diff --git a/config/.platforms.template b/config/.platforms.template
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+; Create an script on the reddit developer page (https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps)
+[REDDIT]
+CLIENT_ID = <PASTE YOUR CLIENT ID HERE>
+CLIENT_SECRET = <PASTE YOUR CLIENT SECRET HERE>
+USER_AGENT = Small discord bot to embed posts (given by url) into an standardized format
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diff --git a/src/platforms/reddit.py b/src/platforms/reddit.py
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+import praw
+import praw.models
+import logging
+from utils.event_counter import Event_Counter
+from utils.datetime_tools import get_elapsed_time_milliseconds
+from typing import Union
+from datetime import datetime
+
+class Reddit_Adapter(praw.Reddit):
+    """A class that extends and abstracts the functionality of the `praw.Reddit` class by adding 
+    logging and request tracking capabilities."""
+    VERSION = "1.0"
+    number_of_instances = 0
+
+    def __init__(self, client_id:str, client_secret:str):
+        self.__instance_number = self.__class__.number_of_instances
+        self.__class__.number_of_instances += 1
+        
+        super().__init__(
+            client_id = client_id,
+            client_secret = client_secret,
+            user_agent="Small discord bot to embed posts (given by url) into an standardized format"
+        )
+        self.__events = Event_Counter(1000)
+        self.__logger = logging.getLogger(f"pltfm.reddit.{self.__instance_number}")
+
+    def fetch(self, post_url:str) -> praw.models.Submission:
+        """Fetches specified submission (post) and returns it"""
+        start_time = datetime.now().timestamp()
+        self.__events.increment()
+        subm: praw.models.Submission = self.submission(url = post_url)
+        self.__logger.debug(f"Submission for post (URL: {post_url}), successfully fetched after {get_elapsed_time_milliseconds(datetime.now().timestamp() - start_time)}")
+        return subm
+
+    
+    def get_total_requests(self) -> int:
+        """Returns the total number of events"""
+        return self.__events.get_total_events()
+    
+    def get_events_last_5m(self) -> int:
+        return self.__events.get_count("5m")
+    
+    def get_events_last_5m_10m_15m(self) -> tuple[int]:
+        return (self.__events.get_count("5m"), self.__events.get_count("10m"), self.__events.get_count("15m"))
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