Nuke option for older comments

shreddit.cfg.example

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ item = overview
 whitelist = AskScience, TheCulture, redditdev, programming, charity
 
 # If you want any specific posts to be whitelisted stick 'em in here
-whitelist_ids = abcdef 
+whitelist_ids =  
 
 # If you set this then no editing or deleting will be done
 # but the output from the program will be shown as an example
@@ -42,10 +42,17 @@ trial_run = True
 
 # Don't delete but *do* edit, could prove... interesting to see a comment
 # with 5000 upvotes and it's just a lorem ipsum!
-edit_only = True
+edit_only = False
 
 # Ignore distinguished comments.
 whitelist_distinguished = True
 
-# ignore gilded (gold) comments
+# Ignore gilded (gold) comments
 whitelist_gilded = True
+
+# Delete everything older that this date, **This ignores whitelists**.
+# Can be used as a second deletion, as in "delete items older than 24 hours
+# except on whitelisted subreddits but after 3 months delete everything.
+nuke_hours = 0
+
+# vim: syntax=config

shreddit.py

@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ edit_only = config.getboolean('main', 'edit_only')
 item = config.get('main', 'item')
 whitelist_distinguished = config.getboolean('main', 'whitelist_distinguished')
 whitelist_gilded = config.getboolean('main', 'whitelist_gilded')
+nuke_hours = config.getint('main', 'nuke_hours')
 _user = config.get('main', 'username')
 _pass = config.get('main', 'password')
 
-r = praw.Reddit(user_agent="shreddit/3.1")
+r = praw.Reddit(user_agent="shreddit/3.2")
 
 
 def login(user=None, password=None):
@@ -105,9 +106,11 @@ else:
 
 for thing in things:
     thing_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(thing.created_utc)
-    # Delete things after after_time
+    # Exclude items from being deleted unless past X hours. 
     after_time = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(hours=hours)
     if thing_time > after_time:
+        if thing_time + timedelta(hours=nuke_hours) < datetime.utcnow():
+            pass
         continue
     # For edit_only we're assuming that the hours aren't altered.
     # This saves time when deleting (you don't edit already edited posts).
@@ -120,13 +123,15 @@ for thing in things:
        thing.id in whitelist_ids:
         continue
 
-    if trial_run:
+    if trial_run:  # Don't do anything, trial mode!
-        # Don't actually perform any actions
+        if verbose:
-        next
+            print("Would have deleted {thing}: '{content}'".format(
+                thing=thing.id, content=thing))
+        continue
     if whitelist_distinguished and thing.distinguished:
-        next
+        continue
     if whitelist_gilded and thing.gilded:
-        next
+        continue
 
     if clear_vote:
         thing.clear_vote()