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RedditVideoMakerBot/reddit/askreddit.py

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from utils.console import print_markdown, print_step, print_substep
import praw
import random
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os
def get_askreddit_threads():
"""
Returns a list of threads from the AskReddit subreddit.
"""
print_step("Getting AskReddit 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"),
)
askreddit = reddit.subreddit("askreddit")
threads = askreddit.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 AskReddit threads Successfully.", style="bold green")
return content