This repository includes the code for the brunei_news_bot reddit account which monitors a list of subreddit for new post with links to news articles and automatically scrape the website for the content and post it as a reply.

1. Supported Websites:
   • Borneo Bulletin
   • The Scoop
   • The Bruneian News
2. Posts a comment reply with the news title, date and content.

1. .NET 5.0 SDK
2. Windows/Linux/Mac

1. Create appsettings.json in project folder with the following structure.

{
    "Reddit": {
        "Secret": "",
        "AppId": "",
        "RefreshToken": ""
    },
    "Imgur": {
        "ClientId": ""
    },
    "Proxy": {
        "Host": "",
        "Port": 80,
        "Username": "",
        "Password": ""
    },
    "Subreddits": "testingground4bots"
}

2. Run dotnet run.

1. Open a terminal in the RedditBruneiNewsBot directory in this repository.
2. Run dotnet build -c Release -o app.
3. This will create a build in the app folder.
4. Build configuration can be customised. E.g. To create a single .exe file that runs on Windows, etc. Please refer to the Microsoft Docs for further information.

1. Copy the app folder from the previous section to somewhere safe on the server.
2. Change working directory into the app folder.
3. Update appsettings.json or set it through environment variables. E.g.

Reddit__Secret=123
Reddit__AppId=123
Reddit__RefreshToken=123
Imgur__ClientId=123
Subreddits=123,456

4. Run dotnet RedditBruneiNewsBot.dll.