GoReddit - AI Fun with Reddit!

A real-time Reddit post collector and analyzer using Go, Kafka, and PostgreSQL.

Prerequisites

• Go 1.21+
• Docker and Docker Compose
• Node.js & npm
• Reddit API credentials

Setup

1. Get Reddit API credentials from https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps

   • Create a new script app
   • Note down client ID and secret

2. Configure the application:

   cp config/config.example.yaml config/config.yaml

   Update config.yaml with your Reddit credentials

3. Install Go dependencies:

   go mod download
   go mod tidy

4. Install frontend dependencies:

   cd frontend
   npm install
   cd ..

Running

1. Start infrastructure:

   docker-compose up -d

2. Start the services (in separate terminals):

   # Start producer
   go run cmd/producer/main.go
   
   # Start consumer
   go run cmd/consumer/main.go
   
   # Start API
   go run cmd/api/main.go
   
   # Start frontend (in frontend directory)
   cd frontend
   npm run dev

3. Visit http://localhost:5173 in your browser

Shutdown

docker-compose down

To completely reset (including volumes):

docker-compose down -v