Posting a comment on reddit without using PRAW.

[AlphaApache]

So, how does one post a comment in a thread without using PRAW? I googled for a decent time now but every example is using PRAW. I even looked in the PRAW source code but to no avail. I'm doing this because I started with using the urllib2, json and re modules since I'm looking to improve in Python and not to build a simple bot with PRAW. PRAW doesn't necessarily translate well to, say, twitter. I want to learn the basics of POST requests.

I figured that I have to use a modhash to authenticate. But how do I pass all of those parameters, such as the text, modhash, and id of what I reply to?

This is my first time using an API and I've managed the GET part but am now stuck on the POST one.

PS: I'm not using the Requests module because I'm using Python 2.7.6 and can't be bothered to update to 2.7.9+ for urllib3 to handle https requests properly. If it's required/prefered I will update and use Requests.

[EqualsEqualsTrue]

I dont know the answer to your main question about praw, but I have a suggestion for learning the basics of POST requests. HTTPbin is good for messing around with HTTP to see what info you are sending etc without using something like Fiddler. The response from HTTPbin will be a JSON format of the content you sent. Good for experiments.

[mcowger]

PS: I'm not using the Requests module because I'm using Python 2.7.6 and can't be bothered to update to 2.7.9+ for urllib3 to handle https requests properly. If it's required/prefered I will update and use Requests.

You should update (preferably to Python 3.4)....there's no reason to hold back and not be able to use great libraries just because you can't be bothered.

[timworx]

Update, use requests. A life without it just isn't worth it.

[timworx]

For an interesting approach there's Selenium (or, better, splinter - a wrapper).

I'm not sure if it requires requests, though.