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grab.py

@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ datum = []
 while True:
     after = reddit['data']['after']
     children = reddit['data']['children']
+    
 
     # This bit fills datum with the id (for removal) and the date (for saving recent posts)
     for child in children:
         child_data = child['data']
         if 'id' in child_data:
             datum.append({
-                'id': child_data[u'id'],
+                'id': child_data[u'name'],
                 'created': child_data['created'],
                 'body': child_data['body'],
                 'subreddit': child_data['subreddit']})
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ while True:
     next_url = init_url % after
     http = urlopen(next_url)
     reddit = json.load(http)
-    sleep(1) # don't want to hammer reddit to hard
+    sleep(1)
 
 f = open('data.json', 'w')
 json.dump(datum, f)

kill.py

@@ -34,12 +34,16 @@ if len(deletion_ids) == 0:
 
 
 ## This part logs you in.
-headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
+headers = {
+    "Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+    "User-Agent": "Shreddit"
+    }
 conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('ssl.reddit.com')
 params = urllib.urlencode({
     'user': user,
     'passwd': passwd,
     'api_type': 'json'})
+
 conn.request("POST", "/api/login/%s" % user, params, headers)
 http = conn.getresponse()
 tmp = json.loads(http.read())['json']['data']
@@ -52,16 +56,16 @@ for dat in deletion_ids:
     subreddit = dat['subreddit']
     text = dat[u'body'][:20]
 
-    print '{id}: {time} {subreddit}: "{text}..."'.format(subreddit=subreddit, id=id, time=time, text=text)
+    #print '{id}: {time} {subreddit}: "{text}..."'.format(subreddit=subreddit, id=id, time=time, text=text)
     # And now for the deleting
     conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('www.reddit.com')
     params = urllib.urlencode({
         'id': id,
         'uh': modhash,
         'api_type': 'json'})
+    #headers.update({"Content-Length": len(params)})
     conn.request('POST', '/api/del', params, headers)
     http = conn.getresponse()
-    print http.read()  
-    #print '''Failed to delete "%s" (%s - %s - %s)''' % (text, id, time, subreddit)
-    break
+    if http.read() != '{}':
+        print '''Failed to delete "%s" (%s - %s - %s)''' % (text, id, time, subreddit)
     sleep(2)