A project to "open" and "close" a subreddit by setting it to restricted or public mode. It was specifically made for /r/PokemonCreate, so its application will be fairly narrow. The other half of what it does is replace a specific link text in the sidebar.

git clone https://github.com/jarhill0/pokreate.git

• praw

1. Install the requirements (using pip or easy_install or your method of choice).
2. Copy EXAMPLE_config.py to config.py and fill in the values. Subreddit and Username are mandatory. The other three may be left blank if you have a praw.ini configured. If you do, set username equal to the "site name" of your configuration.

Invoke the script at a basic level with the command python or the command python3 followed by a path to main.py. For example, if the script is in your current working directory, you can run it with python3 main.py. You can also call it with a relative or absolute path, same as any other file on the command line.

The script has mandatory options:

• Provide exactly one of --open or --close (can be shortened to -o or -c, respectively)
• Provide new button text, surrounded by quotes

Example usage:

python3 main.py -o "Submit your request"
python ~/pokreate/main.py --close "Closed for the week"
python3 /home/pi/pokreate/main.py --open "Welcome back!"

If you wish to run the script on a specific schedule, look into the UNIX utility crontab, which can be set up to run commands on a recurring basis.