MercuryRising/rcl.py

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    #! /usr/bin/env python2
#! /usr/bin/env python2


    # Requests is much easier to use than urllib
# Requests is much easier to use than urllib

    import requests
import requests


    # needed for sys.exit()
# needed for sys.exit()

    import sys
import sys


    # Wrap it in a function you can, you might find a use for it later
# Wrap it in a function you can, you might find a use for it later

    # We're adding subreddit functionality, but still providing a default
# We're adding subreddit functionality, but still providing a default

    def print_top(subreddit='all'):
def print_top(subreddit='all'):


        # Make it fancy! Let's let the user pick the subreddit
    # Make it fancy! Let's let the user pick the subreddit

        url = "http://www.reddit.com/r/"+subreddit+".json"
    url = "http://www.reddit.com/r/"+subreddit+".json"


        # This line
    # This line

        r = requests.get(url)
    r = requests.get(url)

        # replaces this
    # replaces this

        # all = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
    # all = urllib.urlopen(url).read()

        # content = json.loads(all.decode("utf8"))
    # content = json.loads(all.decode("utf8"))

        # Little bit easier to remember, r.get(URL) than that monstrosity
    # Little bit easier to remember, r.get(URL) than that monstrosity


        stories = {}
    stories = {}


        # We're going to get a little fancy and allow the user to enter the subreddit they'd like to see
    # We're going to get a little fancy and allow the user to enter the subreddit they'd like to see

        # We want to see how many stories we're getting before, by calling len() on the data's children
    # We want to see how many stories we're getting before, by calling len() on the data's children

        print "\nTop %s stories for %s\n" %(len(r.json['data']['children']), subreddit)
    print "\nTop %s stories for %s\n" %(len(r.json['data']['children']), subreddit)


        # Use enumerate to keep track of your position in a loop.
    # Use enumerate to keep track of your position in a loop.

        # We could say content = r.json['data']['children'] if we wanted
    # We could say content = r.json['data']['children'] if we wanted

        # r.json is just what it sounds like, a dictionary of the json in the response
    # r.json is just what it sounds like, a dictionary of the json in the response


        for index, x in enumerate(r.json["data"]["children"]):
    for index, x in enumerate(r.json["data"]["children"]):

            # A couple helper variables to keep the sanity
        # A couple helper variables to keep the sanity

            data = x['data']
        data = x['data']

            # Converting the index to a string allows greater flexibility when we want to interact
        # Converting the index to a string allows greater flexibility when we want to interact

            # Instead of trying to convert the entries into an int, we can just use strings
        # Instead of trying to convert the entries into an int, we can just use strings

            index = str(index)
        index = str(index)


            # This was more of an cosmetic change, but it's a little easier to parse if the self
        # This was more of an cosmetic change, but it's a little easier to parse if the self

            # indicator is closer to the data you care about (the position)
        # indicator is closer to the data you care about (the position)

            if data['selftext'] != "":
        if data['selftext'] != "":

                # Might as well be consistent and either use string concatenation or formatting.
            # Might as well be consistent and either use string concatenation or formatting.

                # Switched to %s because we're using strings now.
            # Switched to %s because we're using strings now.

                # Call strip to prevent newlines from being added where they shouldn't
            # Call strip to prevent newlines from being added where they shouldn't

                print "[%s][S] %s" % (index, data['title'].strip())
            print "[%s][S] %s" % (index, data['title'].strip())


                # Either join or concat, I like concat more (it's easier to see what's going on)
            # Either join or concat, I like concat more (it's easier to see what's going on)

                # When we call a self post, we'll see the title, and the body, with a little bit of
            # When we call a self post, we'll see the title, and the body, with a little bit of

                # newline formatting to make it easier to read (less like a wall of text)
            # newline formatting to make it easier to read (less like a wall of text)

                story_data = "\nTitle: " + data['title'] + "\n\n" + data['selftext'] + "\n"
            story_data = "\nTitle: " + data['title'] + "\n\n" + data['selftext'] + "\n"

                stories[index] = story_data
            stories[index] = story_data


            else:
        else:

                # If it's not a self post, we just print it and forget it.
            # If it's not a self post, we just print it and forget it.

                print "[%s]    %s" %(index, data['title'].strip())
            print "[%s]    %s" %(index, data['title'].strip())


        # add a newline after the subreddit list
    # add a newline after the subreddit list

        print "\n"
    print "\n"


        # return stories so we can access the data outside the function
    # return stories so we can access the data outside the function

        return stories
    return stories


    print "Amazing reddit loader"
print "Amazing reddit loader"

    print "enter 'exit' to quit"
print "enter 'exit' to quit"

    print "enter /r/SUBREDDIT to load a specific subreddit"
print "enter /r/SUBREDDIT to load a specific subreddit"

    print "enter blank to reload the last subreddit"
print "enter blank to reload the last subreddit"


    # Call our function to print the top of all
# Call our function to print the top of all

    stories = print_top()
stories = print_top()

    subreddit = "all"
subreddit = "all"


    while True:
while True:

        st = raw_input("Which selfpost would you like to view? > ")
    st = raw_input("Which selfpost would you like to view? > ")


        if st == "exit":
    if st == "exit":

            sys.exit()
        sys.exit()


        # This is our fancy subreddit picker
    # This is our fancy subreddit picker

        # The usage is /r/SUBREDDIT and that will load the new subreddit
    # The usage is /r/SUBREDDIT and that will load the new subreddit

        elif "/r/" in st:
    elif "/r/" in st:

            subreddit = st.strip("/r/")
        subreddit = st.strip("/r/")

            stories = print_top(subreddit)
        stories = print_top(subreddit)


        elif st == "":
    elif st == "":

            # This lets us reload the last picked subreddit
        # This lets us reload the last picked subreddit

            stories = print_top(subreddit)
        stories = print_top(subreddit)


        else:
    else:

            # A better way to get values from dictionaries if the value might not be there
        # A better way to get values from dictionaries if the value might not be there

            # (better than a try except) is to use get
        # (better than a try except) is to use get

            # get allows you to defined a default value if the key is not in the dictionary
        # get allows you to defined a default value if the key is not in the dictionary

            # This is great for programs that aren't always going to give you back a well formed
        # This is great for programs that aren't always going to give you back a well formed

            # value, you can do this to give a good default value that makes your program not choke
        # value, you can do this to give a good default value that makes your program not choke

            print stories.get(st, "Sorry, that is not a self-post")
        print stories.get(st, "Sorry, that is not a self-post")