def main(reddit, subreddits):
print("Begin Main Loop")
#Infinite Loop
while True:
#All the subreddits - loop over them
for subr in subreddits:
print("Process on:\t" + subr)
#outputFileList - List that is being written to the file
#popularityList - Sub-List of outputFileList that contains the valuable data that's required
outputFileList = []
popularityList = []
#Inner Loop - Goes through posts in subreddit
for post in reddit.subreddit(subr).top('hour'):
#Get the variables of the post
postVars = vars(post)
#Check the popularity of given post #Params Passed: Upvotes, Downvotes, Number of Comments
popularity = PopularityIndex.popularityIndex(
int(postVars['ups']), int(postVars['downs']),
int(postVars['num_comments']))
#Append the popularity to the popularityList
popularityList.append(popularity)
#Rectify the Popularity List
#Case 1: When less than 10 posts are there per hour
#Solution 1: Add 0's to make the list have 10 elements
popularityList.sort(reverse=True)
if len(popularityList) < 10:
for i in range(len(popularityList), 10, 1):
popularityList.append(0)
#Case 2: When more than 10 posts are present in an hour
#Solution 2: Sort the list in Descending order and take top 10
if len(popularityList) > 10:
popularityList.sort(reverse=True)
popularityList = popularityList[0:10]
#Write popularityList to outputFileList
outputFileList.append(str(datetime.now()))
outputFileList.append(popularityList)
#Write The outputFileList to the File
subRFileObj = open("Modules/SubredditData/" + subr, 'a')
subRFileObj.write("$" + str(outputFileList))
subRFileObj.close()
Log.SubredditLog(subr)
#Nap for 9 seconds
sleep(9)
