Get Most-Commented Posts.py

import requests
import datetime

subreddits = ["livepd", "liverescue"]  # ADD TO THIS
amount_of_results = 15
header = "| # Comments | Post & Link | Date |\n|------------|-----------|------|\n"
line_format = '| {:,} | [{}]({}) | {} |'


def get_most_commented(subreddit_name):
    total_lines = []

    query_string = "https://api.pushshift.io/reddit/search/comment/?subreddit={}&aggs=link_id&sort=asc&size={}".format(subreddit_name, amount_of_results)

    returned_data = requests.get(query_string)
    returned_data = returned_data.json()['aggs']['link_id']

    for item in returned_data:
        item_data = item['data']
        post_title = item_data['title']
        post_link = item_data['permalink']
        num_comments = item_data['num_comments']
        date = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(item_data['created_utc']).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

        formatted_line = line_format.format(num_comments, post_title, post_link, date)
        total_lines.append(formatted_line)

    body = header + '\n'.join(total_lines)
    return body

for sub in subreddits:
    print(get_most_commented(sub))
    print('\n\n-----\n\n')