IAmaTableCreator.py

import praw


def _get_question_comment(comment):
    if comment.is_root:
        return
    parent_comment = r.get_info(thing_id=comment.parent_id)

    if parent_comment.is_root:
        return parent_comment, comment


def _format_interaction(interaction):
    question, answer = interaction
    return '{} | {}'.format(question.body, answer.body).replace('\n', ' ').replace('\r', ' ')


def get_interactions(parent_submission):
    """
    Searches for questions answered by OP in parent_submission
    """
    op = parent_submission.author
    is_child_of_submission = lambda comment: comment.link_id == parent_submission.fullname
    submission_comments = filter(is_child_of_submission, op.get_comments(limit=100))
    conversations = filter(None, map(_get_question_comment, submission_comments))
    yield from conversations


def create_table(conversations):
    """
    :returns: Table of question and answer pairs in reddit's markup language
    """
    table = 'Question | Answer\n---|---\n'
    conversations = map(_format_interaction, conversations)
    return table + '\n'.join(conversations)


r = praw.Reddit('Collects and displays AMA results'
                'by /u/echocage')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sub = r.get_subreddit('IAMA')
    for submission in sub.get_hot():
        interactions = get_interactions(submission)
        print(create_table(interactions))