RedditVideoMakerBot/reddit/subreddit.py

from utils.console import print_markdown, print_step, print_substep
import praw
import random
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os


def get_subreddit_threads():

    """
    Returns a list of threads from the provided subreddit.
    """

    load_dotenv()

    print_step("Getting subreddit threads...")

    if os.getenv("REDDIT_2FA").lower() == "yes":
        print(
            "\nEnter your two-factor authentication code from your authenticator app.\n"
        )
        code = input("> ")
        print()
        pw = os.getenv("REDDIT_PASSWORD")
        passkey = f"{pw}:{code}"
    else:
        passkey = os.getenv("REDDIT_PASSWORD")

    content = {}

    reddit = praw.Reddit(
        client_id=os.getenv("REDDIT_CLIENT_ID"),
        client_secret=os.getenv("REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET"),
        user_agent="Accessing subreddit threads",
        username=os.getenv("REDDIT_USERNAME"),
        password=passkey,
    )

    if os.getenv("SUBREDDIT"):
        subreddit = reddit.subreddit(os.getenv("SUBREDDIT"))
    else:
        # ! Prompt the user to enter a subreddit
        try:
            subreddit = reddit.subreddit(
                input("What subreddit would you like to pull from? ")
            )
        except ValueError:
            subreddit = reddit.subreddit("askreddit")
            print_substep("Subreddit not defined. Using AskReddit.")

    threads = subreddit.hot(limit=25)
    submission = list(threads)[random.randrange(0, 25)]
    print_substep(f"Video will be: {submission.title}")
    try:

        content["thread_url"] = submission.url
        content["thread_title"] = submission.title
        content["comments"] = []

        for top_level_comment in submission.comments:
            content["comments"].append(
                {
                    "comment_body": top_level_comment.body,
                    "comment_url": top_level_comment.permalink,
                    "comment_id": top_level_comment.id,
                }
            )

    except AttributeError as e:
        pass
    print_substep("Received AskReddit threads successfully.", style="bold green")

    return content