RFD

This is a CLI utility that allows you to view Redflagdeals.com on the command line.

Install

pip install rfd

Usage

All commands open up in a terminal pager.

Usage: rfd [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  CLI for https://forums.redflagdeals.com

Options:
  -v, --version
  --help         Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  posts    Display all posts in a thread.
  search   Search deals based on a regular expression.
  threads  Displays threads in the forum. Defaults to hot deals.

View Hot Deals

To view the threads on most popular sub-forum:

rfd threads

View and Sort Hot Deals

rfd threads --sort-by score

To view and sort multiple pages, use --pages:

rfd threads --sort-by views --pages 10

Search

rfd search 'pizza'

Advanced

Regular expressions can be used for search.

rfd search '(coffee|starbucks)' --pages 10 --sort-by views

View Posts

It's possible to view an entire post and all comments by running:

rfd posts https://forums.redflagdeals.com/kobo-vs-kindle-2396227/

This allows for easy grepping and searching for desired expressions.

Shell Completion

Shell completion can be enabled if using bash or zsh.

bash

echo 'eval "$(_RFD_COMPLETE=source rfd)"' >> ~/.profile

zsh

echo 'eval "$(_RFD_COMPLETE=source_zsh rfd)"' >> ~/.zshrc

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