Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Download and archive Reddit posts including images, GIFs, and videos from specified users or subreddits with filtering and sorting options.
Download and archive Reddit posts including images, GIFs, and videos from specified users or subreddits with filtering and sorting options.
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
Download and archive Reddit posts (images, GIFs, videos) from users or subreddits.
This script automatically checks for and installs its dependencies on first run: requests โ Python HTTP library yt-dlp โ video downloader If missing, it will attempt to install them via pip install --user. You can also: Pre-install: pip3 install requests yt-dlp Override yt-dlp path: export YTDLP_PATH=/your/custom/path/yt-dlp
You want to archive content from Reddit โ either from a specific user (u/username) or a subreddit (r/subname).
python3 ~/path/to/reddit_archive.py [options]
FlagDescriptionDefault-u, --userReddit username (either this OR --subreddit required)โ-s, --subredditSubreddit name (either this OR --user required)โ-o, --outputOutput directory~/temp/.reddit_<target>--sortSort order: hot, new, rising, top, controversialhot--timeTime filter for top/controversial: hour, day, week, month, year, allโ--afterStart date (YYYY-MM-DD)No filter--beforeEnd date (YYYY-MM-DD)No filter--limitMax posts to fetch (0 = unlimited)0--imagesDownload images (jpg, png, webp)โ--gifsDownload GIFs/videos (gfycat, redgifs, imgur)โ--skip-existingSkip already-downloaded filesโ--workersParallel download workers4
# All posts from a user python3 reddit_archive.py -u someuser # Subreddit with date range python3 reddit_archive.py -s orlando --after 2025-01-01 --before 2025-12-31 # Top 10 most upvoted posts of all time from a subreddit python3 reddit_archive.py -s funny --sort top --time all --limit 10 # New posts only python3 reddit_archive.py -s orlando --sort new # GIFs only, specific user python3 reddit_archive.py -u someguy --gifs # Custom output dir python3 reddit_archive.py -u someuser -o ~/Downloads/reddit_archive
Downloads are saved to the output directory with the following structure: output_directory/ โโโ Pictures/ โ โโโ {target}_{post_id}.jpg โ โโโ {target}_{post_id}.png โ โโโ ... โโโ Videos/ โโโ {target}_{post_id}.mp4 โโโ ...
The skill is organized as: reddit-archive/ โโโ SKILL.md โ This file โโโ scripts/ โโโ reddit_archive.py โ Main downloader script โโโ requirements.txt โ Python dependencies
Pauses 0.8s between Reddit API calls to avoid 403s Uses requests with proper User-Agent header Run one instance at a time โ parallel runs trigger rate limits
Uses Reddit's JSON API (/user/{name}/submitted.json or /r/{name}/hot.json) For galleries, extracts all images from media_metadata GIF/video downloads use yt-dlp Date filtering is done client-side after fetching (filters by Reddit's created_utc)
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