def get_old_skirms(antenna, cfg):
"""
Retrieve old battles and extract old skirmishes from them. Meant to be a
helper method for retrieve_combatants, but may have uses elsewhere.
:param antenna: Antenna to connect to Reddit
:param cfg: Config that holds viewed battle info
:return: a list of old skirmishes, in the form of Chrommabot's comments
"""
viewed_battles = cfg['VIEWED_BATTLES']
# get old battles
battle_gen = antenna.search('[Invasion]', subreddit='FieldOfKarmicGlory')
raw_battles = [b for b in battle_gen if str(b.author) == 'chromabot']
#filter out battles we've already looked at
battles = [b for b in raw_battles if b.fullname not in viewed_battles]
for b in battles:
cfg['VIEWED_BATTLES'].append(b.fullname)
configReader.save(cfg)
#get skirmish comments
skirms = []
for battle in battles:
battle.replace_more_comments()
comments = praw.helpers.flatten_tree(battle.comments)
for cmnt in comments:
if hasattr(cmnt, 'author') and str(cmnt.author) == 'chromabot':
skirms.append(cmnt)
return skirms
def set_thread():
"""
Set the recruitment thread of a side.
"""
if session["usertype"] == 0:
return redirect("/")
thread_link = request.args.get("link")
thread_side = int(request.args.get("side"))
thread_id = re.search("(?<=/)([1-z]{6})(?=/)", thread_link).group(0)
if thread_side == 0:
CONFIG["OR_RECRUIT_THREAD"] = thread_id
elif thread_side == 1:
CONFIG["PW_RECRUIT_THREAD"] = thread_id
else:
raise excs.InvalidSideError(__name__, thread_side)
configReader.save(CONFIG)
return redirect("/")