will approve all submissions in a subreddit

approve_all.py

#/usr/bin/env python3

import json, signal, sys, time
import urllib.request
from urllib.parse import urlencode
import http.cookiejar


def sigint_handler(signal, frame):
    '''Handles ^c'''
    print('Recieved SIGINT! Exiting...')
    print('Ran for {} seconds!'.format(time.time() - started))
    sys.exit(0)


cj = http.cookiejar.CookieJar() 
opener = urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj))

def login(username, password):
    '''Logs into reddit.  Returns the modhash.'''
    body = {'user' : username, 'passwd' : password, 'api_type' : 'json'}
    body = urlencode(body).encode('utf=8')
    
    with opener.open('https://www.reddit.com/api/login', body) as w:
        modhash = json.loads(w.read().decode('utf-8'))['json']['data']['modhash']
    
    return modhash

def approve_all(subreddit, approved=None):
    '''Approves all the submissions on a subreddit's reported page.'''
    subreddit = subreddit
    
    if approved:
        approved = approved
    
    else:
        approved = 0
    
    with opener.open(
        'http://www.reddit.com/r/{}/about/reports/.json?count=100'.format(subreddit)) as w:
            cont = json.loads(w.read().decode('utf-8'))['data']

    if cont['children']:
        for i in cont['children']:
            body = {'id' : i['data']['name'], 'r' : subreddit, 'uh' : MODHASH}
            body = urlencode(body).encode('utf-8')
            
            try:
                with opener.open('http://www.reddit.com/api/approve', body) as w:
                    print('Successfully approved {}'.format(i['data']['name']))
                    approved += 1
            
            except urllib.error.HTTPError:
                print('Failed to approve {}'.format(i['data']['name']))
            
            time.sleep(2)
            approve_all(subreddit, approved)
    
    else:
        print('Approved {} posts in {}.'.format(approved, subreddit))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigint_handler)
    args = sys.argv[1:]
    if len(args) >= 3:
        started = time.time()
        MODHASH = login(args[0], args[1])
        
        for i in args[2:]:
            approve_all(i)
            
        print('Ran for {} seconds!'.format(time.time() - started))
    
    else:
        print('Incorrect amount of arguments!\nNeeds username password subreddit [subreddit,]')