RedditAI

🎃 RedditAI is a Flask web app that leverages Google Gemini and the Reddit API to fetch Reddit post comments and generate AI-powered summaries or insights. It is designed for easy exploration and summarization of Reddit discussions.

Features

• 🔍 Fetches Reddit post comments using the Reddit API (via PRAW).
• 🤖 Summarizes or analyzes Reddit threads using Google Gemini (via agno).
• 🖥️ Simple, interactive web interface built with Flask.
• 🛠️ Modular design for easy extension and debugging.

How It Works

1. User Input: Enter a Reddit post URL in the app.
2. Fetching Comments: The app retrieves all comments for the post using the Reddit API.
3. AI Summarization: Comments are passed to a Gemini-powered agent, which generates a summary or insight.
4. Display: The result is shown in markdown format in the app.

Setup

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/TheCarBun/RedditAI.git
cd reddit-ai

2. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Dependencies include:

• flask
• praw
• agno
• google-genai
• python-dotenv
• markdown

3. Configure Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the project root with your API keys:

CLIENT_ID=your_reddit_client_id
CLIENT_SECRET=your_reddit_client_secret
USER_AGENT=your_reddit_user_agent
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key

You can obtain Reddit API credentials from Reddit Apps and Gemini API keys from Google.

4. Run the App

python app.py

The app will start on http://localhost:5000.

Usage

1. Open the app in your browser at http://localhost:5000.
2. Paste a Reddit post URL (e.g., https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/xxxxxx/...).
3. Click Summarize.
4. View the AI-generated summary or analysis.

Project Structure

reddit-ai/
├── app.py           # Flask app entry point
├── reddit_ai.py     # Reddit API utilities and AI integration
├── instructions.py  # (Custom instructions for the agent)
├── requirements.txt
├── templates/
│   ├── index.html
│   └── summary.html
└── README.md

Code Overview

reddit_ai.py

• Handles Reddit API authentication and data fetching.
• get_post_comments: Fetches all comments for a given post.
• get_post_details: Fetches post metadata.
• run_reddit_ai: Runs the Gemini-powered agent.

app.py

• Sets up the Flask UI and routes.
• Handles user input and displays results.
• Integrates with the Reddit and Gemini agent utilities.

Customization

• Instructions: Modify instructions.py to change how the agent summarizes or analyzes posts.
• Tools: Add more tools to the agent for extended functionality.

Notes

• The app runs in read-only mode for Reddit.
• Ensure your API keys are kept secret and not committed to version control.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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Enjoy exploring Reddit with AI!