trufflehog

🐖 Search for new subreddit posts that match your criteria

Getting Started

1. Install: npm i -g trufflehog

2. Run: trufflehog

3. Respond to the prompts to configure trufflehog, or see the config file options below.

Config Properties

• subredditName - The subreddit name to search in
• useBodySearch - Whether to search the post body in addition to the title
• useRegex - Whether to use regex or regular string for the search
• useCaseSensitive - Whether the search will be case-sensitive or not
• searchString - The text or regex string to search for
• pollingFrequency - How frequently to perform the search in seconds, between 1 and 86400
• useNotifications - Whether to receive email notifications when a match is found (not yet implemented)

Config File Options

You can configure trufflehog by passing the filepath to the config file. Trufflehog accepts JSON and .env config files. If your config file is missing a setting that is required, trufflehog will prompt you for the setting.

JSON

trufflehog -c path/to/config.json or trufflehog --config path/to/config.json

{
    "subredditName": "news",
    "useBodySearch": true,
    "useRegex": true,
    "useCaseSensitive": true,
    "searchString": "[a-zA-Z]{2,4}",
    "pollingFrequency": 10,
    "useNotifications": false
}

.env

trufflehog -c path/to/.env or trufflehog --config path/to/.env

subredditName=news
useBodySearch=true
useRegex=true
useCaseSensitive=true
searchString=[a-zA-Z]{2,4}
pollingFrequency=10
useNotifications=false

To Do

• Add user notifications (Email, SMS, Push)
• Allow defining multiple search rules to match against
• Enable multiple search queries to run simultaneously
• Support searching other post types (not just new posts)