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shred comments on specific subreddits by writting gibberish and then deleting them
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import string | |
import random | |
import praw | |
user_agent = "Subreddit comment shredder" | |
subs_to_delete_from = ['embarassing_sub_name1', 'embarassing_sub_name2'] | |
reddit = praw.Reddit( | |
user_agent=user_agent, | |
client_id='YOUR_CLIENT', | |
client_secret='SECRET_CLIENT', | |
username='YOUR_USERNAME', | |
password='YOUR_PASSWORD' | |
) | |
user = reddit.user.me() | |
def gibberish(size): | |
return ''.join(random.choices(string.printable[:-5], k=size)) | |
def scramble(comment): | |
comment.body = gibberish(random.randint(128, 512)) | |
comment.save() | |
def shreddit(comment): | |
print(f'On r/{comment.subreddit}') | |
print(comment.body) | |
scramble(comment) | |
print(comment.body) | |
comment.delete() | |
print() | |
def delete_and_get_last_comment(after=None): | |
comments = list(user.comments.top(params={'after': after})) | |
print(f'Fetched {len(comments)} comments.') | |
if len(comments) == 0: return None | |
for c in comments: | |
if c.subreddit in subs_to_delete_from: | |
shreddit(c) | |
return c.name | |
def main(): | |
c = None | |
while True: | |
c = delete_and_get_last_comment(after=c) | |
if c is None: break | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main() |
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