def _find_subs(parser, reddit, search_for):
"""
Return a list of valid and invalid Subreddits.
Calls a method from an external module:
Validation.existence()
Parameters
----------
parser: ArgumentParser
argparse ArgumentParser object
reddit: Reddit object
Reddit instance created by PRAW API credentials
search_for: str
String denoting Subreddits to scrape for
Returns
-------
subs: list
List of valid Subreddits
not_subs: list
List of invalid Subreddits
"""
search_for = " ".join(search_for.split())
sub_list = [subreddit for subreddit in search_for.split(" ")]
subs, not_subs = Validation.existence(s_t[0], sub_list, parser, reddit,
s_t)
return subs, not_subs
def list_submissions(parser, post_list, reddit):
"""
Check if submissions exist and list posts that are not found.
Calls a method from an external module:
Validation.existence()
Parameters
----------
parser: ArgumentParser
argparse ArgumentParser object
post_list: list
List of submission URLs
reddit: Reddit object
Reddit instance created by PRAW API credentials
Returns
-------
posts: list
List of valid submission URLs
"""
print("\nChecking if submission(s) exist...")
logging.info("Validating submissions...")
logging.info("")
posts, not_posts = Validation.existence(s_t[2], post_list, parser,
reddit, s_t)
if not_posts:
print(
Fore.YELLOW + Style.BRIGHT +
"\nThe following submissions were not found and will be skipped:"
)
print(Fore.YELLOW + Style.BRIGHT + "-" * 55)
print(*not_posts, sep="\n")
logging.warning("Failed to validate the following submissions:")
logging.warning("%s" % (not_posts))
logging.warning("Skipping.")
logging.info("")
if not posts:
logging.critical("ALL SUBMISSIONS FAILED VALIDATION.")
raise ValueError
return not_posts, posts
def list_redditors(parser, reddit, user_list):
"""
Check if Redditors exist and list Redditors who are not found.
Calls a public method from an external module:
Validation.existence()
Parameters
----------
parser: ArgumentParser
argparse ArgumentParser object
reddit: Reddit object
Reddit instance created by PRAW API credentials
user_list: list
List of Redditors
Returns
-------
users: list
List of valid Redditors URLs
"""
print("\nChecking if Redditor(s) exist...")
logging.info("Validating Redditors...")
logging.info("")
users, not_users = Validation.existence(s_t[1], user_list, parser,
reddit, s_t)
if not_users:
print(
Fore.YELLOW + Style.BRIGHT +
"\nThe following Redditors were not found and will be skipped:"
)
print(Fore.YELLOW + Style.BRIGHT + "-" * 59)
print(*not_users, sep="\n")
logging.warning("Failed to validate the following Redditors:")
logging.warning("%s" % (not_users))
logging.warning("Skipping.")
logging.info("")
if not users:
logging.critical("ALL REDDITORS FAILED VALIDATION.")
raise ValueError
return not_users, users