

// downloadMediasBySub() @params $subreddit_name, $token (optional), $dist (optional), $sort (optional), $dir (optional)
$downloads = $reddit->downloadMediasBySub('subreddit_name');
// Downloads All Media Files from first page of subreddit using async, saves in $dir location
// returns array of next page token, dist, sorting method and subreddit name

// To download next page/thread media files, use following
$next_page_downloads = $reddit->downloadMediasBySub('subreddit_name', $downloads['token']);
// Downloads All Media Files from next page of subreddit using async, saves in $dir location
// returns array of next page token, dist, sorting method and subreddit name

More Available Methods

parseMediaByPosts($posts); //$posts array of posts from getPosts()
downloadMediasByPosts($posts); //$posts array of posts from getPosts()
parseMedia($media); //each $posts has media loop $posts and pass $post['media'];

Example.php

try {
	$downloads = $reddit->downloadMediasBySub('subreddit_name', false, 25, 'new', 'mydownloads');
	print_r($downloads);
	//echo $downloads['token'];
} catch (Exception $e) {

	if($e->getResponse()) {
		$response = $e->getResponse();
		$responseBodyAsString = $response->getBody()->getContents();
		var_dump($responseBodyAsString);
	} else {
		var_dump($e);
	}

}

License

This library for PHP is licensed under the 3-Clause BSD License

Credits

This library for PHP is developed and maintained by Sunil Baral.