From 71c317da23b02b4228376ebeab35e0a405a687e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Callum Leslie <git@cleslie.uk>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 19:45:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: meaningful error message for bad credentials

---
 reddit/subreddit.py | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/reddit/subreddit.py b/reddit/subreddit.py
index 716a7fa..06538b2 100644
--- a/reddit/subreddit.py
+++ b/reddit/subreddit.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import re
 
+from prawcore.exceptions import ResponseException
+
 from utils import settings
 import praw
 from praw.models import MoreComments
@@ -29,14 +31,21 @@ def get_subreddit_threads(POST_ID: str):
     username = settings.config["reddit"]["creds"]["username"]
     if str(username).casefold().startswith("u/"):
         username = username[2:]
-    reddit = praw.Reddit(
-        client_id=settings.config["reddit"]["creds"]["client_id"],
-        client_secret=settings.config["reddit"]["creds"]["client_secret"],
-        user_agent="Accessing Reddit threads",
-        username=username,
-        passkey=passkey,
-        check_for_async=False,
-    )
+    try:
+        reddit = praw.Reddit(
+            client_id=settings.config["reddit"]["creds"]["client_id"],
+            client_secret=settings.config["reddit"]["creds"]["client_secret"],
+            user_agent="Accessing Reddit threads",
+            username=username,
+            passkey=passkey,
+            check_for_async=False,
+        )
+    except ResponseException as e:
+        match e.response.status_code:
+            case 401:
+                print("Invalid credentials - please check them in config.toml")
+    except:
+        print("Something went wrong...")
 
     # Ask user for subreddit input
     print_step("Getting subreddit threads...")