reddit.py

from __future__ importannotations

importrequests

valid_terms=set(
"""approved_at_utc approved_by author_flair_background_color
author_flair_css_class author_flair_richtext author_flair_template_id author_fullname
author_premium can_mod_post category clicked content_categories created_utc downs
edited gilded gildings hidden hide_score is_created_from_ads_ui is_meta
is_original_content is_reddit_media_domain is_video link_flair_css_class
link_flair_richtext link_flair_text link_flair_text_color media_embed mod_reason_title
name permalink pwls quarantine saved score secure_media secure_media_embed selftext
subreddit subreddit_name_prefixed subreddit_type thumbnail title top_awarded_type
total_awards_received ups upvote_ratio url user_reports""".split()
)


defget_subreddit_data(
subreddit: str, limit: int=1, age: str="new", wanted_data: list|None=None
) ->dict:
"""
 subreddit : Subreddit to query
 limit : Number of posts to fetch
 age : ["new", "top", "hot"]
 wanted_data : Get only the required data in the list
 """
wanted_data=wanted_dataor []
ifinvalid_search_terms:=", ".join(sorted(set(wanted_data) -valid_terms)):
msg=f"Invalid search term: {invalid_search_terms}"
raiseValueError(msg)
response=requests.get(
f"https://reddit.com/r/{subreddit}/{age}.json?limit={limit}",
headers={"User-agent": "A random string"},
timeout=10,
 )
ifresponse.status_code==429:
raiserequests.HTTPError(response=response)

data=response.json()
ifnotwanted_data:
return {id_: data["data"]["children"][id_] forid_inrange(limit)}

data_dict= {}
forid_inrange(limit):
data_dict[id_] = {
item: data["data"]["children"][id_]["data"][item] foriteminwanted_data
 }
returndata_dict


if__name__=="__main__":
# If you get Error 429, that means you are rate limited.Try after some time
print(get_subreddit_data("learnpython", wanted_data=["title", "url", "selftext"]))