VinylBot 🤖

VinylBot gives you real-time notifications on the vinyl drops you need! It regularly checks your Discogs watchlist to automatically know what you're looking for and utilizes r/VinylReleases to send you an email the minute something you want is posted. Here's how to download your own VinylBot for the music you need:

Pre-requisites

1. Must have Python installed
2. Have a Reddit and Discogs account

Installation Instructions

1. Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/aross2010/vinyl-bot.git

2. Gather API keys

Reddit Discogs Email

Fill out the .env file with the keys –

EMAIL_SENDER= EMAIL_SENDER_PASSWORD= EMAIL_APP_PASSWORD= EMAIL_RECEPIENT= DISCOGS_APP= DISCOGS_TOKEN= REDDIT_CLIENT_ID= REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET= REDDIT_USER_AGENT=

3. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run Cron Commands to Schedule Scripts

crontab -e

Select Vim as the editor and press 'i' to insert the following text:

# Main script ran every even minute
*/2 * * * * [python3 path] [insert path]/reddit_main.py >> [project folder path]/cron.log 2>&1

# # Alt script ran every night at 12:59pm
59 12 * * * [python3 path] [insert path]/reddit_alt.py >> [project folder path]/cron.log 2>&1

# # Discogs script every one minute past every fourth hour
1 */4 * * * [python3 path] [insert path]/discogs.py >> [project folder path]/cron.log 2>&1    

# # Cleaning script every Sunday at 11:59pm
59 11 * * 6 [python3 path] [insert path]/clean.py >> [project folder path]/cron.log 2>&1

Press 'esc' and ':wq' enter to quit and write out of the editor.

5. VinylBot Does the Rest!