davidkrider · May 13, 2020 13:11 · May 13, 2020
diff --git a/petscii.py b/petscii.py
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+# This is a small script which talks with the Reddit API to do a search
+# for a particular phrase. It can be cron'd to run on whatever schedule
+# is appropriate.
+
+# In this case, I was trying to find a set of PetSCII key caps for my
+# mecahnical keyboard in /r/mechmarket. I've ultimately decided I don't
+# want to spend the kind of money it would take to acquire a set, so I've
+# stopped caring, but I wanted to save the script for posterity.
+
+# Notably, this relies on the Python praw library to work.
+
+import praw
+import os
+import re
+
+def notify(title, text):
+    os.system("""
+              osascript -e 'display notification "{}" with title "{}"'
+              """.format(text, title))
+
+reddit = praw.Reddit(client_id='XXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
+                     client_secret='XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
+                     password='XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
+                     user_agent='petscii',
+                     username='YYYYYYYYYYYYYYY')
+
+for submission in reddit.subreddit('mechmarket').new(limit=100):
+  if re.search("petscii", submission.title, re.I) is not None:
+    notify("PetSCII?", submission.title)