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 AskReddit subreddit.
    """

    print_step("Getting subreddit threads...")

    content = {}
    load_dotenv()
    reddit = praw.Reddit(
        client_id=os.getenv("REDDIT_CLIENT_ID"),
        client_secret=os.getenv("REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET"),
        user_agent="Accessing AskReddit threads",
        username=os.getenv("REDDIT_USERNAME"),
        password=os.getenv("REDDIT_PASSWORD"),
    )
    """
    Ask user for subreddit input
    """
    subreddit = reddit.subreddit(input("What subreddit would you like to pull from? "))
    
    """
    Allow you to specify in .env. Done for automation purposes.
    subreddit = reddit.subreddit(os.getenv("SUBREDDIT"))
    """
    threads = subreddit.hot(limit=25)
    submission = list(threads)[random.randrange(0, 25)]
    print_substep(f"Video will be: {submission.title} :thumbsup:")
    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 subreddot threads Successfully.", style="bold green")
    return content