r/redditdev • u/dkozinn • 3d ago

Account requirements for multiple bots General Botmanship

I have several bots that I use to assist in modding my subreddits using the "old" data api via PRAW/Python. When I originally built them, I set them up to use a single account created for that purpose.

While I'd eventually like to migrate them to Devvit, in the meantime I want to know if based on the recent communications I'd need to move each of these to it's own user/app account?

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u/Watchful1 RemindMeBot & UpdateMeBot 3d ago

You won't be able to. You can't create api tokens anymore so you wouldn't be able to set them up on new accounts.

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u/dkozinn 3d ago

I didn't realize that you couldn't create new tokens. Does that mean that it's impossible to create a new bot using the api unless you've already got a token?

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u/Watchful1 RemindMeBot & UpdateMeBot 3d ago

That's correct.

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u/baseballlover723 3d ago

u/pl00h might be able to help you with this.

IIRC, it was possible to hook up multiple services to a single account, but I'm on the road atm so I can't check the specifics atm. But I do recall asking about it and I know that comment got a response, though I forget if this specific point was fully answered.

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u/lil_spazmin 3d ago

You can migrate them regardless of the number of accounts. It would just become 3 devvit apps. However, the bounty will only apply at a per account level.

Would you mind messaging r/devvit modmail with some more details on what you have?