example.env created

docker-compose.yml

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - /docker/data/deletedposts:/app/config
     environment:
-      CLIENT_ID: "abc123"
+      CLIENT_ID: "${CLIENT_ID}"
-      CLIENT_SECRET: "secret"
+      CLIENT_SECRET: "${CLIENT_SECRET}"
-      USER_AGENT: "DeletedPostsBot/1.0"
+      USER_AGENT: "${USER_AGENT}"
-      USERNAME: "botuser"
+      USERNAME: "${USERNAME}"
-      PASSWORD: "botpass"
+      PASSWORD: "${PASSWORD}"
-      SUB_NAME: "my_subreddit"
+      SUB_NAME: "${SUB_NAME}"
-      MAX_DAYS: "90"            # strings are converted to ints when the
+      MAX_DAYS: "${MAX_DAYS}"            # strings are converted to ints when the
-      MAX_POSTS: "500"          # corresponding config value is an int
+      MAX_POSTS: "${MAX_POSTS}"          # corresponding config value is an int
-      SLEEP_MINUTES: "10"
+      SLEEP_MINUTES: "${SLEEP_MINUTES}"  

example.env

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Example environment file for DeletedPosts bot
+# Copy to .env or reference from docker-compose.yml using env_file
+
+# Reddit API credentials
+CLIENT_ID=your_client_id_here
+CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret_here
+USER_AGENT="DeletedPostsBot/1.0 by YourUsername"
+USERNAME=bot_username
+PASSWORD=bot_password
+
+# Target subreddit
+SUB_NAME=example_subreddit
+
+# Behaviour settings (numbers)
+MAX_DAYS=180
+MAX_POSTS=180
+SLEEP_MINUTES=5
+