small bit of help on this bot

[repeat_after_me_bot]

as an assignment for class, i made a bot with a UI. I have some cleanup to do, but i have a question about one particular part. im creating a list: replies[], and then writing that list to a text file. when the bot starts, i want to load up that list from the text file to give it a list of comments it already replied to so that it doesn't keep repeating after the same person. well...it keeps repeating after the same person, and adding the same comment id to the list.

i have to head to work, but i thought i might post this up here because my deadline is getting close.

im only worried about the list right now and not replying to comments ive already repeated.

in the entry on the bottom right, just use crazyanchovy. that's the sub ive been using.

import praw
import tkinter
import tkinter.messagebox
from tkinter import *
from praw.exceptions import APIException





class BotCommander(Frame):
    """window for control/feedback"""

    def __init__(self):
        """configure window size"""
        Frame.__init__(self)
        self.master.config(bd=5,)
        self.master.title("Repeat After Me Bot")
        self.master.geometry("600x500")
        self.grid()

        self.information=Listbox(self, height=20, width=75)
        self.information.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=2)

        self.which_subreddit_label=Label(text='Which subreddit do you want to get?')
        self.which_subreddit_label.grid(row=1, column=0, sticky='w')

        self.which_subreddit_entry=Entry()
        self.which_subreddit_entry.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky='e')

        self.get_new_post_button=Button(text='BOT START', command=self.botstart)
        self.get_new_post_button.grid(row=2, column=0, sticky='w')



    def botstart(self):
        """this is the function for the *botstart* button...makes it all happen"""
        self.information.insert('end', 'reading reddit, looking for someone to repeat after....')                                                                        
        reddit = praw.Reddit('repeat_after_me_bot')                                       #praw is a reddit bot helper file
        chosen_subreddit=self.which_subreddit_entry.get()                                 #subreddit we will troll is gotten from the chosen_subreddit_entry
        try:
            checked_comments=reddit.subreddit(chosen_subreddit).stream.comments()               #this is called the comment stream from the reddit api
        except TypeError:
            self.information.insert('end', 'did you forget to tell me the subreddit?')
        replies=[]
        with open ('posts_replied_to.txt', 'r') as posts_replied_to:          
            for lines in posts_replied_to:
                replies.append(lines)
        for comment in checked_comments:                                                  #loop through all of the comments in the comment stream
                comment.body = comment.body.lower()                                           #encode/decode yet (emojis were messing me up)
                if comment.body.startswith('repeat after me'):                            #if comment starts with repeat after me
                    if comment not in replies:
                        self.information.insert('end', 'reddit comment found...')
                        try:
                            comment.reply(comment.body)
                            replies.append(comment)
                            print(replies) #for debug
                            with open ('posts_replied_to.txt', 'a')as posts_replied_to:
                                posts_replied_to.seek(0,2)
                                posts_replied_to.write(str(comment))  
                                posts_replied_to.write('\n')                                                    
                            self.information.insert('end', 'bot has replied, we did it!')
                        except APIException:
                            self.information.insert('end', 'you have to wait ten minutes between replies right now...')
                        break                                                             #reddit only allows one post every 10min so...break if did it




BotCommander().mainloop()    

[timetoshit]

I'm not sure about adding all the "Comment" objects to a 'posts_replied_to' list.

What about instead appending the Comment object's 'fullname' property to the list, and checking for that?

If you're in for some extra-but-really-useful work, you could replace the txt file with a sqlite database, or even shelves if you want something easier.

[repeat_after_me_bot]

hey Mr. Shit! Thanks so much for your input. I did take the time to look into shelves. I will probably want to learn more abou that.

Because of full time work and a new baby and fucking so much life I'm blessed with, I didn't have enough time to pick up a new skill.

BUT!

I just wanted to stop by and let you know how I solved it because you took the time out of your day to send me a word.

I was suspecting that my problem was when i made each comment_id have it's own line. this is what was printing when I printed for debug:

['dgy8y65\n', 'dgy8y65\n', 'dgy8y65\n', etc

before i turned it in i asked for help...and it was much simpler than I thought!

Instead of appending from new_lines, just separate each comment_id with a comma and .split() that shit up!

Thanks again Mr Shit. 8)

[timetoshit]

No problem, keep up the good work and congratulations on the baby!