reddit-messages-to-graylog

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import praw
from gelfclient import UdpClient

# ++ reddit items
# setting your username and password
myUsername = "yourusername" # your reddit username
myPassword = "yourpassword" # your reddit password

# ++ gelf items
myGraylogServer = 'ip_add_goes_here' # IP address of your graylog instance


def send_gelf_message(r_message_id,r_author,r_subject,r_body,r_link):
    gelf_server = myGraylogServer
    gelf = UdpClient(gelf_server, port=12201, mtu=8000, source='reddit messages')

    data = {}
    data['message_id'] = r_message_id
    data['author'] = r_author
    data['subject'] = r_subject
    data['short_message'] = r_body
    data['full_message'] = r_body
    data['link'] = r_link
    gelf.log(data)


r = praw.Reddit(user_agent='PythonPrawProject')
r.login(myUsername, myPassword)

unread = r.get_unread(limit=None)

for msg in unread:
    message_id = msg.id
    author = msg.author.name
    subject = msg.subject
    body = msg.body
    message_link = "https://www.reddit.com/message/messages/" + message_id

    # debugging messages. reenable if you need to see what is being received
    # print "id: ", message_id
    # print "author: ", author
    # print "subject: ", subject
    # print "body: ", body
    # print "message link: ", message_link

    print "Logging the contents of message " + message_id + " in graylog at " + myGraylogServer + " and marking as read."

    send_gelf_message(message_id,author,subject,body,message_link)

    # this will mark all messages as read in reddit, so should be called last at the end of pass

    msg.mark_as_read()