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An extension for extracting and downloading Reddit posts for text mining and analysis.

Cite this program

If you use this extension for your research, please reference it as follows:

Moncomble, F. (2024). RedditScraper (Version 0.5) [JavaScript]. Arras, France: Université d’Artois. Available at: https://fmoncomble.github.io/redditscraper/

Installation

Firefox

Chrome/Edge

Remember to pin the add-on to the toolbar.

Instructions for use

• Click the add-on’s icon in the toolbar.
• On first using the add-on, follow the authentication procedure to authorize the app on Reddit. All credentials are stored locally on your computer, not on a remote server.
• Build your search query with at least one keyword, and click Search.
• Choose your preferred output format:
  • XML/XTZ for an XML file to import into TXM using the XML/TEI-Zero module
    • When initiating the import process, open the “Textual planes” section and type ref in the field labelled “Out of text to edit”
  • TXT for plain text
  • CSV
  • XLSX (Excel spreadsheet)
  • JSON
• (Optional) Enter the maximum number of posts to collect.
• You can stop the process at any time by clicking Abort.
• Click Download to collect the output or Reset to start afresh.

Known limitations

The Reddit search API only returns a selection of results.