redditSaver

Automatically Download Saved Reddit Posts & Comments as Markdown Notes (into Obsidian)

Sample output:

Features

• YAML Frontmatter is downloaded along with the markdown formatted note - supports using it with Dataview plugin (see below)
• Notes are saved in reddit\<subreddit>\<note_title> hierarchy
• Clickable link to the post/comment is added at the top of the note (besides being saved in Frontmatter)

Setup

1. Go to this url and copy this link:

2. Copy settings.sample.json to settings.json and udpate these values:

   • jsonUrl : Put above copied link
   • rootPath : Your notes target path (use double forward slashes)
   • overWrite : If you wish to overwrite your existing note files with latest downloads, set this to 1

{
	"jsonUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/user/erohtar/saved.json?feed=xxxxxxxxx&user=erohtar",
	"rootPath": "C:\\ObsidianVault\\Reddit",
	"overWrite": 0
}

3. Download (optionally portable) node.js and run redditSaver.js with it: <path>\node\node.exe redditSaver.js

4. Done. Your notes should be created at the set path: <vault>\Reddit\<subreddit>\<title>__<id>.md

Dataview Example

Create a new note named redditSaver at the root of your Obsidian vault, and put this code there to get a nice table view of all your saved posts/comments:

```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID "[" + title + "](" + file.path + ")" AS "Title", type AS "Type", sub AS "r/"
FROM "Reddit"
SORT file.ctime DESC
```

Additional Notes

• Reddit limits last 25 saved posts/comments in that feed
• Scheduled running of this script once daily (or so) will keep your latest saves updated automatically
• This is NOT an Obsidian plugin, and if someone wants to create one based on this idea or my code, they're more than welcome to
• To save a reddit crosspost, go to the target post and save that instead of the link post (a habit I'll have to get into myself as well)