attempted to fix seent, testing later

README.md

@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ you can run `pip3 install Mastodon.py praw` to install both of these.
 - [x] Separate methods methods to make code cleaner
 
 **Likely**
-- [ ] Keep track of what has been scraped and tooted to not duplicate posts
+- [?] Keep track of what has been scraped and tooted to not duplicate posts
-    - This is a pain in the butt for some reason
 - [ ] Debugging logging
 - [ ] Move all vars into config
 - [ ] Docker image

bot.py

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import logging
 
 # Mastodon bot to post things
 class bot():
-    def __init__(self, config, debug=False):
+    def __init__(self, config, neuter=False):
-        self.debug = debug
         self.masto = Mastodon(access_token=config["mastodon"]["access_token"], api_base_url=config["mastodon"]["host"])
     
     # uploads media to mastodon, returns the mastodon ID
@@ -17,9 +16,15 @@ class bot():
     def upload_all_media(self, filenames):
         ids = []
         for fn in filenames:
-            ids.append(self.upload_media(fn))
+            if not self.neuter:
+                ids.append(self.upload_media(fn))
+            else:
+                print(f"Would have uploaded {fn}")
         return ids
     
     def toot(self, text, media=None):
         logging.info(f"Posting:\n  Text: {text}")
-        self.masto.status_post(text, media_ids=media)
+        if not self.neuter:
+            self.masto.status_post(text, media_ids=media)
+        else:
+            print(f"Would have tooted: {text}")

helper.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class helper():
         # service to pass itself in every time
         service = service.service
         low_activity_random = service.low_activity_random
-        debug = service.debug
         places = service.places
         seent = service.seent
 

reddit.py

@@ -18,18 +18,16 @@ class reddit_scraper:
         try: self.seent = savefile["reddit"]
         except: self.seent = {}
     
-
-    ### REDDIT METHODS
     # gets posts from a given subreddit
     def scrape(self, sub, limit):
         # make sure self.seent has the sub, add if not
         if sub not in self.seent: self.seent[sub] = time.time()
-        # get posts that aren't in seent list
+        # get posts that aren't seent
         post_list = []
         posts = self.login.subreddit(sub).new(limit=limit)
         posts = helper.reddit_listify(posts)
         for p in posts[::-1]:
-            if helper.ts_older(p.created, self.seent[sub]):
+            if helper.ts_older(self.seent[sub], p.created):
                 break
             logging.info(f"Scraping post {p.id}")
             post_list.append(p)

scraper.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class scraper:
     # downloads a given post's media and return the locations
     def download(self, post):
         logging.info(f"Downloading {post.id}... ")
-        result = self.login.download(post)
+        result = [] #self.login.download(post) neuter
         logging.info(f"Done downloading {post.id}.")
         return result