spam_unmoderated.py

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# spam_unmoderated.py
# Purpose: Marks all posts currently in the unmoderated of a
# selected subreddit before a certain date as spam.
# Notes: This is very badly written, and all the approve/
# remove/spam scripts are almost exactly the same. I haven't
# had an opportunity to clean up this code, so sorry.

# REMEMBER TO FILL OUT subreddit_to_clear, year_before, month_before, and day_before!

import praw
import datetime
import configparser as ConfigParser

# The subreddit you want to approve all posts in the unmoderated queue for.
subreddit_to_clear = "subredditname"  # CASE SENSITIVE, don't include the /r/

# The date you want to be the lower bound. For example, if my date is 12/31/2018,
# all posts with a timestamp before that date will have the action performed on.
year_before = "2000"
month_before = "1"
day_before = "1"

config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
config.read('login.ini')
username = config.get('account', 'username')
password = config.get('account', 'password')
client_id = config.get('account', 'client id')
client_secret = config.get('account', 'client secret')
user_agent = f'{username} running spam_unmoderated.py'

r = praw.Reddit(client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret, password=password, user_agent=user_agent, username=username)
print(r)
for i in r.user.moderator_subreddits(limit=None):
    if i.display_name == subreddit_to_clear:
        print(i.display_name)
        for thing in [j for j in i.mod.unmoderated(limit=None)]:  
            submissiontime = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(thing.created)  
            comparetotime = datetime.datetime(year_before, month_before, day_before)  
            if submissiontime < comparetotime:
                print(thing)
                print("spammed")  
                thing.mod.remove(spam=True)  
            else:
                print(thing)
                print("ignored")