rcc.py

#
# reddit comment cleaner
# Delete my comments from a particular subreddit
#
import argparse
import getpass
import praw
import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("username")
parser.add_argument("subreddit")
parser.add_argument("-l", "--l", dest="limit", type=int, default=10,
                    help="limit the number of comments to delete")
args = parser.parse_args()
logging.debug("args.limit: %d", args.limit)

password = getpass.getpass()

reddit = praw.Reddit("test application by /u/mishapenkov")
reddit.login(args.username, password)

user = reddit.get_redditor(args.username)

comments = [c for c in user.get_comments(limit=args.limit)
            if c.subreddit.display_name == args.subreddit]

logging.info("deleting %d comments", len(comments))

for i, comment in enumerate(comments):
    logging.info("deleted comment %d: %s", i, comment.permalink)
    comment.delete()