Import subreddit subscriptions from your old Reddit account
- Install pip3
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
- Install praw
sudo -H pip3 install praw
Create Reddit application
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Open your Reddit application preferences by clicking here.
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Add a new application. It doesn't matter what it's named, but calling it "Import-Subreddits" makes it easier to remember.
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Select "script".
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Redirect URL does not matter for script applications, so enter something like http://127.0.0.1:8080
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Once created, you should see your application under developed applications
14 Charater string under
personal use script
isclient_id
27 Charater string next tosecret
isclient_secret
Username and password are simply your Reddit login credentials for the account that will be used.
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Open terminal in the repository folder and run
startimport.py
by using following commandpython3 startimport.py