Reddit Countdown

Text based countdown timer for a subreddit's sidebar to help Reddit communities to count down to important events.

Pre-requisites

Create an app on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps/). You just need to enter name & redirect uri. Use http://127.0.0.1 as redirect uri.
You will get a client id & secret that you will use below.
If you are using a separate Bot account (recommended), it should have Manage Settings access.
In the cloned repository, copy countdown.ini.sample to countdown.ini.
- Give a name to reference your bot (YourBotName).
- Specify your subreddit.
- Name of the sidebar where you want the countdown.
- Specify a target time. It will be in UTC.
Copy praw.ini.sample to praw.ini.
- Replace the section heading with YourBotName.
- Enter the client id & secret you received when creating the app
- Enter your Reddit username and password
- Specify a meaningful user agent. Check Reddit API Rules for rules.
In the sidebar, create a text widget with the name you mentioned above.
Enter the placeholder as below:

There are some days, some hours, some minutes, and some seconds remaining.
Run your script. python countdown.py
It will update the widget content replacing the placeholders.
Setup a job to run the script at regular intervals.