QuantumBadger / QuantumBadger/RedReader

Provide a method to add subreddits with Geofilters

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Description

if you open the reddit website in the browser by default the GLOBAL geofilter is applied. it is like opening:

reddit.com/r/popular/?geo_filter=GLOBAL

however, we can change that to other countries, like:

reddit.com/r/popular/?geo_filter=GERMAN

and then only popular posts from subreddits of the country specific area are shown.

if I try to add a subreddit in RedReader with the URL above it gives me an error: invalid subreddit name.
it doesn't handle the GEOFILTER parameter.

It would be good if RedReader could add a geofilter option, it's currently missing.

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Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by tracing how RedReader validates subreddit URLs when adding a subreddit, using the example reddit.com/r/popular/?geo_filter=GERMAN; done means a country geofilter URL is accepted and the requested regional popular content can be added without the invalid-subreddit error.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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