def user(self, username):
"""
Retrieve user information and latest posts from the reddit API.
Args:
username: reddit username, expected to be valid but not necessarily existent
Returns:
dictionary containing username, some basic user information, time or retrieval
and latest posts.
If an exception is countered, returns a dictionary with key "error"
"""
url = self.api_url + username
posts_per_request = 100
p = {"limit": posts_per_request}
posts = []
posts_received = 0
try:
response = self._send_request(url + "/about", p)
if "error" in response:
return response
user_info = response["data"]
while posts_received < post_limit:
post_response = self._send_request(url + "/overview", p)
if "error" in post_response:
return post_response
post_batch = post_response["data"]["children"]
posts.extend(post_batch)
# Add name of last post to params to get next set of posts
p["after"] = post_batch[-1]["data"]["name"]
l = len(post_batch)
posts_received += l
if l < posts_per_request:
break
data = {"info": user_info,
"username": username,
"refreshed": parse_date(int(time.time()))}
if posts:
data["posts"] = posts
return data
except Exception as e:
app.logger.error("Some data could not be retrieved: %s", str(e))
return {"error": str(e)}
def stats(name):
if not valid(name):
return jsonify(error="Invalid name")
refresh = request.args.get("refresh") == "true"
if refresh:
user_data = retrieve_data(name)
else:
user_data = users.find_one({"username": name})
if not user_data:
user_data = retrieve_data(name)
if "error" in user_data:
return jsonify(**user_data)
if not (user_data.get("posts") or user_data.get("analytics")):
return jsonify(error="No posts were found!")
statistics = user_data["analytics"]
payload = {
"postcount": len(user_data["posts"]),
"refreshed": user_data["refreshed"],
"account_created": parse_date(int(user_data["info"]["created_utc"])),
"oldest_post_date": user_data["posts"][-1]["data"]["created_utc"],
"total_karma": statistics["total_score"],
"words_per_post": "{:.1f}".format(statistics["avg_words"]),
"karma_per_word": "{:.2f}".format(statistics["karma_per_word"]),
"avgscore": "{:.1f}".format(statistics["avg_score"]),
"posts": user_data["posts"],
"subreddits": statistics["subreddits"],
"daydata": statistics["by_day"],
"hourdata": statistics["by_hour"],
"wordcount": statistics["top_phrases"],
"recommendations": statistics["recommendations"]
}
return jsonify(**payload)
