reddit.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import json
import urllib2

running = True
hdr = { 'User-Agent' : 'Someone is browsing reddit on their console' }
print "`exit` exits"

while running:
  sub = str(raw_input("Enter a subreddit: "))
  if sub == "exit":
    running = False
    continue

  # Make the call
  try:
    req = urllib2.Request('http://reddit.com/r/'+ sub + '.json', headers=hdr)
    response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    data = json.loads(response.read())
  except urllib2.HTTPError, err:
    print "Fetch failed"
    continue
  
  # print headers
  headers = ('Num', 'Up', 'Down', 'Title')
  for h in headers:
    print "%-6s" % h, 
  print "\r"
  print ("-"*6 + " ")*len(headers)

  # loop first 10 json stories and print
  for index, s in enumerate(data['data']['children'][0:10]):
    line = s['data']
    columns = (index + 1, line['ups'], line['downs'], line['title'])
    for c in columns:
      print "%-6s" % c, 
    print "\r"

  print "\n"
else:
  print "Goodbye"
  
#  In Bash
#
# mv reddit.py reddit
# chmod +x reddit
# cd /usr/local/bin/
# sudo ln -s ~/test/reddit .
#
#  Now you can just type 'reddit' in the console