RedditImageScraper

Console application for downloading images from Reddit in Python

Introduction

This short Python script was created for the mass-downloading of images from Reddit. It will be used later for creating data-sets for several Machine Learning projects.

In order to use the script, you will have to have a Reddit account sign-up to create a developer account. You will be assigned a client_id and client_secret which you have to enter in config.ini before you run the script.

Usage

The -r parameter provides a list of sub-reddits to search.
The -st parameter can specify the maximum number of images to download from each sub-reddit. Defaults to 1000.
The -t parameter can specify the total number of images to download across all sub-reddits before we abort. Defaults to 10000.
The -f parameter can specify the folder into which we download the images. Defaults to download.

For example, to download at-most 20 pictures from the dogpictures, dogswithjobs, GuiltyDogs, and dogs sub-reddits, aborting when we have 50 files in total, and saving the files to a folder titled dog, we would use the following:

python RedditImageScraper.py -r dogpictures dogswithjobs GuiltyDogs dog -st 20 -t 50 -f dogs

This should produce something like the following:

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Downloading from dogswithjobs
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Downloaded 8 from dogswithjobs

Downloading from GuiltyDogs
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Downloaded 7 from GuiltyDogs

Downloading from dog
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Downloaded 15 from dog

Downloaded 48 in total