How to get access token? (Reddit API)

Question

I wonder if it is possible to get a permanent access token for personal use on Reddit? It will only be me using the App.

For users, the access token expires after 1 hour

Answer 1

A client_id and client_secret can be generated for a reddit account by going to https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps and creating an app:

The part I have hidden is my client_id.

Then you can use a client like praw to access reddit e.g. with Python:

import praw
r = praw.Reddit(client_id='insert id here',
                client_secret='insert secret here',
                user_agent='insert user agent')
page = r.subreddit('aww')
top_posts = page.hot(limit=None)
for post in top_posts:
    print(post.title, post.ups)

You could use your current browser's user agent, which can be easily found by google searching "what is my user agent" (among other ways).