def post_comments(new_mentions_list, reddit, running_on_own = False):
"""Recursivley goes through the mentions found in the last run of mention_search_posts.py and
posts a comment on each, if needed.
:param running_on_own: whether file is being ran by itself or imported by reddit_bot.py
:type running_on_own: bool
:param reddit: authorized reddit praw object
:type reddit: praw.Reddit
:param new_mentions_list: list of mentions
:type new_mentions_list: list
"""
if new_mentions_list:
new_mention = new_mentions_list.pop(0)
else:
print("No more mentions.")
return
_post_comment_helper(new_mention, reddit)
if running_on_own:
tools.save_found_mentions(new_mentions_list)
post_comments(new_mentions_list, reddit, running_on_own)
def find_mentions(reddit, num_posts_, running_on_own = False):
"""Finds and saves to disk course mentions in new posts on /r/UCSC.
:param running_on_own: whether file is being ran by itself or imported by reddit_bot.py
:type running_on_own: bool
:param reddit: authorized reddit praw object
:type reddit: praw.Reddit
:param num_posts_:
:type num_posts_: int
:return: list of post with found mentions
:rtype: list
"""
# use this to find mentions in only one post
# tools.save_found_mentions([_get_mentions_in_submission(0, reddit.get_submission(submission_id = "49h1o9"))])
# return
print('{num}{_}{id}{_}{author}{_}{title}{_}mentions'
.format(num = trunc_pad("#", 'num'),
id = trunc_pad("id"),
author = trunc_pad("author"),
title = trunc_pad("title"),
_ = ' ').upper())
subreddit = reddit.get_subreddit('ucsc')
list_of_posts_with_mentions = []
for counter, submission in enumerate(subreddit.get_new(limit = num_posts_), start = 1):
found_mentions = _get_mentions_in_submission(counter, submission)
if found_mentions is not None:
list_of_posts_with_mentions.append(found_mentions)
if running_on_own:
tools.save_found_mentions(list_of_posts_with_mentions)
print("------------------------------")
for post_with_mention in list_of_posts_with_mentions:
print(str(post_with_mention))
return list_of_posts_with_mentions
