README.md

TikTok Post Generator

Pull Reddit Posts, convert to captions, lay over video clips

Development Setup

• Install ImageMagick

$ brew install ImageMagick

• If on Ubuntu, it's reccomended to install libespeak

$ sudo apt install libespeak-dev

• Initialize Python v3.10 Virtual Environment

$ pip3 install virtualenv
$ python3 -m venv .env .
$ source .env/bin/activate

• Get Reddit API Secret Key, Reddit App ID, Reddit App Name, Reddit Username, and Reddit Password. Set environment variables REDDIT_CLIENT_ID, REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET, REDDIT_USER_AGENT, REDDIT_USERNAME, & REDDIT_PASSWORD in file .env/vars.env. See official documentation for more information on how to set up an environment file.

• Get Leopard SDK API Key, set environment variables LEOPARD_ACCESS_KEY & AUDIO_PATH in file .env/vars.env.

• Install Python dependencies

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Command Arguments:

$ run.py

-r      --subreddits    Subreddits to be used
-l      --limit         How many posts per subreddit
-v      --video-file    Target video file
-s      --start         Start duration of the audio file, default is 0

Example:

$ python run.py -r confessions -l 1

Posts grabbed...

Converting "Reddit_Post_Title" to mp3
Success

Processing Reddit_Post_Title to video...
Using test.mov

Moviepy - Building video data/final_videos/Reddit_Post_Title.mp4.
MoviePy - Writing audio in temp-audio.m4a
MoviePy - Done.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Moviepy - Writing video data/final_videos/Reddit_Post_Title.mp4