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ChannelBot is a simple bot that posts the latest videos from a certain set of channels to a certain set of subreddits. What's special about it is that most of it's configuration goes through reddit's PM system.

Setup

  1. Install PHP, on debian/ubuntu: sudo apt-get install php5-cli curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl
    On other distributions/platforms: google is your friend.
  2. Install composer: curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
  3. composer install
  4. Copy config.default.yaml to config.yaml
  5. Enter your settings. A API key to the Youtube Data API can be retrieved at Google's Developer Console Choose 'server key' and enter your current IP address. Make sure to enable 'Youtube Data API'
  6. Done. Start the bot with:
./bot

And read the docs on how to configure it's channels here

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