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Errr... why not just use their official tool? https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request I sent in a request an
by edent 3y ago
Errr... why not just use their official tool?
https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request
I sent in a request and a few days later had a bunch of .csv files containing everything I've done with my account.
OK, CSV isn't JSON - but it's pretty easy to parse or import into a database of your choice.
- warning26 3y agoIt says "wait up to 30 days", which feels excessive.
- that_guy_iain 3y agoAlso probably more complete than shreddit and whatnot. Since I would assume they delete stuff internal data that isn't available publically.
- pohuing 3y agoThat's the limit according to eu regulation https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rules-business-and-organisations/dealing-citizens/how-should-requests-individuals-exercising-their-data-protection-rights-be-dealt_en https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...
- jwilk 3y agoIt's mentioned in the article: > it's pretty barebones - only the plaintext of the comment, the subreddit name, the timestamp, and weirdly, the number of awards
- winternewt 3y agoOddly the article doesn't mention what else the script in the article exports. Does it do my saved comments and submissions? That's what I'm most interested in.
- lapser 3y agoI just get a page not found.
- gte525u 3y agoCan't you just add .json to different urls to get it that way?
- wvenable 3y agoI did it this way as well just to make them work for it.
- samstave 3y agoThey should get the Christian from Apollo to make their data /u/ exflitration aide.
- whamlastxmas 3y agoDoes this confirm they don’t keep data on prior versions of comments that have been edited?